20 Fresh Summer Recipes to Add to Your August Menu
By Southern Living Editors
July 12, 2019
7-UP Bundt Cake
Credit: Antonis Achilleos; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall; Prop Styling: Kathleen Varner
Just because summer is slowly coming to a close doesn’t mean we still can’t enjoy the tastes of the season. How do Southerners combat dwindling farmers’ market stock? By pickling any and everything we can, of course. Start with our master pickling brine, and make one (or all five!) of our colorful pickled vegetables, including zesty okra, spicy beans, Tuscan-style cherry tomatoes, turmeric-dill cucumbers, and easy red onions. It’s the tastiest way to preserve summertime.But what to serve all those pickles with…how about a set of five-ingredient supper recipes that make use of fresh summer produce and quick pantry staples? We suggest starting with a classic sandwich with a twist, our Smoky Grilled BLTs. This recipe gives your basic tomato sandwich a run for its money.And to cap off every late-summer cookout, we’re going old-school—super old-school. Southerners have always known that soft drinks can serve as the ultimate secret ingredient, and we’re bringing back vintage favorites with updated recipes: 7UP Bundt Cake, Coca Cola Layer Cake, and Cheerwine Cherry Cupcakes, to name a few. There’s no better way to send off summer than with these 20 delicious new recipes.
Here Are a Few End-of-Summer Favorites
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Easy Steak Fajitas
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Recipe: Easy Steak Fajitas
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Creamy Pesto-and-Shrimp Penne with Peas
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Smoky Grilled BLTs
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Recipe: Smoky Grilled BLTs
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Chicken Salad-Stuffed Tomatoes
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Recipe: Chicken Salad-Stuffed Tomatoes
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Grilled Salmon Panzanella Salad
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Recipe: Grilled Salmon Panzanella Salad
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Crispy Chicken-and-Broccoli Salad
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Tomato-Basil Couscous with Chicken and Smoked Sausage
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Any-Berry Muffins with Cornmeal Streusel
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Creamy Peach Icebox Cake
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Recipe: Creamy Peach Icebox Cake
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Pickled Cherry Tomatoes
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Recipe: Pickled Cherry Tomatoes
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Zesty Pickled Okra
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Recipe: Zesty Pickled Okra
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Turmeric-Dill Cucumbers
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Recipe: Turmeric-Dill Cucumbers
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Pickled Red Onions
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Recipe: Pickled Red Onions
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Spicy Pickled Green and Yellow Beans
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7-UP Bundt Cake
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Recipe: 7-UP Bundt Cake
Recipe: Lemon-Lime Cream Cheese Frosting
Recipe: Sugared Lemon-Lime Zest
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Coca Cola Chocolate Cake
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Recipe: Coca Cola Chocolate Cake
Recipe: Fudgy Coca Cola Cake Frosting
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Nehi Orange Poke Cake
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Recipe: Nehi Orange Poke Cake
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Dr Pepper Texas Sheet Cake
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Recipe: Dr Pepper Texas Sheet Cake
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Cheerwine Cherry Cupcakes with Cherry-Swirl Frosting
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By Southern Living Editors