Alisa Fleming, www.GoDairyFree.org ~ While hearty dishes rich with sour cream may not come to mind in the midst of summer, there is something about this vegetable based dish that fits so nicely with the season. After all, eggplants (otherwise known as aubergines) are reaching near-perfection with smooth skin that glows with a beautiful deep purple hue, bell peppers have come down from their astronomical prices of winter, and you can even use a pound freshly diced tomatoes from your garden.  Not to mention, who can resist the combination of creamy and dairy-free?

Hannah Kaminsky, My Sweet Vegan ~ It’s that time of year again; the time when it’s become difficult to fathom turning on the oven, despite the abundance of fruits and veggies at their prime. Every blogger in the northern hemisphere has already put in their two cents about the oppressive heat and humidity, so I’ll just keep this brief and remind you that it is hot out. Already a bit drained from baking and writing marathons, trying to make ends meet so that my next cookbook comes together in a timely manner, it’s a challenge to turn out decent meals on a regular basis. Sure, cake makes a great breakfast, and some times even lunch and snack, but really, one can not live by cake [or ice cream, or pie, or cookies] alone. So in a time of need, here’s one of my rare savory dishes that helps me through times of heat and time constraints, that even my parents enjoy ...

Meghan Telpner, Certified Nutritionist ~ You would never know this cous cous was grain free. This can be made with nearly 100% local ingredients, so do your best to collect what you can from your local farmer’s market. A great cold salad to enjoy with lunch or dinner or served with your favorite crackers and chickpea or raw zucchini hummus. ...

Alisa Fleming, www.GoDairyFree.org ~ Lemons may technically be out of season, but we are definitely in the height of lemonade season.  Whether you have managed to snag a bag of ripe lemons, or you are left with the bottle juice, Levana Kirschenbaum, author of Levana Cooks Dairy Free, has a lemonade recipe for you.  The following basic recipe that follows includes her variations for sugar-free, maple, ginger, pineaple ginger, tea, and raspberry lemonade!

Alisa Fleming, www.GoDairyFree.org ~ For the past many months I have been a part of a secret underground world of food allergy bloggers.  Okay, it is far from secret, and it is pretty much out there on the net available for anyone to see ... but until now I had not connected that food allergy network to Go Dairy Free, a place where it really deserves some recognition.  So this month Go Dairy Free is playing host to the Living with Food Allergies Carnival, a bi-weekly collection of blog posts on food allergies - from recipes to Disneyland adventures!  You can become a Carnie yourself, submitting your own posts to future editions, or simply follow the traveling online show to read more interesting posts related to food allergies.  But for now, without further ado, here is today's edition ....

Alisa Fleming, www.GoDairyFree.org ~ I still have memories of going strawberry picking with my mother every year while growing up in Portland.  We would pick an entire flat (okay, my mom would pick a flat, I would pick a bucket, and my sister would just sit there eating the berries off the bushes), and my mom would magically transform those bright red berries into a freezer full of homemade jam.  While I loved the jam, a nice Strawberry Pie (such as the one below!) would have been a welcome change of pace.  The following recipe is from The Bob's Red Mill Baking Book.  We have altered it ever so slightly to use margarine rather than butter in the pie filling (making it both dairy-free and vegan), but the rest was left untouched.  Happy strawberry season! ...