The Today Show and Yummy No-Bake Summer Desserts
This week on my regular appearance on the Today Show, co-anchors Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira joined me to prepare recipes from the Beyond Ice Cream story in the August issue of Martha Stewart Living magazine. There are plenty of summer occasions that call for a great dessert, but who wants to heat up the kitchen by turning on the oven?  This collection of recipes spend time in the fridge or on the stovetop, which certainly helps to keep things cooler!  I hope you try these desserts - they’re delish!
1 Matt and Meredith joined me to prepare recipes from the Beyond Ice Cream story, beginning on page-76, in the August issue of Martha Stewart Living magazine.
2 This is the August issue filled with great ideas - look for it on newsstands!
3 It takes just seven ingredients to make a real family favorite. People can't get enough of chocolate, banana, and graham cracker icebox cake.
4 For the very best flavor, use bananas that are really ripe.
5 Chopped milk chocolate is placed in a bowl for melting.
6 Here I am pouring a warm creme anglaise-like custard, through a sieve, over the chocolate to melt it.
7 Look how beautiful and delicious this slice of chocolate, banana, and graham cracker icebox cake looks.
8 These are the ingredients for the mixed-berry slump.
9 A mix of blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries simmer over medium heat.
10 Here I am explaining how to make the biscuit dough for the mixed-berry slump or grunt.
11 This task got Meredith's hands quite messy.
12 We joked that she was rendered useless!
13 In no time at all, our hands were clean for the next step.
14 Other wonderful no-bake desserts in the story include peach melba spoom, no-bake fudge brownies, and an amazing no-bake cherry cheesecake
15 Behind-the-scenes
16 The no-bake cherry cheesecake topped with balsamic vinegar enticed sweet cherries
17 Another look at the chocolate, banana, and graham cracker icebox cake
18 These are the no-bake fudge brownies studded with peanuts and flakes of sweetened coconut.
19 The peach melba spoom is made with raspberries, peaches and a frozen meringue.
20 Here I am with Zac Efron who appeared on Today to promote his new movie, Charlie St. Cloud.
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Now, I need a midnight snack. All those desserts look so yummy!!!!
Gloria!!
Posted by: Gloria | July 29th, 2010 at 12:20 am
I love how beautiful they are!
Posted by: Wendy | July 29th, 2010 at 12:36 am
Martha's blog is so wonderfully organized, I especially love the slide-show, it's a really good way to showcase pix
***BTW- the pic of Martha with Zac Efron reminds me of when I was a teen I had a pic of Martha with Busta Rhymes in a dress, Martha is always down with the hottest pop stars***
Posted by: Erin Saucke-Lacelle | July 29th, 2010 at 12:38 am
The August issue was great and I may make some of those delicious puddings. You always look like your having fun on the Today show and it's always good to see the magazine in action. But as for going to buy the issue, well I bet everyone who reads the blog has it and outside the USA it's a Hurculean effort just to get regular issues! Thanks for sharing again.
Posted by: Christian / @vfbr2001 | July 29th, 2010 at 1:44 am
Martha, thanks for sharing this blog.
Posted by: KLBrown | July 29th, 2010 at 8:20 am
Hi Martha,
I have two copies of the August issue. My home delivery copy just says “Summer, Simplified” and the store copy lists more of what is inside. @MS_Living on Twitter said there were three different covers and I’m still looking for the third one. Any hints? I feel like I’m doing the Hocus-Focus puzzle in the Sunday comics – you know, trying to spot the differences between panels! Lol Btw, the August cover is nice and bright and summery looking. I like it a lot.
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I watched you Tuesday on the Today show and wanted to taste every one of those no-bake desserts! Guess I better get busy and I’m glad I don’t have to turn the over on. Thanks Martha. Trish
Posted by: Trish | July 29th, 2010 at 10:23 am
Hi Martha, Those two anchors from the 'Today' show are something else! It seems like they are always trying to get you to make mistakes and it turns out they are the mistakers!! Meredith is a riot! Matt loves your food. How fun to see the three of you together as often as possible. Those desserts sure do look delicious and very easy to make. Think I will make some this weekend. Your photos were terrific! Thanks also for posting the video again. I love to look at it over and over again. The Daily Wag is getting better everyday! I love the fun tweets all three of your wonderful dogs send us everyday!!! Their blog is fantastic!!! Please give all three of them a big hug for me! Love, Jan
Posted by: Jan Erickson | July 29th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
Tell Zac to smile next time! Looking good, Martha!
Posted by: Tyler | July 29th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
Ah food, especially no-bake desserts how lovely for end of July and all of August.
Yes Trish, I think we are doing the Hocus-Focus puzzle with the August issues. Sure nice covers of the two we have.
Posted by: Margie | July 29th, 2010 at 5:05 pm
Mmmm all look good!
Posted by: Teresa Touey | August 1st, 2010 at 11:27 am
I was just looking for ice-cream delights and found them on the clip from the Today show! I just wished they appreciated all the work that goes into your prsentation for that show!But, you always find a way around their remarks.
Great recipes, thank-you!
Back to the kirchen developing more of my Greek-inspired treats!
Posted by: Mary Papoulias-Platis | August 1st, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Great looking summer deserts! And speaking of desert...there is a contest on my Word Press blog about Charlie St. Cloud. http://maydelory.wordpress.com/category/contest/
Posted by: https://twitter.com/Geotravel | August 1st, 2010 at 9:22 pm