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Cauliflower Salad with Fresh Herbs

An easy summer salad, just steamed cauliflower tossed in a vinaigrette with fresh herbs. So simple to make but memorable to serve. No mayonnaise so perfect for picnics and outdoor gatherings. Weight Watchers Friendly & Low Carb. Vegan & Naturally Gluten-Free. ~ Skip Straight to the Recipe ~ This recipe is so quick and easy that I'm adding it to a special collection of easy summer recipes published every summer since 2009. Watch for new "summer easy" recipes all summer long! With a free e-mail subscription , you'll never miss a one! Summer Easy: The First Inspiration Truth be told, this was the first of two recipes that inspired this summer’s recipe theme, Summer Easy, a collection of easy summer recipes. (The second recipe? This Easy-Easy Grilled Mushroom Appetizer !) I made it one night, twas excellent. The next night, we ended up with an impromptu party with about 90 minutes notice. I made it again, this time without thinking, just

Easy-Easy Grilled Mushroom Appetizer

My favorite easy summer appetizer, a real crowd pleaser, just fresh mushrooms cooked in Italian dressing over a hot grill. For the cook? Totally easy, just two ingredients. For the health-conscious eater? This mushroom appetizer recipe is also low-cal and low-carb! For the taste-hungry foodie? On the grill, these mushrooms get all dark and syrupy. So good! ~ Skip Straight to the Recipe ~ This recipe is so quick and easy that I'm adding it to a special collection of easy summer recipes published every summer since 2009. Watch for new "summer easy" recipes all summer long! With a free e-mail subscription , you'll never miss a one! BEST RECIPES! Easy-Easy Grilled Mushroom Appetizer Made the List! Best Recipes of 2009 The Essence of Summer Easy! When I first launched the new collection of easy summer recipes back in 2009, this easy appetizer recipe – just two ingredients! – was exactly what I had in mind. It's not just easy, i

Old-Fashioned Homemade Lemonade

How to make real lemonade and the most lemony lemonade you've maybe ever tasted! The trick? A simple technique that extracts extra flavor from the lemon peels. Fresh & Refreshing, a Summer Classic. Weeknight Easy, Weekend Special. Great for Meal Prep.

Easy Summer Recipes

Less Cookin'. More Livin'. Make it your summer motto! This is a seasonal collection of the simplest of simple summer recipes, recipes so short, so intuitive, so repeatable, that we might be reluctant to even call them "recipes". Real Food, Fresh & Summery from Simple Suppers to Sides, Salads and Sandwiches with the Best Summer Produce Plus Summery Sweets and More.

Rhubarb Chutney

Everyone loves rhubarb – don't we usually cloak it in sugar for cake, cheesecake, rhubarb sauce and first and foremost, pie? This recipe shifts rhubarb to the savory side, a chutney that's fabulous with grilled steak, roast pork, even stirred into Greek yogurt for a savory dessert. ~ Skip Straight to the Recipe ~ COMPLIMENTS! ".... my god is that good stuff" ~ Kevin "The Rhubarb Is Ready, the Rhubarb Is Ready!" In my childhood, when the rhubarb was ripe, summer had truly arrived. My mom kept a few plants on the north side of the house. The cherry-red stalks were tart-tart-tart so Mom sent us to fetch some with a small dish of sugar – tasting while picking was encouraged! My dad's been trying to kill my mom's last rhubarb plants with Round-Up for years - thankfully, rhubarb is resilient and two plants survived. I've transplanted one plant into my own garden in Missouri and with the promise that rhubarb pie is the likely