Try these other fruit pizza favorites: Sugar Cookie Fruit Pizzas and Brownie Fruit Pizzas.

In this fruit pizza recipe you get a soft and tender sugar cookie base that's covered with a rich cream cheese topping, and layered with a generous amount of vibrantly flavored fresh fruit.

Then it's finished with a sweet apricot jam which gives the pizza the perfect finishing sheen.

Simply put it's a staple summer recipe! I love to make it at least once every summer and top it with a colorful variety of seasonal fruit.

You just can't go wrong with a cookie topped with a sweet and tangy frosting, lots of tasty fruit and a simple fruit pizza glaze.

And the possibilities of how it can be decorated with creative patterns are endless. Such a fun dessert that everyone will love!

Fried Rice with Hawaiian Flavors

One thing we always love for dinner at our house is fried rice. I mean who doesn't love it?

It's easy, flavorful, filling and it's also a versatile dish. You can swap out the protein, add different vegetables and even include different flavors in the rice.

This Hawaiian inspired version is made with rich coconut rice (my favorite!) and that classic sweet pineapple and salty ham combo. In other words think Hawaiian pizza meets fried rice and this is what you get!

So many delicious, fresh flavors in one bowl of fried rice. You can't go wrong with this meal in one!

Easy Grilled Chicken Kebabs!

I first shared these chicken pineapple kebabs four years ago, but every summer they're still a reader favorite so I decided to re-share them in case you've been missing out. Have you tried them yet?

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I mean, who doesn't love a tasty kebab recipe? And what better entree to serve on a warm summer day than these Hawaiian chicken kebabs? One bite of these will leave you craving more!

You will love the light sweetness and bright tang here paired with the pineapple, bell pepper, and red onion. And the chicken turns out perfectly flavorful and tender thanks to the simple chicken kebab marinade.

Threading everything onto the kebabs may take a little effort, but it's well worth it! These are so fun for summer parties or an exciting island-inspired weekend dinner.

It's a flavorful chicken dinner to switch things up and one the whole family can agree on!

The Best Fruit Salad Recipe

I first shared this recipe 5 years ago but it's one of my favorite recipes, so for new readers or in case you missed it I thought it needs to be revisited. Plus I thought this exactly what mom's want on Mother's Day for brunch paired with waffles, crepes or Eggs Benedict!

I know Skittles are good, but I'm thinking this has got to be the right way to get a taste of the rainbow. This blend of colorful fruits all come together to make a gorgeous rainbow, made with healthy ingredients!

Kids will love this this fruit salad and it is an easy way to get them to eat plenty of fruit at once.

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A Fruit Salad Dressing without Cream or Pudding

Plus this version is so much butter than those frozen whipped topping fruit salads.

This recipe shows you how to make fruit salad without the heavy, creamy fruit salad dressing that you're used to seeing. It leaves plenty of room for all the flavors of the fruit to shine without drenching it in sugar and other random flavors.

Plus it doesn't use any of those packaged pudding mixes. Why should we coat all the vibrant and incredible flavors of the fruit with an artificial flavor from a pudding mix?

Let's not ruin a good thing like fresh fruit by coating it with packaged ingredients where we can't even pronounce the ingredients on the label.

All it takes is a little honey and lime to really make that fresh fruit sing. 100% natural honey and lime make this fruit salad shine (literally and figuratively).

Homemade Hummingbird Cake

I think of this cake as banana cake meets the tropics, in that it is loaded with bananas, laced with fresh pineapple, and covered in sweet, toasted coconut.

It will remind you a lot of banana bread, but with a bonus of decadent cream cheese frosting, of course. There are so many delicious flavors and perfect textures in this cake.

The cake has a nice tender thanks to the sugar and bananas and it has a nice moist crumb thanks to the vegetable oil, it's dotted with juicy bits of crushed pineapple and crunchy toasted pecans, and it's finished with a creamy, lightly tangy frosting and finished with crisp bits of toasted coconut (or chewy coconut if you like it un-toasted).

It's an old-fashioned style cake that will likely remind you of home. Made from scratch and sure to please!

Photography credit: Jenn Davis from Two Cups Flour.

The Best From Scratch Pineapple Upside Down Cake

I've tried plenty of pineapple upside down cakes and this one is by far my favorite. It doesn't use any cake mix, it's all about being made from scratch. And the best part is the fresh pineapple!

Most pineapple upside down cakes use canned pineapple and canned pineapple really lacks flavor compared to the fresh. Once you try it this way you'll never look back.

This cake is perfect served with the fluffy whipped cream or pair it with a scoop of rich vanilla bean ice cream.

And doesn't something about it just have spring written all over it? Spring is just around the corner and hopefully it's paired with a slice of this cake!

Sheet Pan Hawaiian Chicken

This Hawaiian chicken recipe is inspired by one of my most popular recipes, Hawaiian Chicken Kebabs. This sheet pan chicken recipe may not have the same charred flavor, but it skips some of the steps that those kebabs require, making this variation the more simplified version that's perfect for weeknight meals.

It's amazingly delicious, and I like to serve this with coconut rice, but white or brown rice works great as well.

How to Make Pineapple Cake  

To make this cake, you'll follow the standard cake-making instructions: Whisk dry ingredients in a large bowl. Whip butter and sugar, then mix in eggs and vanilla. Then, you'll rotate mixing dry ingredients with wet ingredients (which here is that concentrate and crushed pineapple mixture).

Then bake it in the oven until cooked through, and let it cool completely. Then bring on that ultra decadent, super fluffy, whipped vanilla buttercream! And if you aren't a fan of coconut, you can skip it, but I liked the added flair.

The secret to my pineapple cake is pineapple juice concentrate. I made three pineapple cakes until I figured out the trick on the third attempt. The concentrate has at least 3 times the flavor as the juice from the can, so it kind of seems like a no-brainer for this cake batter.

Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes

I love these so much because they are just one of those good old-fashioned recipes like your mom or grandma used to make, but rather they're made into cupcakes!

I could eat three of them in one sitting no problem, which is why I'm making them again tomorrow for the second time this week!

I'm having family over for a ham and potato dinner (my mom makes the best ham gravy) and I thought these would be the perfect finish for that meal. Pineapple and ham just go together, right?

How To Make Pineapple Upside-Down Cupcakes

Easy to Make Pineapple Upside-Down Cupcakes

These are actually really easy to make, they require a few steps but they go pretty fast, especially with an electric mixer.  It's worth the extra steps, I promise.

Whatever you do though, don't leave off the maraschino cherries. It just wouldn't be the same flavor without them.

You can usually find the cherries either by the canned fruit at the grocery store or by the ice cream cones.

My kids go crazy for the things (oh, and me too). I have to hide them when I buy them or it's like the first thing they ask for every day.

Smart kids, I mean how could your day go wrong when you start it out with a maraschino cherry? The finer things in life.

Scroll below the recipe to see the instructions for making these cupcakes!

Ingredients for Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cakes

• Large eggs
• Pineapple Slices (you can use crushed pineapple or pineapple tidbits, but it's messier)
• Yellow Cake mix or Pineapple cake mix if you can find it
• Finish with a dollop of vanilla ice cream (optional)

More Delicious Cupcake Recipes to Try

• Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cupcakes
• Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
• Coconut Cupcakes with Coconut Buttercream Frosting
• Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
• Vanilla Bean Cupcakes with Vanilla Bean Buttercream Frosting
• Pistachio Cupcakes

I know this Melon and Pineapple Fruit Salad with Honey, Lime, and Mint Dressing is pretty much skipping a season, but I couldn't resist. When you get pineapple for .99 cents, it only makes sense to spend $10 more and make a fruit salad. This is the perfect summer fruit salad, and if you can find good melons right now, it also makes the perfect spring fruit salad. All of the fruit I got was actually really sweet and delicious.

If you find a cheap pineapple but need more protein, try these Hawaiian Chicken Kebabs, with green bell pepper, onion, and a brush of olive oil.

Kitchen Tools

Almost anyone can successfully make a good summer melon salad with minimal kitchen tools. You really only need a large bowl and a knife! Slice the fruit into sizes you like best. If you have a melon baller, I think some rounded fruit shapes can add fun visual interest.