The 10 Most Refreshing Recipes You Can Make This Summer

Watermelon and feta salad has become a summer staple, but this twist whips the feta into a creamy bed for the crisp watermelon to sink into. It’s still sweet and salty, but also has a pinch of chili flakes for heat.

This San Francisco-born salad is like a seafoody Cobb. With cold crabmeat, asparagus, veggies and eggs, it’s filling enough for a main course. The ketchup and pickle-based dressing is also a little like a shrimp cocktail.

Cucumbers and grapes are the cooling body of this cold soup, along with bread and cashews. This makes the soup even more brisk than the traditional tomato and red onion combo.

Cucumbers are one of the best veggies for hydration. Here, it’s blended with yogurt, lemon, avocado and herbs for a thirst-quenching, bright meal.

Coconut water is high in electrolytes and has a pleasing, light coconut flavor. Orange juice is a thirst quencher like no other. Add in seltzer water, mint and ice for the perfect cool-off potion.

Mint and parsley provide the refreshment to the Middle Eastern salad, and bulgur wheat adds staying power. Have it as a chillaxing lunch with pita bread and hummus dip.

The fine grind of powdered sugar makes your tongue feel like it’s been hit by a brisk breeze. Paired with frosty lemon, it’s probably the most refreshing cookie of all time.

A cool cucumber yogurt sauce envelops this hearty chicken salad, but serving it in a lettuce cup is such a chilly move.

This lime, mint and vodka treat is a great palate cleanser but is also make an invigorating dessert on a hot day.