No beach day is complete with plenty of sustenance.

That will prevent the sandwich from falling apart."

If you want to make it without sugar without sacrificing sweetness or taste, add honeydew melon.

Veggie Sandwich

Simply Recipes / Laurel Randolph

When shopping, look for plantains that are a vibrant green all over.

Some brown spots are okay, but they shouldnt be turning yellow."

Elise

Green Goddess Pasta Salad

“The dressing is what makes this pasta salad special.

Side view of an italian sandwich on a platter that is cut into slices. Meat, cheese and toppings are layered on the sandwich.

Nick Evans

Its not your traditionalgreen goddess dressing, which typically has mayo and sour cream.

Instead, its a more vibrantboth in color and flavorvegan dressing that has loads of greens.”

Sheela Prakash, Simply Recipes Contributor

A bowl of pesto pasta salad on a napkin ready to eat.

Elise Bauer

Cucumber Lime Agua Fresca

Elise Bauer

Hand Dipping a Plantain Chip in a Bowl of Guacamole, and in the Background, a Large Bowl Filled With Plantain Chips

Simply Recipes / Shilpa Iyer

Loaded Veggie Sandwiches Stacked on a Cutting Board

Simply Recipes / Alison Bickel

A Plate with Quarters of a Classic Muffuletta Sandwich Made with Cold Cuts, Cheese, and Olives

Simply Recipes / Lori Rice

Pasta Bean Picnic Salad

Sheryl Julian

A glass of milk with Peanut Butter Cookies on a white background.

Michelle Becker

Bowl of Green Goddess Pasta Salad

Simply Recipes / Lori Rice

Table Knife With a Bit of Pea Pesto Rested on Top of a Bowl of Pea Pesto Surrounded by Slices of Toasted Bread on the Counter (Some Pieces of Bread Is Smeared With Pea Pesto) and a Blue and White Stripped Kitchen Towel

Simply Recipes / Mihaela Kozaric Sebrek