Summertime Family Reunion

We've chosen recipes specially suited for a day with the family.

"This is a quick and refreshing no cook vegetarian meal. Basil, mozzarella and tomato on Italian bread." -- MILKLISSA79, recipe submitter

"This cool, refreshing summer salad is oh so delicious! Sweet and tangy at the same time." -- RHOV, recipe submitter

"This recipe came to be one summer night at a poolside cookout back in southern California...even non mushroom eaters have devoured this dish each time I have made it." -- DEBMCQUEEN, recipe submitter

"Cheap and easy to make. Kids love them." -- A. Beavers, recipe submitter

For the reunion, snap the top on a Snapple flavor you haven't experienced in a while. It's always good to reconnect with an old pal.

Not easily planned on the fly, a family reunion is always worth a little extra effort. Here are a few suggestions:

• Get the wheels in motion well ahead of time and enlist a few reliable family members to help with the organization.

• Make it family-style of course! Along with the main dishes, have others bring additional family favorites--the secret recipes ought to be safe with this bunch.

• Depending on how ambitious you get, map out a family tree so everyone can see where they fit it; or take the very literal route and hang pictures of family members on the nearest tree.

• Ask each person to write an interesting fact about themselves, then have someone read them aloud so others can try to guess which fact belongs to whom.

• Before everyone leaves, get a group shot with a digital camera, along with pics of smaller groups of families. Download pictures to a website where family members can order individual prints.