4,893 summer recipes

Cantaloupe ice cream blends ripe puréed cantaloupe with egg yolks, sugar, milk, lemon juice, and whipped cream. Pale orange, floral, and frozen without an ice cream maker for a refreshing summer dessert.

Mom's Jersey fresh tomato soup with ripe tomatoes, crispy bacon, and a hint of lemon zest. A summer classic from the Garden State that turns peak-season tomatoes into a silky bowl.

Minted split and green pea soup blends earthy split peas with sweet green peas and fresh mint. A bright, low-fat soup that works hot in winter or chilled in summer.

Such a flavorful and refreshing rice salad that is ideal on a warm spring day or a hot summer day, especially it's best served once chilled. Feel free to add cucumber, radishes or any your favorite spring veggies.

Harvest apricot preserves cook a big batch of ripe apricots with sugar and lemon juice to setting point, then jar and seal with rum-dipped cellophane tops. An old-world summer preserve.

A no-mayo potato salad tossed with smoky grilled corn, fresh dill, and a grainy mustard vinegar dressing. Light, tangy, and vegan, the perfect cookout side that won't wilt in the summer heat.

A dutch baby is a german pancake that is baked in a skillet. This version adds summer fruits to make a recipe that serves as a dessert as well as a breakfast treat.

Red raspberry jam is a no-cook freezer jam made with fresh mashed raspberries, sugar, and powdered pectin. Captures summer berry flavor with bright, fresh color that cooked jam cannot touch.

Garlicky gazpacho blended cold with six cloves of garlic, ripe tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers and onions, sharpened with balsamic vinegar and tomato-vegetable juice. A bold, no-cook summer soup served chilled.

A great Sandwich maker and a light Summer Main Dish with a side salad, or as a salad topper, or stuffed into a Wrap or Tomato. Best served next day as flavors will have blended better.

Chilled Spanish tomato gazpacho blended from ripe tomatoes, garlic, onion, green pepper, and olive oil, sharpened with vinegar and a hit of paprika. No-cook summer soup served with crunchy garnishes.

Fresh strawberries baked between two layers of buttery oat, brown sugar, and walnut crumble. Warm from the oven with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, this is what summer weeknights were made for.

Vegan gazpacho with three colors of bell peppers, cucumber, celery, plum tomatoes, fresh basil, and a kick of hot sauce. A no-cook chilled summer soup bursting with raw vegetable flavor.

Chocolate chip zucchini bread that bakes up impossibly moist, studded with semisweet chips, toasted pecans, and a whisper of cinnamon, nutmeg, and citrus zest. A sneaky-good way to use up summer zucchini.

Country vanilla ice cream churned the old-fashioned way, with a rich custard of eggs, cream, milk, and real vanilla. Made in an electric rock-salt freezer for the creamiest, most nostalgic scoop of summer.

Grilled peaches tossed in sugar and caramelized over the coals until juicy and soft, then served warm under a scoop of melting vanilla bean ice cream. A three-ingredient summer dessert off the grill.