Best Melon Recipes

In addition to her Q&A about Sam Adams, its new beers and brewing in general, the brewery's beverage manager, Jennifer Glanville, shared a Samuel Adams Summer Ale Sangria — or “Samgria” — recipe that can be made at home with the summer beer.  This cocktail uses Sam Adams' Summer Ale, which is celebrating its 21st birthday this summer. The beer is an American wheat ale that balances bright, citrusy noble hops and peppery spice.  "It’s one of our most highly anticipated annual releases and definitely one of my favorite beers we brew," Glanville says.

Baked apples are a favorite old-fashioned dessert — whole apples are filled with brown sugar, raisin and spices.Recipe courtesy of McCormick

This fizzy blend of citrus and pear is super refreshing and so easy to make.This recipe is courtesy of LaCroix.

This simple dessert is sure to satisfy your sweet tooth, while delivering a nutritional punch. Honeydew melons are packed with vitamin C, while honey has antibacterial properties to fend of the cold and flu.

When the weather gets hot, nothing beats a chilled melon soup. Inspired by a two-soups-in-one-bowl appetizer at Rebeccas in Greenwich, Conn., I decided to play with color and use two different melons when making the soup. This is a really easy recipe that is perfect for a healthy mid-afternoon pick-me-up, or with some prosciutto and mint and a couple of crostini topped with honey and ricotta for a light mid-summer dinner. While I added a splash of sweet Vin Santo to the soups, I find that not using any wine yields a just as lovely result. Click here to see 7 Cold Summer Soups.