Anastasia K.
I just love all the fruit that summer brings, watermelon especially. Mark Twain poetically called it “the food that angels eat”, and, though I bet the guy didn’t get to try a hummus mezze platter because he made the choice so easily, I would tentatively agree. Coming from a family of watermelon fanatics, I usually just cut myself a good quarter of a 10kg exemplar (because smaller ones are for the weak) and eat it till I puke. It’s fun, trust me, though a tad too much detoxifying for my liking, and that’s all I’m going to say on that matter.
Pro tip: when choosing a watermelon to feast upon, go for ones that have a yellow spot on the side, have a dry stem, and give out a deep hollow sound when thumped slightly (all this means that the fruit (which is actually considered a berry, but it’s an ongoing and very heated debate) has been harvested ripe). Some also say that rounder watermelons tend to have a sweeter taste, but it’s a bit of a hit-and-miss.
Vasiliy
Summer is a busy time, so I rarely even care about what I eat, much less force myself to cook something in particular. Still, I do have this one ritual that I ardently follow. Every July, as the mushroom hunting season begins, I go to the woods close by the place where I lived as a child, gather a handful of chanterelles, and then roast them with potatoes, onions, and cream. Honestly, I’ve never missed even one time of eating my first summer chanterelles since high school - which, I guess, makes them my favorite summer treat!
Anna
My family loves cold borsch - a beet soup served with sour cream, with half a boiled egg floating in the middle. But I absolutely hate it. I hate the beets, the fact that it’s cold, and the ugly little red stains it tends to leave on my white t-shirts.
So I vote for something else that stains clothes, and teeth, and is available only in the summer. Wild blueberries. Sweet, juicy, and overall delicious, they’re totally worth my fingers turning purple. Right around now you can find them in just about any forest, flaunting their delicious beauty all around you. You can stuff yourself silly or if you’re ambitious, or looking for a new meditation technique, you can pick a mason jar full and later add them to everything from yogurt to pies.
Anastasiia L.
For me, there’s no better summer treat than a tall glass of home-made fresh fruit smoothie. What I like about them is that they are not only filling and delicious but also very easy to make. All you need for an amazing drink is a chunky fruit or veg like banana, avocado or mango (I usually use banana as it’s the cheapest) to make it creamy, some other fruit for flavor (berries, kiwi, pear, etc.), and a liquid (I use water or plant-based milk). You can mix in some superfoods like maca, spirulina, or chia seeds to make your smoothie even more packed with goodness. Just throw everything in a blender and you get a perfect speedy summer breakfast!
