27 May . 2025
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With warm weather and June approaching, it's the peak season for light, refreshing and fun ideas to test and taste in the kitchen. Making cooking a breeze, each of our award-winning Wendell Falls’ builders have created one-of-a-kind kitchens that tout top-tier and creative craftsmanship.
Whether you need sustenance inspiration for your next game night or garden party or if you simply want a fresh spin on supper for you and your fam while staying in, we have four fun seasonal recipes direct from a Wendell Falls resident to share. Yes, chef!
Brookfield Residential’s Lennox
It’s hard to feel blue when you’re mixing up delicious food in a creative space! Just like this Brookfield Residential kitchen showcases tantalizing texture with its patterned backsplash tiles and blue walls, so too does the textured and fresh Pavlova dessert add light and sweet sensation to your palate. Typically served in New Zealand and Australia, Pavlova is topped with a ton of whipped cream and juicy fruit favorites to add to its warm weather appeal.
Try your hand at it at home and find the full recipe here.
Garman Homes’ Castle in Brooklyn
There’s no question that watermelon is the unofficial fruit of a North Carolina summer. With that in mind, keep your guests guessing while leaning on a fan favorite food with a watermelon Caprese salad, a refreshing fruit-forward side dish that showcases the sweetness in simplicity through mozzarella, fresh basil, and a drizzle of olive oil and balsamic glaze. Just like this green cabinet kitchen, it can be a good idea to lean into letting one element—whether a specific color or fruit—shine.
Find the step-by-step Watermelon Caprese salad recipe here.
Homes by Dickerson’s Fairfield
Let’s take a moment to recognize the appeal of a classic neutral-colored kitchen, along with the often-overlooked stone fruits—think plums, cherries and apricots. This Homes by Dickerson kitchen makes the ideal setting to prepare a tasty stone fruit bruschetta starter that highlights these fleshy fruits atop a baguette and will perfectly whet your or your guests’ appetite.
For the full stone fruit bruschetta recipe, keep reading here.
McNeill Burbank’s Bladen
There’s no question that a top-tier craft cocktail is refreshing during the sweltering heat of a Raleigh summer, and the perfect drink to do the job is a limoncello spritz. Perfectly pairing citrus flavor with the bubbles of Prosecco, this fruit-forward beverage is a great drink to enjoy from a barstool seat at this McNeill Burbank blue kitchen island. We’re totally on island time already!
Sip on for the full how-to on shaking the drink up here.
Keep embracing the summertime fun at one of our two Wendell Falls’ pools. Dive into our poolside summer reading recommendations here.
Wendell Falls is located just 15 miles from downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, one of the fastest-growing metro areas in the U.S. Explore artfully crafted new homes and townhomes from the low $300,000s – $900,000s+.