Kenn C. Bivins

This is one of those dishes that you can tell was perfected over time. It’s vibrant and full of fresh summer produce, crunchy, a little sweet and tangy, and all around delicious. Not to mention it takes practically no time to make, giving you plenty of extra time to spend sipping iced tea on the front porch with Grandma.

It’s officially ice cream season (at least formally), and that means it’s time to stock your freezer with all the sweet treats you can find. Whether you like yours in a waffle cone or bowl, or you just enjoy it by the spoonful straight from the carton, everyone’s got a favorite flavor, and you probably don’t usually deviate from your tried and true.

At 22, we secretly moved into a tiny apartment without telling our families and began cultivating a life richer than I could have ever imagined.