137 beach recipes

Hot cherry fruit compote baked with rum, curry powder, candied ginger, and brown sugar. A retro holiday side dish for ham or turkey, or chill and serve as dessert with ice cream.

Grilled chicken breasts with a curried peach and Vidalia onion relish spiked with cayenne, brown sugar, and apple cider vinegar. Make the relish up to 5 days ahead.

Fruit chili relish combines tomatoes, peaches, apples, onions, and red peppers cooked down with pickling spices and cider vinegar. A sweet-tangy preserve for canning.

Grilled chicken and fruit kabobs with bananas, peaches, and plums dusted in curry powder, served with a tangy Dijon mustard-leek sauce. A low-calorie summer dinner with bold sweet-savory contrast.

Yogurt fruit shakes blended with plain yogurt, orange juice, banana, and your choice of fresh or frozen fruit. A creamy, naturally sweetened smoothie base you can customize endlessly.

Grilled peach, maybe first time to hear grill a fruit, but it really works very well, especially with sundaes. Very yummy.

Quick stir-fried chicken with angel hair pasta in a sweet-savory peach wine and apricot preserve sauce. Colorful vegetables and Dijon mustard create elegant weeknight dining.

Paprika-buttered chicken baked with broccoli and peach halves, topped with a sour cream and Parmesan sauce, then broiled golden with poppy seeds. A retro one-pan dinner ready in an hour.

Make glace fruit at home with this classic four-day method, slowly saturating apples, peaches, cherries, or citrus peel in sugar syrup until candied and leathery. The spent syrup becomes a fruit-flavored pancake syrup.

Pecan smoked chicken breast plated with peach-strawberry tequila salsa and maple Monterey Jack spoon bread, finished with a balsamic lime reduction. A Southern-Southwest fusion entree with real restaurant polish.

Cranberry lemon bread is a quick bread studded with fresh cranberries and pecans, brightened with lemon zest in the batter and a tart lemon-sugar glaze on top. Best served the day after baking.

Soft drop cookies loaded with apricot preserves, cream cheese, and pecans, topped with an apricot-spiked frosting for double fruit flavor.

Layered banana, mixed fresh fruit, non-fat vanilla yogurt, and chopped walnuts assembled in 10 minutes. A light, no-cook dessert or breakfast parfait with no added sugar.

Fresh pineapple, mango, papaya, and strawberries layered with honey-sweetened vanilla yogurt and served in hollowed pineapple shells. A gorgeous low-fat tropical fruit salad.

Spice and nut thumbprint cookies with ground pecans, cinnamon, and jam filling. Buttery shortbread-style cookies with a fruity center, perfect for holiday baking.

Fresh nectarine smoothie blended with orange juice, lemon juice, sugar, and ice. A five-ingredient fruit drink ready in 10 minutes with no dairy and no added fat.