What to Cook in August?
August seasonal recipes
It’s August, therefore, it’s time to enjoy and cook August seasonal dishes: heat-loving eggplants, summer squashes and tomatoes, juicy summer fruits and berries, including peaches, raspberries, blueberries, and watermelon.
1. Avocado
Avocado and Tangerine Salad with Spicy Vinaigrette
This Avocado and Tangerine Salad with Spicy Vinaigrette is a perky orange and green salad and I firstly love the colors this salad portrays, almost more than anything. Soft and creamy avocado paired with tangy, chewy tangerines, these two uniquely very different ingredients bought together bring a stunning, mouthwatering combination of flavors to open your senses.
2. Beets
Beet Detox Soup
This bright pink Beet Detox Soup is a delicious and healthy soup which is packed full of goodness. The soup gets its pink color from beet roots which are a superfood. Beets are low fat and are packed with minerals, vitamins and antioxidants making them unbeetable in my book (get it?!)
3. Berries! Blackberries, Blueberries, Raspberries & Strawberries
5 Ingredient Blueberry Chia Overnight Oats
These 5 Ingredient Blueberry Chia Overnight Oats not only tasty absolutely delicious but look gorgeous and fabulous too! Have you ever wanted to make one of those mouthwateringly, good-looking Pinterest or Instagram breakfast jars?
4. Bell Peppers
Mediterranean Stuffed Peppers
Mediterranean Stuffed Peppers might just be my most cooked recipe this year. I’ve made them so many times and each time I try a different flavor combination. As soon as I hit this mix, I knew it was the one! I think the addition of feta cheese really elevates the stuffing. …
5. Corn
Zucchini, Corn & Egg Casserole
This Zucchini, Corn & Egg Casserole will feed a crowd and have them crying out for more! Make it the next time you’re cooking for a crowd at breakfast, lunch, dinner or even for a picnic! It’s full of healthy and filling ingredients. …
6. Mushrooms
Italian Oven-Roasted Vegetables
These Italian Oven-Roasted Vegetables are a delicious side dish that I love to make to accompany grilled meat or to use in wraps and sandwiches. This dish uses a variety of summer vegetables which you will find at your local grocery store or farmer’s market. …
7. Peaches/ Nectarines
Peach Cobbler
Peach Cobbler is a cake recipe for all the non-bakers out there! It doesn’t look too over the top, or luxurious, by any means, however it has all the goodness and flavor that a cake or dessert, needs. I think it’s this fact that makes this dessert so easy to make, there’s no…
8. Tomatoes
Low Carb Eggs Baked in Tomatoes
These Low Carb Eggs Baked in Tomatoes are the cutest recipe idea I have had in a little while! A new and fun way to serve your breakfast, inside scooped-out, tomato shells. Baked eggs topped with grated Parmesan cheese and seasoned with salt and freshly ground black …
9. Watermelon
Watermelon Popsicles
These Watermelon Popsicles are more than just a watermelon popsicle. Created in individual layers, taking up a little bit of your afternoon in preparation time, start out by making the frozen watermelon layer with little chocolate chips inside. Freeze this layer …
10. Zucchini
Healthy Zucchini & Summer Squash Casserole
I often make this Healthy Zucchini & Summer Squash Casserole when I have a lot of veggies hanging around in the crisper drawer and I am looking for something light and healthy. We also try to have a couple of meat free days per week and this recipe is a perfect substitute. …