Simple and in Season: July’s Round-up and August’s Shout-out

The sunny weather arrived in July and with it a heatwave of gorgeous entries for Simple and in Season to inspire your summer cooking.

If you’re new to Simple and in Season, this is a link-up for food bloggers to celebrate cooking with seasonal ingredients. It’s a great way to discover what’s perfect to eat right now and for getting ideas for new things to try.

We’ll kick off with these wonderfully unusual Blackberry Quinoa Summer Courgettes from Everyday Healthy Recipes. I’d never have thought to put these ingredients together, but I think it’d make a cracking starter for a vegetarian feast.
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How pretty is this Strawberry Mousse Cake from The Gluten Free Alchemist? I think it’d be a wonderful centrepiece for a BBQ dessert this summer.
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Make the most of a crop of beans with this Broad Bean and Feta Salad from Onions and Paper. I’d love to serve this up as a side dish to some delicious grilled steak.
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This Salmon with Salsa Verde & Roast Vegetables from A Wee Pinch of Sugar is a brilliant one tray supper that makes the most of summer vegetables and bright zesty flavours.
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I’ve never come across bilberries before – have you? These Bilberry & Spelt Muffins from Only Crumbs Remain have made me want to head out into the hedgerows in search for the tiny fruit – how lush do these muffins look??!!
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These Lemon & Elderflower Curd Cupcakes from Fab Food 4 All look ultra golden and delicious – apparently they have a gooey bit of curd right in the centre!
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I’m a huge fan of a refreshing cocktail in the summer months, so these Watermelon Bacardi Coolers from The Gluten Free Alchemist look right up my street. Aren’t they gorgeous?! That colour!
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Camilla’s back with another recipe, this time it’s her refreshingly simple Old Fashioned Lemonade on her blog Fab Food 4 All. How perfect would a big jug of this be on a hot summer’s day?
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Innovative and tempting, check out these Breakfast Egg Quinoa Pots with Summer Berries from Everyday Healthy Recipes.
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Kasza & Lentil Salad with Griddled Courgette & Halloumi from Simple and in Season’s founder Ren Behan. She says it’s a super-quick store-cupboard/fridge-raid supper, but I think it wouldn’t look out of place on a dinner party table either!
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This Simple Orange Ginger Carrot Salad from Tin and Thyme was created to go with some yummy Higgidy quiches for a picnic. It looks like a delish and healthy alternative to creamy coleslaw.
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And we finish the round-up with this incredible looking Cherry-Chocolate Brownie No Churn Ice Cream from The Gluten Free Alchemist – Oh. My. Word. I’m all over this recipe… ALL OVER IT!!!!
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Thanks so much to everyone for taking the time to link their seasonal recipes up here this month, it’s been really inspiring visiting everyone’s blogs to check them all out.

Join in with Simple and in Season for August!

GUIDELINES

Simple and in Season is a monthly food blogging event where you are invited to link up any of your seasonal recipe posts – anywhere in the world! Join a thriving community of home cooks who love to share their seasonal creations.

Each month, there will be a round-up of all the entries.

• All you have to do is come up with a dish using any seasonal produce you like (savoury or sweet) post it on your blog, add a link to this post mentioning Simple and in Season and linking to www.feedingboys.co.uk and then manually add the link to your post in the box on each month’s launch page (click the badge on my Blog sidebar to find the current host)
• The linky will close on the 30th and a round up post featuring all the recipes entered will be posted at the beginning of each new month.
• You can take inspiration from anywhere – adapt a recipe from your favourite cookbook, try something from a magazine, make up your own creation or share a family favourite. The usual rules apply when using someone else’s recipe, please either get permission from the author to post it or adapt it in some way stating how/why you’ve changed it.
• Include any seasonal produce you fancy including fruit, veg, herbs, meat or fish.
• Link as many recipes as you like. You can link posts entered into other blog events or carnivals as long as it involves a seasonal food item (and fits in with their rules).
• The linky-up is open to anyone, anywhere, and although it will be nice to feature as much British produce as possible, it will be interesting to see what’s in season elsewhere.
• By entering your link, you are giving me permission to add your photograph to the round-up. I will link back directly to your post when I include you.
• If you have questions or problems, email me or leave me a comment in the comment box at the bottom of the post.
• If you are on Twitter or Instagram, tweet your link/photo adding the hashtag #simpleandinseason or add me @cookingkt and I will re-tweet it.