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Grandma’s Peach and Blackberry Cobbler

Fresh fruit flavors are the star in this decadent but oh so easy peach and blackberry cobbler recipe that calls for a spoonful straight from the pan.You can have your cake, you can keep your candies. Because my #1 choice for dessert will always fall in the crumble or ... continue reading... about Grandma’s Peach and Blackberry Cobbler

30 Pasta Salad Recipes to Make All Summer Long

Easy classic pasta salads are the trademark of summer BBQs, picnics, pool parties, and potlucks. This list of 30 pasta salads will keep your picnic table full all summer long.I'm just going to put this out there now...with all of summer's shenanigans and goings ons, this ... continue reading... about 30 Pasta Salad Recipes to Make All Summer Long

Strawberry Arugula Salad with Watermelon and Feta

This healthy strawberry and arugula salad recipe with a simple balsamic vinaigrette dressing gets even sweeter with watermelon that's topped with feta cheese and nuts.Strawberries. Watermelon. Arugula. Feta. Sweet. Sweet. Bitter. Tang.This super simple arugula salad ... continue reading... about Strawberry Arugula Salad with Watermelon and Feta

Creamy Tropical Fruit Slushies

Trade in your handheld popsicles for this frozen slushie treat that's iced, creamy, and a total tropical flavor delight made from real fruit and almond milk, making it more delicious AND healthier than what you'll find at the local snow cone shack. This recipe is brought to you ... continue reading... about Creamy Tropical Fruit Slushies

Grilled Corn Salad with Tomato and Avocado

When fresh corn and tomatoes are at their summer best, this easy salad with creamy avocados that's simply dressed with a hint of Mexican jalapeño, lime juice, and garlic, is a healthy recipe that's sure to become the star side dish of every potluck and barbecue you make it for. ... continue reading... about Grilled Corn Salad with Tomato and Avocado

30 Healthy Summer Potluck Salads to Make in June

From zippy potato salads, quinoa salads, coleslaws, and pasta salads that just seem to get better and better over time, we can't get enough of this list of 30 healthier,  light and refreshing summer potluck salads to make now.With the official first day of summer ... continue reading... about 30 Healthy Summer Potluck Salads to Make in June

55 Healthy Zucchini Recipes to Make Now

This round up of 55 favorite zucchini recipes will keep you healthy and happy through the rest of summer's bountiful harvest and all through the year.During these final dog days of summer, there's not much better than healthful eats packed with summer produce, unless of ... continue reading... about 55 Healthy Zucchini Recipes to Make Now

31 Days of Summer Produce Recipes to Make in August

These 31 easy, healthy recipe ideas for summer produce are what make the living easy this month!There's nothing quite like biting into that first peach with juice dribbling steadily down your chin. Or the taste of summer's first BLT stacked high with tomatoes still warm from ... continue reading... about 31 Days of Summer Produce Recipes to Make in August

Potato Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches Recipe

Summer doesn't get any cooler than ice cream sandwiches made of chocolate chip cookies with oatmeal, nuts, and potato chips (!) sandwiching cool colors of ice cream for an easy dessert that'll chill everyone out. This post is brought to you by Kettle Brand Potato Chips Other than ... continue reading... about Potato Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches Recipe

Summer Melon Cous Cous Salad with Avocado, Grapes and Mint

Hail all things green! Pillowy pearl couscous provides the bulk of this fresh honeydew, grape, cucumber, and avocado salad tossed with fresh herbs laced in a a ginger lime dressing that goes from breakfast or brunch to lunch and dinner with loads of summer’s seasonal flavors. ... continue reading... about Summer Melon Cous Cous Salad with Avocado, Grapes and Mint

31 Summer Slow Cooker Recipes to Make in July

These 31 fast to pull together slow cooker recipe ideas for chicken, meat, seafood, and vegetables are the secret to easy summer cooking.For many of us, pulling out the slow cooker for cozy, warming, winter meals is as natural a thing to do as heating up the grill for ... continue reading... about 31 Summer Slow Cooker Recipes to Make in July

Macaroni Salad with Smoked Mozzarella and Proscuitto

This easy, tangy pasta salad mixes traditional macaroni salad with Mediterranean flavors to create a new family favorite potluck salad. Common etiquette rules that if you're invited to a friendly BBQ, you offer to bring something to add to the pot. So when I ask the big ... continue reading... about Macaroni Salad with Smoked Mozzarella and Proscuitto

Skillet Cherry Pie

Sweet, plump cherries scented with vanilla and almond make up the filling of this easy and classic, lattice-topped pie, baked in an iron skillet. There's something about a pie that brings people together. It's comforting, it's made with love and it takes more than one to fully ... continue reading... about Skillet Cherry Pie

Creamy Yogurt Cucumber Salad Recipe

Greek yogurt spiked with garlic, dill, lemon and mint dresses crunchy cucumbers for a favorite, refreshing and creamy summer salad that's so simple to make. Well would you look at that??!! I GOT SERVED! No, I didn't run a red light with sirens a-blazing in the rear view, and I ... continue reading... about Creamy Yogurt Cucumber Salad Recipe

Bacon Wrapped Grilled Peaches with Balsamic Glaze

The first bite of recipe creating inspiration for me often starts with—you got it—the first bite.Case in point, my dinner last Friday night. Even though it was Labor Day weekend, the mountains delivered a chilly preview of what's soon to be in store. I love fall. I can't ... continue reading... about Bacon Wrapped Grilled Peaches with Balsamic Glaze

Grilled Caprese Skewers

Summer grill time certainly shouldn't be limited to meats and burgers, bring on the tomatoes and sturdy halloumi or bread cheese for my Grilled Caprese Skewers.“Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.”   ~ Abraham ... continue reading... about Grilled Caprese Skewers

NEW! FoodieCrush Magazine Summer 2013 Issue

"Summer means watching cartoons all morning, roaming the neighborhood all day and heading home when the streetlights turn on."I don't remember where I read or heard this quote, but it's stuck with me. It doesn't apply to me so much anymore, but it reminds me to encourage my ... continue reading... about NEW! FoodieCrush Magazine Summer 2013 Issue

Hotel Inspired White Peach Sangria with Harry & David

The weekend started innocently enough. We landed. We checked in. And then, we discovered our gift boxes. And that's when the party started.Sweet Riesling, sparklin peach juice, fresh fruit and a few resourceful food bloggers. I smelled Sangria, but we'll get to that in a ... continue reading... about Hotel Inspired White Peach Sangria with Harry & David

Friday Faves and Balsamic Skirt Steak Salad with Stone Fruit

I just stepped out of the orchard. No, I mean literally, I just stepped out of the orchard.Today I stepped out of a van, into a picturesque Oregon orchard, to photograph, gawk and fondle some of the world’s most coveted pears and peaches grown and harvested by gifting company ... continue reading... about Friday Faves and Balsamic Skirt Steak Salad with Stone Fruit

Friday Faves and Grilled Peaches with Mascarpone Cheese

Soon I'll be heading north. Not for the great white chill of Alaska, but to Northern Utah for Peach Days.Peach season is right around the corner, and I can't wait to hand-pick some big old juicers from the roadside fruit stand to take home and throw on the grill for my easy ... continue reading... about Friday Faves and Grilled Peaches with Mascarpone Cheese

Whiskey Lemonade Recipe with Honey Simple Syrup

I left my heart in Utah. Which makes it convenient since that’s where I’ve returned to roost.This great state had some pretty great visitors this past weekend thanks to the bloggers who visited Park City for the third annual Evo Conference aka The Evolution of Women in Social ... continue reading... about Whiskey Lemonade Recipe with Honey Simple Syrup

Apple & Blueberry Crumble

Next week is a big week for me, and for you my readers! You'll be seeing a new look for the blog and also the release of the next issue of Foodie Crush!I'm busy putting the final touches on the magazine so today's post will be short but sweet. Mmmm, sweet. ... continue reading... about Apple & Blueberry Crumble

Peach & Tomato Bruschetta Recipe

Baby toes, baby breath, baby kisses right in the crook of their fat, little, creased neck. The things I crave when I hear a friend is going to have a baby. So when a bunch of Utah food bloggers got together to celebrate the beautiful-babe-to-soon-be of our friends Maria and Josh ... continue reading... about Peach & Tomato Bruschetta Recipe

Grilled Pizza and 3 Recipes to Keep You Out of the Kitchen

Baby it's hot outside. Dog days of summer. And just another excuse to fire up the grill. And a little rescuing was what I was in need of, rescue from the same old grill recipes. Luckily my friend Angie (doesn't hurt to have friends that are personal chefs if you know what I ... continue reading... about Grilled Pizza and 3 Recipes to Keep You Out of the Kitchen

BLT Panzanella Plus 5 New Spins on Panzanella

Tomatoes, vinegar, pucker. I'm craving salty and fresh. And maybe a little smokey. But not your typical light-lunch salad, something with some girth.I'm thinking summertime and fresh tomatoes, and that crusty bread from my new favorite find at the farmer's market. I'm calling ... continue reading... about BLT Panzanella Plus 5 New Spins on Panzanella

5 Gazpachos and a Bloody Mary Gazpacho

The combination of soaring temperatures and farmer's markets leads me to one conclusion. It's time for gazpacho. With sweat-drenched home cooks and their ovens and stoves going on strike, it's that time of summer when a no-cook meal is in order.I love gazpacho. I've made it ... continue reading... about 5 Gazpachos and a Bloody Mary Gazpacho

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