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Home » Seasonal Recipes

Summer

Summer indulging doesn't have to wreck your health anymore. Our heart healthy summer recipes are here to prove it! This collection of recipes include tons of seasonal produce, frosty cool beverages, and sweet frozen treats so you won't miss a thing about that old way of eating.

Try our Eat the Rainbow Spinach Salad to make the most of the season's bountiful harvest!

Quench your thirst with Blackberry Iced Tea, or Tropical Mango Lemonade.

Or cool down with Frozen Mango Pops, or Cherry Almond Nice Cream!

  • Three dessert glasses with green colored pudding in them, garnished with powdered cinnamon and a cinnamon stick.
    Zucchini Pudding with Cinnamon and Cardamom
  • Roasted beets and carrots, cut into large matchsticks, drizzled with a white sauce and sprinkled with chopped dill.
    Roasted Red Beets & Carrots with Creamy Garlic Dill Sauce
  • Bowl of Thai salad with tofu.
    Thai Salad with Peanut Dressing
  • Bean burger on a bun, with onions, tomatoes, lettuce and sauce dripping out.
    Quinoa Mushroom Burgers with Black Beans
  • Grilled broccoli on a serving plate, garnished with a grilled lemon half, lemon zest and a stem of thyme.
    Grilled Broccoli (super easy recipe!)
  • Grilled tempeh triangles in a line on a plate, topped with peach relish and drizzled with balsamic glaze.
    Grilled Tempeh with Summery Peach Relish
  • Casserole dish with stuffed peppers in it.
    No Bake Chickpea Stuffed Peppers
  • Roasted green beans in a bowl with serving utensils, garnished with fresh dill.
    Garlic Roasted Green Beans
  • Two glass dishes of cherry ice cream.
    Cherry Nice Cream with Almonds
  • Glass dish with three scoops of peach sorbet; garnished with peach slices and fresh tarragon.
    Peach Tarragon Sorbet
  • Salad with rainbow colored vegetables, and dressing being poured on.
    Rainbow Salad with Blueberry Vinaigrette
  • Overhead shot of a whole pie, with fresh peaches beside it.
    Fresh Peach Pie {no added sugar}
  • Strawberry sauce in a small glass creamer, with fresh strawberries scattered around.
    Healthy Strawberry Sauce {no added sugar}
  • Stack of pancakes with strawberries on top, drizzled with strawberry sauce. A slice is removed from the stack to reveal the inside.
    Strawberry Banana Pancakes
  • Glass baking dish with lentil baked beans and a wooden spoon scooping some.
    Healthy Baked Beans (with Lentils)
  • Wooden bowl with red cabbage coleslaw in it.
    Red Cabbage Vinegar Slaw
  • Glasses of agua fresca, with strawberries, watermelon slices, limes and mint scattered around. Carafe of beverage in background.
    Strawberry Watermelon Agua Fresca
  • A fork with creamy vegetable pasta being lifted out of a bowl of the pasta.
    Creamy Chickpea Pasta with Veggies
  • Close up of a stack of 3 zucchini fritters, topped with a dollop of plain Greek yogurt.
    Gluten Free Zucchini Fritters
  • Two bowls of ratatouille with crusty bread on the side.
    Crock Pot Ratatouille
  • Pile of 3 popsicles lying on a dish.
    Mango Pops
  • Balls of melon in a watermelon bowl
    Melon Salad with Ginger Lime Dressing
  • Close up of a strawberry muffin on a wire rack.
    Strawberry Cardamom Muffins with Yogurt
  • Plate of asparagus drizzled with sauce.
    Roasted Asparagus with Egg Free Hollandaise Sauce
  • Overhead shot of carrot top tabbouleh in a blue bowl, half of the bowl shown, with a bunch of carrots with the tops still attached lying beside the bowl.
    Carrot Top Tabbouleh Salad
  • Chai Latte Waffles
    Chai Latte Waffles with Ginger Grilled Peaches
  • Smoky Tomato Jam
    Instant Pot Smoky Tomato Jam
  • Salsa Verde
    Low Sodium Salsa Verde (Tomatillo Salsa)
  • Grilled Vegetable and wheat berry salad
    Grilled Vegetable and Wheat Berry Salad with Lemon Thyme Vinaigrette
  • Radish Greens Hummus in a bowl with a hand dipping a carrot stick in it.
    Radish Greens Hummus
  • Square image of 3 stacks of zucchini chips, with salt crystals falling all around.
    Salt and Vinegar Zucchini Chips
  • Silver bowl with charred radish pods, garnished with orange peel. Fresh radish pods and sliced orange in background
    Citrus Charred Radish Pods
  • Serving platter with vegetable skewers piled on.
    Marinated Vegetable Skewers on the Grill
  • Overhead picture of a bowl of braised greens in a light pink broth.
    Creamy Braised Beet Greens
  • Plate of salad with sundried tomatoes, pine nuts, fried garlic, and dressing.
    Deconstructed Pesto Herb Salad with Cracked Peppercorn Parmesan Dressing
  • Three Mason jars with lemonade in them.
    Tropical Mango Lemonade
  • Iced tea in Mason jars, with ice, blackberries, and mint.
    Blackberry Iced Tea
  • Plate of 3 crepes stuffed with chocolate dip and strawberries.
    Healthy Crepes filled with Brownie Batter and Strawberries (Eggless Crepes)
  • Plate of roasted broccoli with almond topping.
    Broccoli Almondine (Broccoli Amandine)
  • Small crock of creamy soup, garnished with basil leaves.
    Roasted Pepper and Lentil Soup
  • Overhead picture of large plate with salad on it.
    Arugula Avocado Salad with Pineapple Vinaigrette
  • Strawberry cucumber salad on a small plate, from overhead
    Strawberry Cucumber Salad with Basil and Mozzarella

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Cozy Winter Recipes

  • Orange drink in a glass with a straw, garnished with an orange slice.
    Blended Immunity Drink
  • Tea in a glass mug, with thyme sprigs in it.
    Thyme Tea
  • Bowl of lentil and mushroom stew, garnished with parsley.
    Instant Pot Irish Stew with Lentils and Mushrooms
  • Bowl of white chili, garnished with sliced avocado, a lime wedge, and chopped cilantro.
    White Bean Veggie Chili
  • Overhead image of a bowl of cooked red cabbage.
    Slow Cooker Red Cabbage (German Style)
  • Pumpkin steel cut oats risotto in a heart shaped bowl, garnished with fresh sage leaves and chopped parsley.
    Slow Cooker Pumpkin Risotto with Steel Cut Oats
  • Pot of vegetable stew with soda bread dumplings.
    Vegetable Stew with Irish Soda Bread Dumplings
  • Overhead image of baked oatmeal, still in the baking pan.
    Pecan Pie Baked Oatmeal (sweetened with dates)

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