SUMMER RECIPES

A collection of recipes for summer, using the best ingredients and easy, reliable techniques. Sustainable ingredients to help lower your carbon footprint.

Best Homemade Coffee Ice Cream Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
May 24, 2023July 12, 2023

This recipe makes the best homemade coffee ice cream – exceptionally creamy with a smooth coffee flavor – and it’s so easy!

Best Stracciatella Ice Cream Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
April 14, 2023July 17, 2023

Inspired by the popular Italian gelato flavor, we created the best homemade stracciatella ice cream recipe that is elegant and sophisticated, using French vanilla ice cream and shavings of the best French chocolate.

Prickly Pear Ice Cream Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
March 5, 2023August 29, 2023

This recipe for prickly pear ice cream makes a luscious, creamy ice cream made with tequila and ribbons of prickly pear preserves.

Best Margarita Ice Cream Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
December 10, 2022July 17, 2023

This recipe makes the best margarita ice cream – a smooth and decadent tequila ice cream with ribbons of lime and sprinkled with salt. And it’s a quick and easy method.

Best Homemade Strawberry Ice Cream Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
October 12, 2022July 12, 2023

The best homemade strawberry ice cream recipe starts with a trip to the farmer’s market.

Best Blackberry Ice Cream Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
September 15, 2022July 12, 2023

Best Blackberry Ice Cream Recipe – French vanilla ice cream with ribbons of blackberries through it – like blackberry pie and ice cream.

Best Refried Beans Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
September 10, 2022July 12, 2023

This is the best refried beans recipe because it is easy, healthy and has more flavor than anything we have ever had before.

POG Drink Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
August 9, 2022July 18, 2023

A POG drink recipe – It’s easy to make POG from fresh squeezed tropical fruit juice instead of buying it in a can.

Best Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
July 29, 2022July 12, 2023

This recipe makes the best ice cream – chocolate ice cream with a peanut butter swirl. It is incredibly smooth and creamy, but it’s a quick and easy method.

Olallieberry Sorbet Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
July 10, 2022July 12, 2023

This is our homemade olallieberry sorbet recipe. After a morning of berry picking, we made olallieberry sorbet recipe from the berries.

“While traveling the world and looking for the best ingredients, we found that many producers who care about quality also care about sustainability. We discovered that by choosing the best ingredients we had reduced our carbon footprint. A few more changes, and we cut our carbon footprint in half! Then we realized that if everyone did this, it would have a big effect on climate change. Little changes add up to something big. Little things matter. We could save the world, one cookie at a time.”

Professional Photographer - Food Photographer, Wedding Photographer. Lisa was previously the Deputy Agricultural Commissioner, responsible for reviewing and enforcing organic regulations and Environmental Protection Agency pesticide use regulations. She also worked for years as an Agricultural Advisor in California, a farmer in California, and an Agricultural Extension Agent in Thailand. She received a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from California State University, Chico and studied Integrated Pest Management at U.C., Davis, which involved farming methods that preserve the environment.