Buttermilk panna cotta

Panna cotta is Italian for cooked cream. Sacramento chef Randall Selland serves this dish with sweetened fruit spooned over the top.

Strawberry and cream bars

Frozen yogurt strawberries

Mini berry amaretto cheesecakes

These grab-and-go desserts are easy to make, pack and eat. Not a berry fan? Try coarsely chopped peaches, nectarines or other stone fruit.

Avocado pie

Tracy Sellers shared this recipe with Sac & Co viewers during a live broadcast on May 3, 2013 and with Good Morning San Diego viewers on Aug. 30, 2013.

Honey-poached apricots

Who doesn't love a new dessert idea? Honey-poached apricots make a delicious topping for pound cake or ice cream.

Grandmother's apricot cobbler

Making apricot cobbler is a time-honored tradition in Gwen Schoen's family.

Strawberry and orange compote

This zesty and fruity compote, from the kitchen of Napa chef Jeffrey Jake, can be added to crepes or shortbread for an easy dessert or to waffles or oatmeal for a decadent breakfast.

Lemon curd with rhubarb sorbet

In a word: refreshing! This dessert recipe comes from chefs Moriah Robison and Rayne Frey of Tabu Grill in Laguna Beach.

Chocolate beet cake

This cake is a hit around the firehouse at Mountain View Fire Station 1. The recipe is from Marisa Churchill's cookbook, "Sweet & Skinny: 100 Recipes for Enjoying Life's Sweeter Side without Tipping the Scales."