27 soap recipes

Summer pudding-style fruit cake lined with sponge cake and packed with kirsch-soaked strawberries, blackberries, cherries, and currants. Chilled overnight and unmolded.

Grilled rum-soaked shrimp with tropical mango-lime relish, bell peppers, curry, and pineapple juice. Caribbean-inspired skewered shrimp with a sweet-spicy salsa for summer grilling.

Sugar snap peas, strips of chicken and greens with pasta and dressed with a garlicky Caesar salad dressing.

Gingered shrimp noodle soup with snap peas, radishes, and a zippy rice vinegar broth, ready in 15 minutes from a packet of soup noodle mix. Fast weeknight dinner with real crunch.

Steamed halibut fish packets with sugar snap peas served over fresh diced tomatoes and basil. A light, naturally gluten-free dinner that cooks in just 5 minutes.

Steamed fish and vegetables in stove-top papillotte: halibut and sugar snap peas steamed in plastic over diced tomatoes and basil. A clean, light, restaurant-style dinner in 20 minutes.

A quick and succulent dish that brings some variety to dinner and a tantalizing flavor everyone will enjoy!

Pasta primavera verde with steamed broccoli, asparagus, green beans, and sugar snap peas tossed with linguine, fresh dill, and garlic. A light, veggie-packed spring pasta.

A quick one skillet veggie dish. ******** During the summer I cook my Ratatouille and serve it with fresh corn on the cob. The corn only cooks for three min so this is a fast summer meal. ***Ratatouille entree, a side of Chicken rice, fresh corn on the cob and just picked strawberry shortcake served with homemade ice cream. *** I am missing summer!

Vegetarian Chinese boiled dumplings (shwei jow) with handmade wrappers and a tofu, mushroom, and lily bud filling. Served with a soy-vinegar dipping sauce. Makes 24.

Vegetarian shao mai dumplings with hand-rolled hot-water dough and two filling options: mashed tofu or minced water chestnut and mushroom. Bamboo steamer classic, freezer-friendly.