15 Sweet and Savory Summer Recipes to Make with Your Farmer's Market Haul

By Lindsay @ The Café Sucre Farine | Updated on August 5, 2023

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Summer has the most beautiful produce! Here are 15 fresh and delicious recipes to make with your farmer's market haul.

It's the time of the year when farmer's markets and gardens are bursting at the seams with fresh produce! And it's all so delicious.

Sometimes we come home with a big load of fresh fruits and veggies and no idea of how we will use it all. If you're in the same boat, we've got 15 fresh and delicious recipes for inspiration. There is everything from muffins to salads to cakes and more. Add these to your menu for the last few weeks of summer cooking. We think you'll love them!

Easy Peach Crumble Muffins

These one-bowl, tender-crumbed peach (or nectarine) crumble muffins are studded with juicy fresh peaches and have sweet, buttery, cinnamon streusel topping.

Vertical overhead picture of Southwestern Zucchini Ham Crustless Quiche with a slice cut on a blue and white plate

Southwestern Zucchini Ham Crustless Quiche

This fabulous Southwestern Zucchini Ham Crustless Quiche is healthy, hearty and super delicious. It comes together quickly and is a great way to use up leftover ham (or just purchase a chunk of ham from the deli)!

Vertical picture of Zucchini Morning Glory Muffins in turquoise muffin wrapper on a wooden cutting board

Zucchini Morning Glory Muffins

These Zucchini Morning Glory Muffins are healthy, moist, easy to throw together and super delicious! Perfect for breakfast, brunch and snacks!

Farmer's Market Feta Bruschetta

Farmer's Market Feta Bruschetta

This fresh, delicious Farmer's Market Feta Bruschetta is always a hit and easy to put together. It's also super adaptable!

Balsamic Sweet Cherry Preserves

With plump cherries, warm spices and a touch of white balsamic these Balsamic Sweet Cherry Preserves are amazing on cheese and charcuterie boards, make a great breakfast spread and are wonderful for glazing roasted poultry and pork.

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Stone Fruit Tomato Caprese Salad

If you're looking for the freshest, most delicious summer salad imaginable, this Stone Fruit Tomato Caprese Salad is IT! The fabulous Sweet Basil Dressing is the crowning glory!

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Ballymaloe Summer Tomato Salad

When summer tomatoes are at their peak, this is the salad you want to make! Simple yet incredibly delicious, this Ballymaloe Summer Tomato Salad may just be the best thing you eat all season!

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Green Bean Caprese Salad

This flavorful Green Bean Caprese Salad combines slender green beans and baby potatoes with classic Caprese ingredients. The salad is finished off with a drizzle of delicious Lemon Basil Oil.

Vertical photo of photo of a Watermelon Arugula Salad with Pepper Jelly Dressing in a serving bowl on a white marble surface.

Watermelon Arugula Salad with Pepper Jelly Dressing

With tender arugula, crisp cucumber and red onion, creamy blue cheese, crunchy candied pecans and lots of sweet, juicy melon this Watermelon Arugula Salad is beyond delicious!

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Chopped Mexican Street Corn Salad

This Chopped Mexican Street Corn Salad is a healthy, super delicious rendition of the iconic street food antojito ("snack"), sold by roadside vendors all over Mexico City!

Mexican Street Corn Chicken Soup (Sopa De Dlotes Con Pollo)

If you enjoy the iconic flavor of Mexican Street Corn, you're going to LOVE this unique, healthy, DELICIOUS Mexican Street Corn Chicken Soup! If you've never tried Mexican Street Corn, welcome to a fabulous new flavor experience!

Brown Butter Tomato Shrimp and Grits

With a creamy, brown butter-tomato-wine sauce, this Shrimp and Grits recipe is easy enough for weeknights but also VERY dinner party-worthy! This fabulous meal in a bowl also features barely cooked fresh cherry tomatoes, sweet, tender shrimp and smoky Andouille sausage served over a bed of white cheddar grits.

Vertical overhead picture of Zucchini Involtini in a white oval baking dish

Make-Ahead Italian Zucchini Involtini

With cheese-stuffed ribbons of zucchini nestled in an easy Italian sausage-tomato sauce, this delicious Zucchini Involtini is a fabulous make-ahead meal that's perfect for family dinners and entertaining!

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Ridiculously Easy Fresh Cherry Almond Cake

This Ridiculously Easy, one-bowl, no-mixer Sweet Cherry Almond Cake has a tender, moist crumb, lots of sweet cherries and a crisp, candy-like almond glaze. 

Overhead picture of Easy Peach Crumble scooped into small bowls with ice cream.

Ridiculously Easy Peach Crumble

Imagine sweet, juicy peaches baked until meltingly tender under a generous portion of sweet, crisp, buttery crumbs... Served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a simple splash of sweet cream. This Ridiculously Easy Peach Crumble is a summer dream come true!

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  1. I have been married 59 yrs June 14/22, lost my husband June 27th/22 and love still to bake. LOVE your thimgs,
    copied off 6 as we are doing for a womens shelter. i belong to ORDER of the EASTERN STAR and PAST QUEEN
    Daughters of the Nile...worker with the shriners and hospitals. thank you for sharing.
    live in HALIFAX NS CANADA.