This summer, satisfy your sweet tooth without turning on the oven. If you’re like me, and you love ice cream, this might not be a problem. But if you prefer variety when it comes to dessert time, these no-bake recipes are sure to please! They are quick and simple to put together and they won’t heat up your kitchen in the process. 

This month is the perfect time to eat out—outside that is! June is also the month we celebrate our fathers. Try out these recipes to treat dad to a special meal! 

This month of May we celebrate the women who have made an impact in our lives—our mothers. We are grateful to each of our readers who submitted an entry in the Mom’s Best Recipe Contest. We are honored that you shared your family recipes with us—as well as the beautiful stories that came with them. 

What’s better than homemade bread? For many people, freshly baked bread is the ultimate comfort food. This month’s recipes take a shortcut of ready-made frozen bread dough and use it to create a variety of delicious, homemade baked goods. 

Roasting transforms the flavor of vegetables as the hot, dry heat of the oven coverts the starch into sugar. If someone in your family is not a huge fan of vegetables, give roasting a try. 

Do you enjoy the benefits electricity brings to your home or business? The truth is—because electricity has become such a stable, reliable commodity—we rarely think about how this essential power makes its way to us. 

How electric co-ops are investing today in the leaders of tomorrow. 

Electric Cooperatives of Oklahoma to electrify remote Guatemalan village.

Oklahoma Living Editor Anna Politano shares her experience with Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives' first international electrification project.

An innovative co-op partnership is making geothermal heat pumps affordable for more homeowners—and changing their energy future.

Sign up for OKL's newsletter for your chance to win a two-night stay at Chasing Fireflies, a luxury cabin in beautiful Broken Bow, Okla. and your 2016 Best of OKL winner for “Best Romantic Getaway!” 

Congratulations to last month’s winner, Cindi Mills! Last month’s photo was a grain silo in Hooker, Okla.

Enter your photos for next month's theme, "Patriots!" Submit photos by June 10!

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Join the fun on social media with the hashtag #myokl!

We’d love you to share your favorite family recipe with us as part of OKL’s next contest. 

My garden is a haven for pollinators like butterflies, native bees and hover flies. It’s also full of singing birds and crawling caterpillars, two creatures that go together like peanut butter and jelly. 

Crafting a beautiful fall garden begins in spring. What you plant in late April should carry you through to autumn even after a hot Oklahoma summer.

Native plants are those found naturally occurring in a particular area. They are acclimated to its climate, insects, diseases and changing weather patterns. Many of the shrubs offered at garden centers originate from Asia. 

Do you have leftover seeds from your spring planting? In an Oklahoma vegetable garden, fall is often a better and longer season than spring. Days grow shorter, and nights are cooler giving plants a respite from the heat.