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    Healthy Summer Recipes

    In summer, it's the perfect time to enjoy this season's abundance of fresh produce. Explore popular recipes like the refreshing mango avocado salad, nourishing ricotta salad, and the best healthy cucumber salad.

    Indulge in effortless meal ideas, cooling smoothies, and thirst-quenching beverages. And let's not forget about summer treats. Whether entertaining guests or simply treating yourself, you'll find some tried-and-true recipes here. Enjoy!

    Satisfying Healthy Salads

    • Two wooden spoons resting in a large plate filled with a healthy chicken salad with olive oil.
      Shredded Chicken Salad with Avocado (No Mayo)
    • A fresh healthy cucumber salad in a serving bowl.
      Cilantro Cucumber Salad With Avocado & Pickles
    • Chopped cucumbers and onions topped with a spicy dressing and chopped peanuts.
      Easy Spicy Cucumber Salad With Peanuts
    • A large serving plate with a tuna cucumber salad with ricotta cheese.
      Fresh Tuna Cucumber And Ricotta Cheese Salad
    • A watermelon fruit salad with papaya and avocado and crunchy seeds served in a bowl.
      Watermelon Fruit Salad with Papaya, Avocado & Crunchy Seeds
    • A meatball salad bowl with fresh cucumber slices, lettuce, greens, mini tomatoes, cheese and dressing.
      Italian Meatball Salad With A Simple Dressing
    • Cucumber quinoa salad with a creamy dressing tossed in. a wooden bowl.
      Cucumber Avocado Quinoa Salad With Creamy Lemon Dressing
    • Creamy arugula and cabbage salad with sweet mini tomatoes and pickles served on a plate.
      Cabbage And Arugula Salad With Crunchy Pickles

    Easy Summer Chicken Dinners

    • A large plate filled with three roasted chicken drumsticks, sweet potatoes, and a green salad with romaine lettuce, cucumbers, and cherry tomatoes.
      Healthy Baked Chicken Drumsticks (Easy Sheet Pan Dinner)
    • A plate neatly filled with baked chicken wings and garnished with celery and parsley.
      Marinated Chicken Wings
    • Creamy paprika chicken with plantain chips.
      One Pan Coconut Chicken With Plantain Chips
    • A cast iron skillet with glazed peach chicken legs.
      One Skillet Peach Glazed Chicken Legs

    Must-Make Mango Recipes

    • Mango coconut chia pudding served in a glass jar with mango sauce on the side.
      Mango Coconut Chia Pudding With Mango Puree
    • Mango cookies displayed on a table.
      Mango Cookies with Fresh and Dried Mango
    • A large wooden bowl filled with fresh and creamy mango avocado salad, onions, cilantro, sunflower seeds and red bell peppers.
      The Best Mango Avocado Salad (Healthy & Nourishing)
    • Three glasses filled with mango lassi, topped with mint leaves and each carrying a straw.
      Dairy-Free Mango Lassi (Vegan, Blender-Friendly)

    Easy Summer Meal Ideas

    • Shrimp with Shirataki noodles tossed in a green pesto sauce and presented in a large skillet.
      Low Carb Noodles with Shrimp & Garlicky Cashew Pesto
    • Bowls filled with cooked rice, small tomatoes, avocado slices, fried edamame beans, fried plantains, and topped with chimichurri sauce.
      Avocado Plantain Rice Bowl Recipe with Edamame Beans
    • Gluten free turkey burger topped with slices of tomato, thinly sliced red onions, pickles in a bun next to a dollop of ketchup.
      Juicy Turkey Burgers on the Stove
    • A spoon resting in a cast iron skillet with curried bison meatballs.
      Incredibly Tender Curry Bison Meatballs
    • A large pot containing an Italian red sauce with beef meatballs.
      Tender Italian Meatballs In Tomato Sauce (No Breadcrumbs)
    • Cooked salmon poke bowl with avocado, carrots, and onions.
      Cooked Salmon Poke Bowl With Easy Sauce
    • Creamy cooked cod and leek in a cast iron pan.
      One Skillet Creamy Leeks With Cod Fillets
    • An open Focaccia Sandwich with pan-fried cod fish in red tomato sauce.
      Cod Focaccia Sandwich With A Red Tomato Sauce

    Amazing Healthy Fruit Smoothies & Juices

    • Frothy and chocolaty smoothie drinks topped with fresh pineapple slices.
      Chocolate Pineapple Collagen Smoothie
    • Close-up of two glasses of cantaloupe smoothies shown amongst a few ingredients like half a cantaloupe, more frozen peaches, and ginger.
      Refreshing Cantaloupe Ginger Smoothie
    • Creamy pineapple cucumber smoothie topped with seeds and garnished with extra cucumber slices.
      Creamy & Refreshing Pineapple Cucumber Smoothie
    • Creamy green banana smoothies on a table.
      Creamy Pineapple & Green Banana Turmeric Smoothie
    • Two purple blueberry and raspberry smoothies on a table.
      Blueberry And Raspberry Smoothie
    • Watermelon and ginger juice in glass bottles.
      Hydrating Watermelon Lemon Ginger Juice
    • Celery pineapple juice served in a tall glass.
      Celery And Pineapple Juice With Ginger
    • Fennel juice served in glasses.
      Fennel Juice With Celery And Pineapple

    Refreshing Drinks

    • A large spoon in a sparkling pineapple mocktail drink with mint in a tall glass.
      Sparkling Pineapple Mojito Mocktail
    • A child's hand taking a pina colada mocktail off a tray.
      A Refreshing Piña Colada Mocktail
    • Honeydew lemonade in a glass with basil.
      Refreshing Honeydew Melon Juice With Basil
    • Grapefruit juice served in glasses.
      Tangy Homemade Grapefruit Lemon Carrot Juice

    No-Bake Summer Treats

    • Healthy kiwi popsicles presented on a plate.
      Kiwi Popsicles with Coconut Milk and Fresh Basil
    • A hand holding a creamy berry nice cream in a cone.
      Easy Creamy Nice Cream Recipes (Tips + 5 flavors)
    • Salted date peanut butter nice cream served in a ramekin.
      Salty Date And Peanut Butter Nice Cream
    • Two small bowls with pineapple avocado ice cream and topped with fresh mint leaves.
      Pineapple Avocado Ice Cream (Nice Cream) 
    • Stacked mascarpone mango popsicles.
      Mango Popsicles (Creamy Mascarpone, 6-Ingredient Frozen Treat)
    • A single serve cheesecake in a cup topped with berries, mint leaves, and nut crumble.
      No-Bake Strawberry Mascarpone Cheesecake Cups (Low-Carb & Gluten-Free)
    • Creamy avocado popsicles on a table.
      Avocado Popsicles with Lime and Coconut Cream
    • An almond flour mug cake with blueberries.
      Almond Flour Mug Cake with Blueberries
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    “Cooking may be as much a means of self-expression as any of the arts.”

    –Fannie Farmer

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    Hi, I'm Mariska—I love to explore food & all things nourishing in and outside the kitchen. As a PN 1 Certified Nutrition Coach, I guide others to cook more at home, eat intuitively, and feel confident in their own wellness journey. Let's embark on this journey together! More About Me →

    Fall Favorites

    • Whole roasted chicken leg, squash and pears in a cast-iron skillet.
      Roasted Chicken With Pears And Butternut Squash
    • Chocolate chip date pumpkin muffins on a cooling rack.
      Healthy Oat Pumpkin Muffins With Dates 
    • A close-up of two stacked wooden bowls with the bowl on top filled with a pumpkin spinach pasta.
      Creamy Vegan Pumpkin Pasta
    • Healthy Paleo apple crumble with cherries served on a plate.
      Best Healthy Apple Crumble (Paleo, Vegan, Gluten-free)

    Easy Weeknight Dinners

    • Cooked salmon poke bowl with avocado, carrots, and onions.
      Cooked Salmon Poke Bowl With Easy Sauce
    • A large plate filled with three roasted chicken drumsticks, sweet potatoes, and a green salad with romaine lettuce, cucumbers, and cherry tomatoes.
      Healthy Baked Chicken Drumsticks (Easy Sheet Pan Dinner)
    • Creamy paprika chicken with plantain chips.
      One Pan Coconut Chicken With Plantain Chips
    • Creamy cooked cod and leek in a cast iron pan.
      One Skillet Creamy Leeks With Cod Fillets

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      How to Cook Dried Lupini Beans: Buttery, Never Bitter
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