If you’re looking for a new recipe to make for your 4th of July picnic or potluck, try making one of our healthier summer dessert recipes for the 4th of July. Many of our summer dessert recipes have a patriotic flare and are perfect for your Independence Day celebration. Try EatingWell Flag Cake for a healthier sheet cake decorated with strawberries and blueberries or make Watermelon-Blueberry Ice Pops for a healthy, kid-friendly treat to beat the heat. <strong><a href="http://www.eatingwell.com/node/275745">Download a FREE 4th of July Recipe Cookbook!</strong>

Whether you have fresh cherries or sour cherries on hand or have dried cherries to use in the off-season, these healthy cherry dessert recipes are delicious ways to eat more cherries. Our cherry pie recipes, cherry cake recipes, cherry trifle recipes and cherry cookie recipes are easy dessert recipes featuring the sweet flavor of cherries. Try our No-Bake Cherry Cheesecake for a delicious potluck dessert recipe with cherries or Almond Cherry Bites for a cherry cookie recipe to enjoy year round.

Indian spices flavor the eggplant in our healthy Indian eggplant recipes, including Indian eggplant stews, curries and more easy eggplant recipes. Escape to the east with these flavor-packed Indian eggplant recipes that are perfect for a meatless meal when paired with fragrant brown rice or naan.

Eggplant is a versatile vegetable that takes the place of meat in many satisfying vegetarian meals. Our baked eggplant recipes, including stuffed eggplant recipes, are delicious and healthy ways to eat more eggplant. Try our Eggplant & Chickpea Baked Pasta or Indian-Spiced Stuffed Eggplant for an easy eggplant recipe for dinner.

Eggplant slices are sturdy enough to stand up to the fire of a grill to serve as the basis for a hearty vegetarian entree. Grilled eggplant also can be pureed into a flavorful dip, as in our Grilled Eggplant Salsa recipe. Try one of these healthy grilled eggplant recipes the next time you’re looking for a new grilled vegetarian dinner idea.

Fresh pasta tossed with hearty vegetables, herbs and olive oil is a staple in the Mediterranean diet. We’ve lightened up traditional pasta recipes in our collection of Mediterranean pasta recipes, including penne pasta recipes, baked pasta recipes, lasagna recipes, vegetarian pasta recipes, gnocchi recipes, fettuccine recipes and more easy pasta recipes, by adding extra vegetables to round out the meal and incorporating lean meats and seafood for added protein. Escape to the Mediterranean with one of these healthy Mediterranean Diet pasta recipes.

When the weather gets warmer, make a healthy summer salad recipe for a no-cook weeknight meal. These healthy pasta salad recipes, tortellini salad recipes, tomato salad recipes and more easy summer salad recipes are also perfect to share at picnics and potlucks. Try our Summer Succotash Salad for a summer salad using the freshest vegetables of the season or Greek Pasta Salad for a heartier salad recipe to share.

Eating healthy snacks is a good way to stave off hunger pangs and eat less at your main meals. These protein-packed snack recipes, including healthy smoothie recipes, healthy nut recipes and more easy snack recipes, boast 7.5 grams of protein or greater to keep you feeling satisfied throughout the day.

Ricotta isn’t just for lasagna and cannoli. With these healthy ricotta recipes, we give you a variety of ways to cook with ricotta cheese, including pizza with ricotta cheese, ricotta cheese as the base for a creamy dip recipes or ricotta cheese used to complement fruit in a light dessert recipe. In our ricotta cheese recipes, we call for part-skim ricotta in order to reduce calories and saturated fat. Try our Vanilla Strawberries with Lemon Ricotta for a summery dessert recipe or Corn & Broccoli Calzones for a healthier version of this classic recipe with ricotta cheese.

Take a break from classic taco fillings and try making a healthy taco with fish or seafood. We’ve included our best fish taco recipes, including scallop taco recipes, salmon taco recipes, mahi-mahi taco recipes and more grilled fish tacos. Try our Scallop & Pepper Tacos for low-calorie taco recipes or Grilled Fish Tacos for a versatile fish taco recipes you can make with mahi-mahi or halbit.