Summer

The summer harvest season is finally here. Summer means a wide variety of fruits and vegetables are ripe and ready, providing fresh local flavors in abundance.

• Easy Gluten-Free Stuffed Bell Peppers

  Stuffed bell peppers are an easy dish to get creative with and a great way to enjoy a variety of garden veggies. Our gluten-free stuffed bell peppers recipe can be made as a vegan, vegetarian or meaty version depending on what your crowd likes to eat. Follow our recipe for a delicious and satisfying vegetarian version, but feel free to mix up the stuffing for your own unique dish.For this stuffed bell peppers recipe, look for firm but peppers and try to find ones that are evenly shaped so that they can stand up in a baking dish. Red and yellow bell peppers will have a sweeter flavor, but green and purple ones will provide a more robust and wont overpower the flavor of your filling. The size of the pepper will determine the serving size, but most people tend to be satsified with one medium sized sutffed pepper.

• Macadamia-Mango Chicken

  Once you try this grilled chicken recipe with chopped macadamia, Mustard Sauce and Mango Salsa, chicken will never be the same. Juicy mango chunks mixed with cilantro, lime juice, and red onions create a Latin-inspired topping that adds a variety of flavors to ordinary chicken breasts. You can add or substitute pineapple in the salsa if preferred.

• Ground Beef Gyros

  If you love gyros, you will love this easy version made with ground beef instead of lamb. With flavor that rivals your local Greek restaurant, these gyros will give you a taste of the Mediterranean from your own kitchen. Cucumber yogurt sauce adds an authentic finishing touch.

• Awesome Blueberry Muffins

  The name of this recipe says it all — awesome blueberry muffins. Fresh blueberries makes these muffins a summertime favorite. Double it to make large muffins. Also add cinnamon for additional flavor.

• Eggplant Parmesan with Fresh Mozzarella

  Eggplant parmesan is one of those great Italian comfort foods. This simple recipe gives you a wonderful, cheesy, rich eggplant parmesan that doesn't weigh you down with too much water or oil.

• Vanilla Scented Plums and Blackberries

  This simple recipe transforms a few simple, fresh ingredients into a wonderfully sweet, seasonal treat.