Summer

It’s refreshing, naturally sweet without added sugar, and just look at that PINK!

This creamy summer squash casserole with its buttery, crushed cracker topping counts as eating your veggies, right?

This peanut butter pie recipe gives off Reese’s vibes with its peanut butter mousse topping and dense chocolate bottom, all layered into a graham cracker crust.

Your favorite TikTok pasta, now spiced to perfection.

When summer gives you perfect peaches, turn them into this glorious peach pie encased in a flaky all-butter crust.

This (almost) no-cook pasta is an ardent love letter to summer’s ripest tomatoes (and your box grater). 

This blueberry pie recipe with its flaky lattice crust tastes just like summer, courtesy of 8 cups of fruit—and it might even score you a date.

This peach cobbler features a rich milk batter swirled with brown butter and scented with cinnamon and mace.

Lean on the oven for a hands-off approach to Sicilian-style caponata goodness.

Cold, creamy yogurt and honey punched up with vinegar and black pepper turn simple grilled pineapple into a fresh, easy dessert.

Zucchini is one of summer’s most abundant offerings; here it stars on a pesto pizza alongside ricotta-stuffed squash blossoms and a showering of mint.

Salting and straining ripe tomatoes extracts their flavorful juices; when combined with verdant basil oil, it makes a slightly sweet and vegetal salad dressing.

This toast is loaded with bright aioli, punchy tomatoes, and smoky shrimp—it definitely requires a fork and knife.

Two-ingredient homemade pasta (no machine required!) meets a buttery yet fresh tomato sauce finished with a drop of umami-rich fish sauce.

Crispy-on-the-outside, chewy-on-the-inside rice cakes play well as a pasta substitute in this comforting vegetarian one-skillet meal.

Grilled steak, fresh corn, juicy tomatoes, and crunchy pita chips come together for a summer-flavor party in your mouth.

Let your summer eggplant and basil shine in this classic Sicilian pasta.

Step aside, overly sweet mocktails. Thanks to balanced citrusy flavors, this drink tastes like a grown-up Gatorade. 

Short on time? Use this shortcut to concoct a shrub-like spritzer that tastes way fancier than it is to make.

Shrimp cocktail meets hangover helper in this spicy, tangy, refreshing take on a Venezuelan seafood cocktail from Ensenada in NYC.