Eat your vegetables and you earn your dessert: a parent's golden rule. Of course, vegetables don't have to be a routine precursor to the main event. In fact, some of our favorite dessert recipes actually incorporate that serving of veggies right in.

These 9 recipes aren't just a way to sneak in more nutrients; as the summer rolls on, they'll be a great way to use up all that bounty coming in from the farmers market and CSAs.

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Corn Paletas
Beet Seed Cake
Green Tomato Cake
Farmers Secret Chocolate Bundt Cake
Carrot Sheet Cake
Tuscany's Sweet Spinach Pie
Basil Sweet Corn Ice Cream
Zucchini Bread
Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies