Meatless Monday: 5 Vegetarian Summer Recipes

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Depending on where you live, you may already be enjoying the unofficial summer weather. The change in season inspires us to eat lighter and sweetener foods, and it's that time when many fire up the grill. One of the best ways to keep off the pounds for summer is to cut back on meat and dairy, so why not give it up all together on Mondays? Here are 5 recipes to get you started:

The Cure for What Ails You ~ the author is confident that this will be your new favorite summer drink. "As a homemade soda, this [tastes] like a combination of ginger ale and Sprite, but not as cloyingly sweet."

Baked Summer Peaches ~ "When the craving for fresh summer peach pie arises but the last thing you want to do is make pie pastry, satisfy your vegan sweet tooth with this easy baked summer peach dessert"

Cold Soba Noodle Salad ~ transition from hot to cold noodles with this healthy dish. The recipe is followed by a list of 100 macrobiotic menu ideas for summer

BBQ'd Vegan Pizza ~ super simple recipe that will impress any BBQ guest

Raw ice cream sandwich cookies ~ these look out of this world and the best part is they're much easier to make then they appear!