PIN the yellow squash recipe to try it later!

This Yellow Squash Recipe (with Tomatoes and Parmesan) is a recipe I’ve made over and over through the years. And yellow squash stir-fried with onion and garlic, barely warmed tomatoes, and Parmesan is so delicious and literally takes minutes to make. And this is a perfect side dish for most any summer meal.

If you have yellow squash in the garden or you’re getting it at the Farmers Market, I hope you’ll put this recipe on your MUST TRY list! You’ll make it over and over once you try it.

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PIN Broiled Zucchini with Mozzarella and Pepperoni to try it later!

Broiled Zucchini with Mozzarella and Pepperoni is a delicious kid-friendly zucchini recipe! Years ago my sister Val shared her method of broiling seasoned zucchini with cheese and guaranteed me that all her very cute kids would gobble up zucchini cooked this way. And I agreed that the broiled zucchini topped with cheese was delicious.

But when Kara and I decided to update the recipe with better photos, we hit on the idea of giving the broiled zucchini recipe more of a pizza vibe. That’s how the recipe morphed into this broiled zucchini recipe that has Mozzarella and pepperoni.

And wow. What a great idea it was to add some Italian herb seasoning to the zucchini and throw on a few slices of pepperoni after the cheese had broiled a few minutes. Kara and I loved the slices of still slightly-crisp zucchini topped with melted cheese and pepperoni.

This is a great recipe to make as a quick snack or an easy dinner, and I’ve also made it as an easy lunch for myself. And it’s become a hugely popular zucchini recipe on Kalyn’s Kitchen. And zucchini season is starting, so I’m today I’m reminding you about this absolutely easy and tasty way to cook zucchini in a dish with pizza flavors!

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PIN the Marinated Tomatoes to try it later!

Marinated Tomatoes is a recipe that originally came from my sister Sandee, and she told me her family loved it as a way to eat fresh summer tomatoes. I’d never heard of marinating tomatoes back then, so I was intrigued to try it.

Sandee’s recipe came from her neighborhood cookbook, and that recipe called for fresh parsley and fresh marjoram as the herbs. In those days I had marjoram in my herb garden, and I loved the salad using that. But now I’m not growing marjoram on my patio, and it can be hard to find.

So recently and I made the marinated tomato salad using red garden tomatoes I got from a friend, yellow cherry tomatoes, fresh parsley, and fresh thyme to replace marjoram. And it was still just as delicious! See notes in the recipe for other fresh herbs you could use.

And summer tomato season doesn’t last forever, so if you have garden tomatoes I hope you make this salad right away!

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PIN the Cottage Cheese Cucumber Salad to try it later!

This new recipe for Cottage Cheese Cucumber Salad will be perfect for the hot summer days many places are having right now. Not long ago in Utah the temperature hit 109F! And you don’t want to spend much time cooking when it’s that hot, am I right?

The extra-easy salad with cucumbers, cottage cheese, green onions, and some fresh or dried herbs is so refreshing when the weather is hot. And I’m not exaggerating when I say you can mix this up in about ten minutes for a quick lunch.

This salad would also be great as a side dish for dinner. If you like these ingredients, I hope you try the Cottage Cheese Cucumber Salad right away. Keep reading for fun ideas for other things you could add to this classic salad.

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These 50 Amazing Zucchini Recipes have so many great ideas for using zucchini, and most of the zucchini recipes are low in carbs! And this post has all my favorite recipes from many years when I was growing zucchini in the garden.

PIN these amazing recipes with zucchini to try some later!

This collection of 50 Amazing Zucchini Recipes has all my favorite recipes using zucchini! Some of these recipes are from the years when I had a big vegetable garden and would have a surplus of zucchini every summer! And gardeners everywhere celebrate August 8 as Sneak Some Zucchini on to Your Neighbor’s Porch Day.

But recently on our family group chat I discovered some of my siblings are already starting to get zucchini! So I’m updating this huge collection of zucchini recipe favorites. And now there are actually more than 50 ideas using zucchini featured in this round-up!

Here you’ll find ideas to help you use your zucchini before you have to start leaving it on someone’s porch! There are even some recipes using zucchini in muffins, soup, or stew, so save those for when the weather cools down! If you really have a lot of zucchini, you can check out the category for Summer Squash Recipes which will take you to the more than 80 zucchini recipes on my website.

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PIN the grilled turkey burgers recipe to try it later!

Middle Eastern Grilled Turkey Burgers might cause some people to turn up their nose, but stay with me a minute if you’re not sure about them! It’s true ground turkey can sometimes be a little ho-hum. But this recipe has finely chopped mint and parsley added to the turkey. And it’s also seasoned with an interesting mix of paprika, cumin, coriander, and pepper flakes for a delicious take on grilled turkey burgers that are moist and flavorful.

I actually had the leftovers for breakfast and again for lunch the day after I first made them! That’s a pretty high recommendation in a house like mine where the fridge is usually packed with interesting things to eat.

I’m reminding you about these Middle Eastern Turkey Burgers for my Friday Favorites pick this week! And if you try this recipe, I bet it might become one of your favorite things to cook on the grill!

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PIN the Grilled Halibut Recipe to try it later!

This Grilled Halibut Recipe (with Basil Vinaigrette) is perfect to make when it’s grilling season and you want to cook fish on the grill! Of course for many summers now I’ve been infatuated with Basil Vinaigrette, which I love drizzled over tomatoes or served over vegetables. This summery dressing with chopped fresh basil is amazing served with grilled fish or chicken! 

And this favorite grilled fish recipe that I’m reminding you about today is such a flavor-filled combination! Seriously, it’s worth making basil vinaigrette just so you can serve it over this tasty grilled fish. I first made this recipe before halibut had gotten so expensive, so see suggestions for another type of firm fish to use if halibut isn’t in the budget. And whatever type of fish you use, I hope you try the recipe soon!

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PIN the Tuna Cucumber Avocado Salad to try it later!

If anyone turned up their nose at Tuna Cucumber Avocado Salad because of the canned tuna, let me emphasize this salad includes cucumbers and avocado! I love the sound of that. And I wasn’t much of a canned tuna lover myself until I discovered tuna packed in olive oil. Now I reach for it regularly, especially during the hot summer weather.

Adding tuna to cucumber avocado salad is something I came up with when I was standing in front of the fridge wondering what to make for lunch. The first time I just made one serving, and gobbled it up! Then the next day I worked on the actual recipe and took these photos.

And this salad was absolutely a winner! And if this particular salad combination with tuna, cucumbers, and avocado doesn’t grab you, look below for links to more summer salads with tuna!

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PIN the Jicama Salad to make it later!

Laurel’s Jicama Salad is my Friday Favorites pick this week, and this is a simple, tasty, and ultra-refreshing salad from my sister Laurel. And as soon as I tried this salad I knew I had to share it on the blog! This recipe can be varied in endless ways, but Laurel uses cubes of jicama, chopped red bell pepper, chopped cucumber, chopped tomato, and chopped mango.

Then the salad is simply dressed with fresh-squeezed lime juice and seasoned with onion salt and a little black pepper. That’s all there is to it for a delightful salad that I’m guessing will become a favorite if you enjoy jicama. And if you can find strips of pre-cut jicama in your grocery store, that will make this delicious salad even easier to make!

And I am especially urging you to try this salad if you haven’t eaten jicama before. My sister Laurel and I are both big fans of this interesting low-carb ingredient that I first tried in Mexico, Read more below about jicama if you haven’t tried it!

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PIN Easy Grilled Vegetables to try them later!

This favorite recipe for Easy Grilled Vegetables is one I first shared a few years ago, and now this is the grilled vegetable side dish I make all summer. And grilling season is in full swing, and I couldn’t be happier about it!

This grilled vegetable recipe will show you the easiest possible way to cook vegetables on the grill, and I’m featuring the recipe for Friday Favorites this week to remind you about it! And if you have zucchini in the garden and can make this with fresh garden zucchini, that only makes it better! 

If you’re trying to eat plenty of vegetables I hope you’ll enjoy this easy recipe for grilled vegetables as much as I do!

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