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Delicious Summer Recipes

Recipes for picnics, BBQs, garden parties, rooftops and pool-side entertaining. Cool off with a cocktail, enjoy a spicy side dish, serve a brightly-colored dessert and enjoy all the flavors of summer!

Looking for an elegant cocktail to cool you down? Try a beautiful French Gimlet! Interested in a BBQ side dish everyone will love? You have to try my Esquites (Mexican Corn Salad)!

4 glasses of panna cotta with strawberry-rhubarb compote, garnished with flowers, on a table.

Panna Cotta with Strawberry Rhubarb Compote

A bowl of pineapple punch in a punch bowl, with an ice ring filled with limes and jalapeños in the center.

Spicy Ginger Pineapple Punch

A Lemon Drop cocktail, garnished with a lemon slice and 3 small daisies on a table, with a bouquet in the background.

The Simple Lemon Drop Cocktail

11 bruschetta on a marble slate with tomato, burrata and a prosciutto rose, garnished with basil.

Bruschetta with Burrata, Seared Tomatoes & Roasted Garlic

A 2 tiered plate with fruits, vegetables, cheese and bread, placed on a picnic basket, beside a jar of daisies on grass.

A Lovely Labor Day Picnic

A bowl of pasta salad with fresh corn, tomatoes and olives on a lace tablecloth.

Picnic-Perfect Pesto Pasta Salad

A cocktail on a wood table, garnished with flowers and blackberries.

Sparkling Blackberry Cocktail with Rosemary & Citrus

8 coconut mojito jello shots on a plate, garnished with mint.

Delicious Coconut Mojito Jello Shots

A pineapple cocktail on a table, garnished with pineapple and jalapeño, with tropical flowers in the background.

The “Hawaiian Bonfire” Spicy Pineapple Cocktail

4 mushroom pâté canapés garnished with scallions and flowers on a marble slate.

Vegan Mushroom Pâté with Roasted Garlic

Strawberry rhubarb cups with vanilla cheesecake mouse on a marble table with a few strawberries beside them.

Strawberry Rhubarb & Vanilla Cheesecake Mousse Cups

9 strawberry crostini on marble.

Crostini with Balsamic Strawberries and Ricotta

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My name is Genevieve, and I'm just trying to be a little fancier today than I was yesterday. Sharing recipes for the creative host or hostess that are simple, elegant and colorful too!

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Summer Recipes

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The Lavender French Gimlet

9 strawberry crostini on marble.

Crostini with Balsamic Strawberries and Ricotta

Shrimp tacos on a lace tablecloth with a title that says "20 Lovely Father's Day Recipes."

20 Lovely Father’s Day Recipes

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Layered Red, White & Blue Vanilla Cheesecake Mousse

3 pink gin and tonic cocktails on a lace table cloth garnished with and surrounded by floral greenery and thyme, beside an egg in an egg cup.

Pretty Pink Gin & Tonics

3 piña coladas in coup glasses, garnished with a lime and flowers on a table.

Easy, Creamy, Frozen Piña Colada

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