Eat them for a light lunch, serve them with grilled steaks or chicken, or put them with the rest of the sides at your next cookout and watch them disappear.

For side dishes, consider garlicky mashed or roasted potatoes, fresh green beans with lemon, and a mixed green salad with berries and a red wine vinaigrette.

Although an icy glass of water is more than enough to quench your thirst, try jazzing it up with fresh fruits, vegetables, or herbs to create a drink that’s refreshing and naturally flavored.

What to serve alongside? How about cooked orzo with crumbled feta cheese, sweet baby peas, an olive oil drizzle and fresh herbs? A crisp white Greek wine would be a fitting beverage accompaniment.

Lightly sweetened Greek yogurt gets studded with fresh strawberries and chocolate chips then frozen so you can break it into chunks just like chocolate bark (but healthier!).

Avocado crema is one of those delicious no-cook sauces that perks up whatever it’s served with.

Skip standing over a hot stove and instead, bake the whole batch at once on a sheet pan. The results are equally tender, sweet, and crowd-pleasing.

This summer vegetable soup checks all the boxes. It’s cold, tangy, slightly sweet, light and refreshing.

Grilling gives these shrimp tostadas a boost of smoky flavor, and skewering the shrimp prevents them from falling through the grates while getting even char on each side.