A group of dieticians from the healthy eating website EatingWell have put together a list of the top 10 food and drink items they see trending this summer. Victoria Seaver, the outlet's associate editorial director, joined Cheddar News to break down what we'll be eating during the hottest months and provides some affordable recipes. “I think summer is the easiest time to eat healthy because there are so many fresh fruits and veggies that are at peak freshness," she said. "They taste delicious, and it really doesn't take much to make them absolutely delicious."

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Top Summer Foods: From Cucumber Sandwiches to Hibiscus-Pomegranate Tea

Welcome back to cheddar news wrap summer is here and with the new season comes a whole new seasonal range of delicious eats and beverages for what to expect this summer, a team of registered dietitians and culinary experts have unveiled the top 10 seasonal trends that are predicted to take over our weekend barbecues, bonfires and pool parties. So joining me now to discuss is victorious. Seaver, associate editorial director of eating well and victoria before we jump into a few of these trends, give us an overview of the 10 foods that are gonna be everywhere this summer. Yes, Okay, so eating well predicts. Let's see if I can get them all right. Passion fruit, cucumber everything, baby bok choy, edamame, Macha, hibiscus, lavender ice cream, reinvented can cocktails and then low alcohol or no alcohol beverages as well. What is ice cream reinvented? Well, that's the exciting part. It's a lot of interesting flavor combinations right beyond just your regular chocolate, vanilla, strawberry. You ever seen ice creams now in the marketplace like mac and cheese flavored ice cream, which is not quite up my alley, but eating well, has this delicious cardamom and saffron, no churn ice cream, which is a nice, earthy kind of savory take on a classic sweet dessert, awesome. So these men like these options meant to target the health conscious eater or the drink conscious drinker. Like what food tips for someone who's trying to stay healthy throughout summer because that's tough because barbecues. There's a lot of meat. There's a lot of potato salad. So tell me about it. Yeah, well I think summer is the easiest time to eat healthy because there's so many fresh fruits and veggies that are, that peak freshness. They taste delicious and it really doesn't take much to make them absolutely delicious. So leaning into those fruits and veggies when they're at their most delicious is a great way to stay healthy during the fun summer season. So which are the quickest and easiest and inflation and things, The most affordable eats and drinks. Right, so this cucumber sandwich is a great example. This sandwich has gone crazy on eating well dot com now for a few months, cucumbers are affordable. They're easily accessible there and they can be used in so many delicious ways. So there, right here we have them sliced lindley on a sandwich with some herb cream cheese and whole wheat bread. The recipe online says it takes 10 minutes. I can whip this up in like three when I'm in a rush and it's just a really refreshing way to eat healthy, especially during the busy work week at lunchtime. Now, do you think there could be a cucumber sandwich? Ice cream flavor for ice cream is such a big thing. I would not be surprised. There's some interesting flavors out there and I think cucumber lends itself to kind of those fresh desserts too. So we might see that you may have just created a new trend. I hope I didn't did not in the same sentence. So let me try this. And how long does it take to make like 5, 10 minutes. So it says 10 minutes. I think it takes way less. And if you whip up the urbi urbi cream cheese at the beginning of the week, you can have that in your fridge all week long, so you can easily prep the sandwich for lunch in the middle of your workday. I feel healthy, It's like big like a sandwich and it's really, really healthy. Alright, this is really good. This is chive cream cheese, yep, yep, you can add whatever herbs you want really, which is nice. It makes it so versatile for the summer, whatever is fresh on hand. All right, so I like to drink when I eat a sandwich. So what do we have for a healthy drink here? So another trend that we are seeing all over the place is hibiscus. Right? So this is our hibiscus iced tea. We're using a little bit of pomegranate juice as well. I was gonna make hibiscus tea from scratch but it's everywhere in the grocery stores. So this is just hibiscus and water and we're gonna go ahead and add it to our picture here. And hibiscus has this beautiful deep pink color. And if you didn't know hibiscus is a flower and you use its petals for things from everything from ice t to t to even tacos. And so pairing your drink here with a fresh slice of lemon. This is a nice way to drink your delicious trending beverage and make make a mess everywhere and also get some health benefits as well. So hibiscus is high in a antioxidants called anthocyanins, which helps to decrease inflammation whoops throughout the body. Well cheers to anti anthocyanins, that's the word. This looks delicious. Let me try this, cheers to you. Oh, that's a poolside drink, definitely. And you get that fruit in the back. It's good victorious stever, associate editorial director for eating well for summer recipes and ideas visit eating well dot com. You won't feel bad after eating this. I do not feel bad.