food recipe: {NEW} Pesto White Bean Burgers, A New England Clambake, Lemon Icebox Pie and MORE!

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Hi, everyone! How was your weekend? Is your counter loaded with tomatoes from the farmers' market?! Mine are and I'm so excited! It's totally fine to have BLTs for dinner every night this week, right? Asking for a friend... If on the other hand, you prefer some variety in your meals, we've got some good ones for you! I can't wait to make those Pesto White Bean Burgers. If you're having company over, I can't think of anything better than a New England Clambake with Lemon Icebox Pie for dessert, can you? Recipe links below! XO, Emma, Managing Editor

Pesto White Bean Burgers

by Megan Gordon

As a vegetarian during my late teens and twenties, I ate my fair share of veggie burgers. After college I started making my own, improving on the store-bought burgers I'd come to rely on by making my own zesty bean burger packed with herbs and subtle spices.

The recipe has come a long way since those days, and the latest version is this tender white bean number with double pesto—some goes in the burgers and some goes into a creamy sauce over top.

These veggie burgers cook up like a dream. They’re sure to be a winner for meat eaters and vegetarians alike.

by Sally Vargas

When I was growing up in New Jersey, my dad enlisted us kids to dig up clams down at the shore. It was usually a multi-family affair. The grownups built a fire on the beach and filled a new aluminum garbage can with seawater. They set the can over the fire, and once the water was at a boil, the clams went in.

by Sally Vargas

Pie IS nostalgia. And this particular Lemon Icebox Pie represents my own personal stroll down memory lane, complete with sighs and happy feelings.

There's just something about a creamy, dense lemon filling topped with sour cream, settled on top of a graham cracker crust. It's one of those old-fashioned desserts that takes you back in time. It makes your cheeks pucker and your eyes roll with pleasure.

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by Elise Bauer

Many sweet and savory pie recipes require pre-baking or “blind baking” a crust. No one really knows where the term got its name, but “blind” baking a crust means baking it without a filling.