Who loves anything (and everything) lemon? I do! I’m crazy for a lemon icebox pie with a pecan graham cracker crust. Ooh-la-la! The perfect dessert following summertime outdoor grilling.

May I interest you in a cookie? These vegan lavender cookies are the perfect sweet treat with a subtle hint of lavender!

Nothing can breathe new life into a Southerner like a scoop of ice cream on a hot summer evening. For this recipe, I’ve chosen to use what I think is one of the most refreshing flavors–mint. And I have so much of it growing in the garden, it was time for me to come up with a new way to use it.

Sprinkle some dark chocolate shaving on top of this ice cream, and you’ve got yourself a delicious little treat!

This is a favorite recipe of Chef Faith Anaya with the program Kid’s Cook! Arkansas and two of her students. This is a great recipe for kids to help out with!

This cake is included in my book, Seasonal Recipes from the Garden. It’s a modified version of my grandmother Margie Hanes Smith’s recipe. I believe this recipe came to her from her mother, my great-grandmother Hanes, who used blackberry jam as a way to sweeten the cake. Back then sugar was scarce, so jam and sorghum molasses were often used as sweeteners.

This cake can be served with or without Ma Smith’s caramel sauce.

Do you end up with leftover wine after a party? Our friend and modern pioneer Georgia Pellegrini shows us how to make tasty popsicles with red wine. You can watch the recipe in action here.

With Easter approaching, we see the grocery store shelves fill with some of the most delightful candy creations of the year. If you have a hard time choosing between malted milk eggs, pastel M&M’s, chocolate rabbits and more, well, you don’t have to. This recipe for Easter Bunny Bark brings together your favorite candies in one simple, sugar-filled, easy-to-make recipe.

Make it with the kids and leave it out to entice a visit from the Easter Bunny, or serve it up at Easter brunch.  Anyway you dish it up, you can’t go wrong with this candy-coated pastel confection.