A selection of delicious recipes featuring seasonal early Summer fruits for #CookBlogShare Week 18. As local rhubarb and fresh berries hit the shelves, here are some ideas of how to use them.
Welcome to #CookBlogShare 2021 week 18
In a change to scheduled programming, this week I’m hosting #CookBlogShare Week 18. CookBlogShare is a weekly recipe link-up where fabulous food bloggers share their recipes. It’s a great place to find foodie inspiration and discover new and interesting ideas.
Karen at Lavender and Lovage hosted last week’s linky, which as usual attracted a terrific selection of both sweet and savoury recipes.
Summer is coming!
I always feel that Spring has truly Sprung and Summer is just around the corner when the rhubarb appears, and I know that delicious soft berries won’t be far behind.
We love to eat seasonal fruits and vegetables. As well as keeping our diet varied and interesting, there is some evidence that fruits and vegetables in season have better nutritional value than those that are ‘hot-housed’ year round, or flown in out of season from other parts of the world.
One thing that’s definitely true though, is that the flavour of fruits at the peak of their local natural season can’t be beaten. A fresh and juicy summer berry, bursting with sweet and fragrant flavour, is a treat indeed!
#CookBlogShare Seasonal Fruit Recipes
I’ve chosen four recipes from last week’s #CookBlogShare that highlight these delicious early Summer fruits. I’m sure you’ll agree that they all look scrumptious!
1. I’m drooling over this blackcurrant cheesecake from Farmersgirl Kitchen. Definitely one to bookmark for Shavuot.
2. My neighbour grows his own rhubarb and sometimes kindly gives some to me. I think next time I’m lucky enough to get a bagful, I’ll be making these rhubarb crumble cake bars from Curly’s Cooking.
3. Another Shavuot contender! This no-bake white chocolate and raspberry cheesecake from Cooking With My Kids looks incredible!
4. Finally this homemade raspberry gin from the Veg Space looks like the perfect thing to sip on a hot day – fruity and refreshing!
More summer fruits recipes
If you’re after more fruity inspiration, you might also like these recipes:
- Strawberry tarts with mascarpone cream
- Rhubarb, ginger and raspberry jelly
- Vegan panna cotta with roasted rhubarb
- Baked gooseberry and elderflower custards
- No-bake raspberry cheesecake mousse
- Blueberry and sweet cheese lokshen kugel
Join in with #CookBlogShare week 18
You can add your recipe(s) to the linky below. You can link up both new and old blog posts, as long as they have not been added to #CookBlogShare previously.
I will be reading and commenting on as many posts as I can, and all recipes will be pinned to the #CookBlogShare group board on Pinterest. You can also share your post to the #CookBlogShare group on Facebook.
Please do share on social media, and feel free to tag me and the #CookBlogShare organisers – we are @fuelledbytea (that’s me), @SewWhite, and @LavenderandLovage. Use the #CookBlogShare hashtag on Twitter and Instagram and I will retweet and comment on as many as possible.
A few rules and regulations…
Link up a recipe or foodie post by clicking the blue ‘add your link’ button below and following the instructions. To join in with the linky, you need to adhere to the following rules please:
- You can add up to 4 posts, as long as they haven’t been added to #CookBlogShare before
- Add a link from your post back to this post, so that other people can find the linky and join in too
- Ideally, add the #CookBlogShare badge to your post – see the code below
- Comment on some of the other recipes that have been linked up here (at least 2 for each link you add but the more you can do the better) and generally share the love with a bit of social media action!
- Finally please comment on either this post or one of the posts labelled HOST in the linky
Here’s the badge:
By joining in you are giving the #CookBlogShare hosts permission to use your pictures in a roundup and on social media. Thanks for joining in, and I look forward to seeing this week’s deliciously inspiring recipes!
Next week’s link will be hosted by Sisley at www.sewwhite.com
Kate
Seeing all these beautiful summer fruits makes me so excited about warmer weather and sunshine. Can’t wait! Thanks for featuring my raspberry gin, I’ve been doing plenty of taste-testing over the last few weeks!!
Helen
I expect nothing less! No point making raspberry gin if you aren’t going to taste-test it thoroughly to ensure perfection!
Sarah Holt
SO excited for Summer desserts!
Helen
Me too! LOL!
Jacqui – Only Crumbs Remain:Recipes Made Easy
Lots of lovely recipes to choose from. I Love summer fruits so I have just added another to the linky.
Helen
Thanks Jacqui – can never have too many summer fruits recipes 🙂
Amy Angelli
There are some lovely recipes here!!!!
Helen
Thanks Amy. I quite agree – hard to decide which to make first!
Marita
I cannot wait for all the fruit desserts! These look delicious. Now the weather in Germany just has to warm up for summer to begin….
Helen
Here too Marita – yesterday was one long downpour!
Choclette
Ooh summer fruits, now you’re talking. It will be a while until we get any on our allotment, especially with the weather being so cold, but I am enjoying copious amounts of rhubarb. Really fancy a glass of raspberry gin now.
Helen
I’m sure they will be here sooner than we think! I hope so anyway… Enjoy the rhubarb – we are!
Corina Blum
I love fruity recipes and I especially like the cheesecakes in the round up!
Helen
Thanks Corina. Yes, don’t they look fab. Perfect for this time of year.
Cat | Curly's Cooking
Thank you for including my Rhubarb Crumble Cake Bars this week. The rest of the recipes look so delicious! I love baking with fruit.
Helen
Thanks Cat. I love fruity recipes too – always makes it feel a bit more virtuous! LOL!