Easy Summer Foods

Your Favorite Summer Foods and Recipes

"What do you eat when it's hot?" asks Beliefnet reader, mountain_man. Do you sip on a cold bowl of gazpacho, reach for cubed pieces of watermelon or rely on the ice cream in your freezer?

Our readers share some of their favorite foods to eat when there's a heat wave (including a chocolate cake that's "baked" in the microwave), and the only thing to do is to turn off the stove and raid the refrigerator for whatever is quick and easy.

Read these favorite summer foods and share your own.


Editor's Note: The recipes featured here have not been tested by Beliefnet.