Vegetables - Squashed Lemon Coconut Pie

Disguise your extra squash by grating it into the filling of a lemon coconut pie for a refreshing summer dessert.

Persimmon Pudding Persimmon pulp is combined with spices, eggs, sugar, flour, and butter in this recipe for persimmon pudding, which is then baked to create a delicious dessert.

Sauces and Condiments - Big Batch Creamy Gravy for a Crowd

This butter, flour, and milk-based vegetarian gravy recipe is a brunch crowd-pleaser when served with biscuits. It works well in a gravy fountain.

Shellfish Recipe

These Thai-inspired pan-fried shrimp cakes are full of zesty flavor thanks to a mixture of sauces and sesame oil.

Desserts Recipe Without a campfire, a great summertime snack!

Soups, Stews and Chili - Celery Potato Soup This simple soup, which features celery, onion, and russet potatoes, will warm you from the inside out.

Limoncello Mule Recipe

A classic Moscow mule cocktail gets a nice and cooling twist from limoncello.

Cheesy Mexi-Rice Casserole Recipe

Rice is baked with three kinds of corn, bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, green chile peppers and Mexican-style cheese.

Soup Recipe

This is especially tasty with hot rolls on a chilly winter night.

Desserts - Coconut Pound Cake Recipe

This recipe for a moist pound cake with walnuts and a buttery coconut flavor will be a hit with kids of all ages even the grown-up kind.

Fish - BBQ Broiled Red Snapper Recipe If you don't cook fish often, or don't like fish, this broiled red snapper recipe may be just what the doctor ordered. Normally we don't want to cover up the delicate flavors of the seafood, but in this case, we have no choice. It's not like you can't tell you're eating fish, but close enough.

Vegan Carrot Curry Soup

Your fresh carrots have never tasted better than they do in this vegan soup, which is simmered in rich coconut milk and lightly and pleasantly spiced with ginger and curry. A mere 35 minutes are required.

Soup - Tomato Florentine Soup I Recipe This soup with a tomato and chicken broth base and a dash of nutmeg contains cooked pasta and chopped spinach.

Side Dish Recipe

You can make your own delicious thousand island dressing that is excellent on fish, reuben sandwiches, and salad.

Sangria - Cranberry Sangria A spiced cranberry-apple wine punch makes a festive drink to toast the winter holidays. Chill the sangria for a day or so to blend the flavors.

Sauces and Condiments - Creme Fraiche This is very much like sour cream yet it is softer and has a little more tang. Use it to garnish anything from pies to soup. Try whipping it with a little bit of sugar for tangy whipped cream!

Meat Marinade

This meat marinade has got to be the easiest, best tasting thing I've ever done to inexpensive cuts of beef, pork, or venison. As a newlywed, we cut all corners, but thanks to this recipe, not on taste! 1/2 cup olive oil, 1/4 cup soy sauce, 1 dash onion powder, salt and pepper to taste, 2/3 cup lemon juice, 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce, 3 tablespoons prepared mustard, garlic powder to taste