Amaranth Corn Fritters with Tzatziki

Amaranth – an ancient grain – has an earthy, nutty flavor that works well in these fritters with another New World cultivar – corn.
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Pecan, Apple, Chickpea Salad Wraps

This crisp, moist salad served in wraps makes a great lunch for four or dinner for two.

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Butternut Alfredo Pasta

This dish may look like mac and cheese, but it’s so much healthier. You’ll still taste that wonderful cream and parmesan combo, and you may not miss the butter at all.
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Herbed Mushrooms, Orzo and Squash

This vegetarian meal mixes chayote with zucchini and uses hearty brown mushrooms for added texture.

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Burrata with Roasted Eggplant & Beans

This satisfying dish mixes a smooth, soft Italian cheese with Japanese eggplant offering more texture when roasted due to its thin shape.
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Mushroom Bourguignon

When the weather outside is frightful or if you really feel like serving a hearty veggie stew, this is just the thing.

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Five Fresh Herbs with Pasta

Light, bright and colorful! What could be better than a pasta dish made from fresh herbs and some tiny tomatoes from your garden.

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Fried Rice & Garlic Bok Choy

Fried rice is a comfort food that requires just a bit of advance planning. Boil the rice a few hours ahead of time, chill, and add a couple of eggs and your choice of veggies.

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Pesto with Ricotta Salata

“You have to make this more often!” My husband was effusive about how much he enjoyed this…

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Coconut Chickpea Curry with Halloumi

Top this filling curry dish with chewy, tasty, pan-fried halloumi, pour a glass of retsina and you’ll feel like you’ve been transported to warm Mediterranean lands.

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Shrimp Gumbo

You may ask yourself, “Self…What’s the difference between Gumbo and Jambalaya?”

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Anna’s Satay Stir Fry

Let’s do Thai today, and next week, and the week after. Once you make up a pot of this sauce,...

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Mushroom Stroganoff

My friend Angela’s Beef Stroganoff recipe is the best: easy, fast, creamy and delicious. But could I find a way to reproduce it without the beef? This is the closest I’ve come so far.

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Volcano Shrimp with Tropical Slaw

Kahuku Oahu. Home to legendary shrimp trucks. Here’s a DIY version of their spicy shrimp for when you can’t have the real thing and feel the need for some red hot lava.

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Slow Cooker Coconut Lentil Curry

Some days, when you’ve got places to go and people to see, a crock pot / slow cooker is just the thing. Put everything in the crock in the morning, give it a good stir and 7 to 8 hours later, the main course is ready.

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Sweet Potato Pasta Sauce

This creamy, slightly smoky pasta dish is a filling treat on cool evenings.

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Crustless Asparagus Spinach Quiche

This creamy quiche offers a good variety of vegetables and is equally at home with a soup or salad.

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Delicata Squash and Cellophane Noodles

What can you make for dinner when your plans fall apart for any reason? Plan B is the fast and easy - but still deliciosa - version.

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Sweet Potato & Black Bean Shepherd’s Pie

What kind of shepherd makes a shepherd’s pie without lamb?

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Plantain and Black Bean Wraps

Veggie wraps garnished with tomatillos, avocado and cheese, served with Mexican rice - it’s what’s for dinner.

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Tahini Roasted Eggplant

Get yourself a couple of beautiful, fresh eggplants to create this unusual aubergine presentation.

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Salad, Soup & Sides

Fried Squash Blossoms

Does your home garden leave you with more zucchini than you and your neighbors can handle? Nip that problem in the bud by picking, frying and eating the flowers.

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Crispy Chickpea Bowl

Fresh seasonal vegetables and crispy, roasted chickpeas served over nutty bulghur make a healthy dinner any time of the year. Mix up the veggie colors to please the eye as much as the palate.

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Pearl Barley with Carrots & Chickpeas

Barley is not just for soup as this beta carotene-packed side dish illustrates.

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Mexican Rice

Would you like a fast and easy recipe that’s so much like the rice you get in a Mexican restaurant you can almost hear the mariachi music?

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Ramen Stir Fry

This easy stir fry can either be a side dish, or add more veggies and call it dinner.

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Green Mango Salad

What can you do with hard, unripe mangos that fall from the tree? Use a couple of them in this multi-flavored tropical salad.

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Black & White Bean Salad

This recipe takes the popular Caprese salad to the next level, with black and white beans transforming it into a main course.

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Quinoa Black Bean Salad

Eaten hot or cold, this versatile dish complements so many other foods. If your main course is not too bold and not too shy then, like mama bear’s porridge in the Goldilocks story, it’s just right.

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Caprese Salad

This salad is so much better with fresh ingredients from the local farmers market. But plum tomatoes are meaty enough to bring a hint of summer to your meal any time of the year.

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Mushroom Asparagus Cream Soup

This one came together out of an overage of steamed asparagus, leftover mushrooms and an open container of cream. Some days, soup is the answer.

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Quinoa Bowl

This filling Indonesian salad bowl of colorful raw veggies is served over warm quinoa with a spicy/sweet peanut butter dressing.

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Butternut Chickpea Salad

Chickpeas and butternut squash - all dressed up and served over a bed of nutty-tasting bulghur.

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Summer Squash Soup

It’s a flavorful accompaniment to a plate of shrimp tacos and guacamole.

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Desserts

New York Style Cheesecake Pie

An easy, NY style cheesecake made in a packaged graham cracker pie crust? Sacrilege to some, but so rich, tasty and easy to make. No stand mixer, springform pan or prebaking required.

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Pecan-Apple Cinnamon Muffins

Celebrate autumn any time of the year with these muffins and a mug of hot spiced cider.

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