The culinary equivalent of the easy summer sundress is dinner on the grill: throw it on, and you're good to go. Sure, you can dress it up with sauces and marinades, but when something so simple can be so good, why complicate things? Join the Shine Supper Club this month by sharing your best grilled dinner recipe.

Here's how:
1. Tweet @YahooShine a link to an original recipe and photo and include the hashtag #shinesupperclub by Sunday, June 23, 11:59PM PST.  Not on Twitter? Email the link to shine_sarahmccoll at yahoo.com. Only one entry per person. We will compile the links in a slideshow on Shine featuring all Supper Club participants.
2. Finalists will be posted in a poll by 12PM PST Monday, June 24 with voting open to the community until 12PM PST Wednesday, June 26. The winning recipe will be added to the Shine Supper Club winner's circle (with a badge to post on their blog) and featured on the Shine homepage.

Happy cooking!

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Mac 'n' cheese is probably the ultimate kid food, but Julia of Julia's Album, our latest Shine Supper Club winner, took home May's prize with a rendition that adults can get excited about. Loaded with bacon, caramelized onions, classic Cheddar and grown-up Gruyere, her's is a dish that remakes a childhood classic for more sophisticated palates (recipe below). We asked Julia to spill on our usual questions:

What ingredient are you currently obsessed with? 

Fresh salmon! There are tons of different and easy ways to prepare salmon, and it’s perfect for weeknight dinners on busy days. Plus, salmon is packed with high-quality proteins and omega-3's, and it will keep you full. My current favorite is a broiled salmon with mango salsa––a great way to use all those mangoes and fresh pineapple that you see at the market this time of the year. Another popular ingredient in my kitchen is cauliflower. I really like using cauliflower-based creamy pasta sauce as a healthy alternative to the traditional...Read More »

We asked for favorite childhood recipes for this month's Shine Supper Club, and we watched every 9 year-old dream dinner buffet take form. Recipes for kid-friendly casseroles and sticky, frosted baked goods rolled in. But what most impressed us were the grown-up renditions of childhood favorites tweaked to adult palates. Instead of sugar-packed sweets, we got raw chocolate fudge. In place of neon orange mac and cheese, a gluten- and dairy- free adaptation. The finalists below were some of the most-shared on our Pinterest board. Cast your vote by noon PST 5/30.

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My after-school snack was a sacred ritual. I sat on the soft carpet in my parents' bedroom at a low table, the television turned to "I Dream of Jeannie," and ate a peanut butter and honey sandwich cut into neat squares. I wasn't fussy about crusts. I just loved the sticky pairing of creamy peanut butter with syrupy golden sweetness drizzled from a honey bear in diagonals across the bread. Nothing else––save for maybe apples and peanut butter in a pinch––could have made for as sweet an afternoon, with Nickelodeon reruns stretching into the distance.

This month, the Shine Supper Club is celebrating our nostalgic childhood favorites. Were you crazy for popsicles on hot afternoons? Mad for mac and cheese? Join us by revisiting a classic in your kitchen, and sharing a recipe, photo and a story about just how good it was back then. Here's how it works:

1. Write a blog post telling us about your favorite childhood recipe by Monday 11:59PM PST, May 27th. Be sure to include a photo and a recipe.

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