16 Recipes You Need to Make in August

Fruits and vegetables are overflowing in gardens, at grocery stores, and farmers markets right now. Cooking and baking with produce that’s in season not only improves the taste of the recipe, it also helps lower the grocery bill. Need some ideas on what to make? Try one of these recipes made with produce that’s in season for August. Simple, readily available ingredients create 16 flavorful recipes.

Zucchini Fritters With Asiago

"This is one of our favorite zucchini recipes. It's a mixture of "fresh from the garden" shredded zucchini, nutty Asiago cheese and Italian herb seasoned Panko bread crumbs, formed into patties and fried to a golden crisp. They're creamy on the inside, with a hint of garlic, and wonderfully crispy on the outside. So delicious!" - Teresa

Tomato Pie

"It's that time of year. Fresh tomatoes from the farmers market or, if you're lucky, from your own garden. The first time I heard about this pie it sounded very strange. It was really good though. Of course, I added some bacon, garlic, and mozzarella cheese. It's awesome. Extremely flavorful and gets requested for every picnic we go to." - Linda

Beautiful Blueberry Lemon Bundt Cake

"This is a great summer take along dessert. It's bursting with fresh New Jersey blueberries and lemon zest. You can choose to finish this beauty with a glaze or dust with powdered sugar." - Laurie

Summer Squash Cheesy Bake

"My brother plants a large garden every year and just the other day his zucchini and yellow squash are now ready. I brought some home and wanted something a little different to do with it where they weren't cooked to a mush." - Stacey

Tomato Mozzarella Salad With Balsamic Dressing

"Super easy, super flavorful! This is a great way to get my boys to eat tomatoes, they love this salad. It is super easy and even better when we pick the tomatoes out of our garden and I always have fresh basil in a pot. So good. I made this balsamic dressing years ago and it really pulls the dish together!" - Monica

No Bake Triple Berry Icebox Pie

"I always decorate this pie using strawberries that aren’t hulled as I love the color it adds to the topping but, you can remove the stems should you prefer to do so. The hardest thing about making this pie is waiting for it to chill before cutting. Phone a friend if you need support while you wait." - Melissa

Creamy Dilled Cucumber Salad

"With summer here I thought that it was the perfect time to pull out one of my favourite summer recipes, this creamy dilled cucumber salad! This salad could not be easier, it's pretty much just slice up some cucumber and onions and toss them in a creamy mixture of yogurt (or sour cream or mayo), lemon juice and garlic and you're good to go! In addition to being super easy to make you really can't go wrong with a cool and juicy cucumber salad on hot summer days!" - Kevin

Mango Strawberry Salsa

"Was bored and wanted a fruity salsa so came up with this...Yummy, Yum. Served with Tostitos lime chips, Tostitos scoops and now Tostitos has this roasted garlic and black bean chip... it is sooooo good with these." - Wendy

Fresh Corn Pie

"This is a very old recipe of mine. Just a pretty and delicious way to serve that yummy summer corn!" - Kelly

Sesame Green Beans

"The sesame sauce adds a pop of flavor to the green beans, making them less an everyday dish and more like a holiday dish, but easy enough to make any ole day you want." - Joeyjoan

Ranch Pasta Salad

"This is one of my most requested pasta salads at my house. There are few ingredients and kids always like it. If you don't like the tomato, replace it with another veggie such as red bell pepper, green onion, radish, or zucchini. Or leave it out! It's still really good and really simple." - Dawn

Award-Winning Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

"The best thing about this recipe is that it's not very hard to make at all. I ALWAYS use fresh ingredients. I only make this when rhubarb is in season. I bought this for a church potluck. A couple was cleaning the pan out with their fingers after the pan was gone. So, I went ahead and brought them a pie the next week." - Shannon

Garlic Soy Cucumber Salad

"Fresh cucumbers combine with matchstick carrots and thinly sliced red onion and are covered in a dressing of soy sauce, garlic, rice wine vinegar, and black pepper. The whole thing is garnished with chopped peanuts. It’s all the great flavors of the classic dish in a low carb, easy to prepare side dish. I’ve actually had this for lunch for two days now!" - Stacey