Chocolate Almond Pie -- a delicious, dairy-free, no-bake dessert, is that even possible??

A simple marinated summer squash salad that will surprise even someone that thinks they hate summer squash! A delicious alternative to quick breads for using up summer squash.

Triple Chocolate Fudge Marshmallow Cupcakes

Cowboy Skillet Cookie

Eggplant Rolls with Ricotta. Light, Italian, delicious: this is summer on a plate!

Sweet and Tangy Peach Crostata with Cardamom

This Mediterranean-style salad is light, refreshing, and overflowing with colorful rounds of thinly sliced raw zucchini and yellow squash.

After testing various recipes in search of the best zucchini bread, the winner may surprise you.

Soupe au Pistou — Pesto Is the Classic Garnish for this French Provençal Vegetable Soup

Beet greens in a classic Goan style fugath. Spiced greens with shredded coconut. So simple, so healthy, so packed full of flavour.

roasted tomato tart with goat cheese

My favorite cheesecake flavor in cookie form!

Nothing says Summer like crab cakes!

Eggplant "caviar": the Russian answer to Italian caponata :). Crack an egg in for a complete protein-and-vegetables meal.

Japan is the land of the vending machine. You may be surprised about just what you can get out of them too!

Oatmeal cookies peppered with blueberries and sandwiched together with mascarpone cream.

Nutella and Date Milkshake - The best way to use your almost empty nutella jar.

Soupe a l’oignon! French onion soup. Recipe for this fantastically rustic, delicious and cheesy staple.

Lemon Glazed Blueberry Bites - plump cookies bursting with fresh blueberries

Meat t-shirts by Japanese artist Yuko Sekine.

Raspberry Basil Smoothie & Ice Pops and The Hiking Trail of Malga Ra Stua, Dolomites, Italy

Hasselback Caprese Salad

Layers of peach and strawberry puree and peach mousse. Easy and refreshing!

Thrown together easily in the food processor- this Creamy Herbed Spinach Dip is both quick and flavorful!

Homemade cherry pie using fresh, organic cherries!

Roasted Tomato and Goat Cheese Galette made with yogurt pastry dough.

Corn and Feta Potato Cakes

Cucumber recipes and some interesting tidbits on the refreshing cousin of melons from the weekend journal.

Chocolate bark with apricots, figs, raisins and cashews.

Watermelon-Basil Mojito - using homemade simple syrup

This summer serve these really easy Blackberry-Cherry Rustic Turnovers filled with the season's best.

Make your own Pudding Pops: Puddin' on Sticks. Recipes for Mint Chip Pops and Popcorn Pudding Pops from the weekend journal.

Zesty Mac and Cheese

The easiest pineapple sorbet and instructions on how to cut a fresh pineapple.

Cantaloupe Orange Sorbet - So refreshing, so delicious!!

Carrot 'Passion' Cake.

Super-easy Bell Pepper & Olive Pasta Toss. If you can boil water and chop, you can make this flavorful, healthy dish. Seriously.

a crispy puff pastry crust, encasing a sweet apricot filling, topped with crushed almonds and brown sugar crumble

The traditional Zaru soba uses broth but this recipe is a cool, summer recipe that doesn't have any broth but packed with delicious flavors

Smashed Pea, Feta, and Dill Crostini

Hawaiian Butter Mochi - Everyone loves the chewy texture and irrisitable notes of butter, eggs, and vanilla in this traditional Hawaiian treat.

Bloody Beer: this perfect summer drink goes down easy and is equally easy to make!

I make this salad every summer when I harvest green beans from my garden -- Tuna, Green Bean, and Potato Salad

Avocado Ice Cream. All the flavor of the famous Vietnamese Sin To Avocado in ice cream form. Super easy to make!