Category: Vegetables
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Veggie-Chickpea Salad
If you have a veggie garden, this is a great way to use those veggies! This Veggie-Chickpea Salad is good and crunchy with a zesty lemon flavor, thanks to the Lemon-Olive Oil Vinaigrette. So use your cucumbers, cherry or grape tomatoes, and bell pepper in this salad, or buy them from your favorite market. You’ll…
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Coleslaw Pasta Salad
If you’re a fan of coleslaw, this is a great side dish you’ll enjoy for summer! It’s a mix of crunchy veggies and a delicious, creamy dressing sweetened with honey…with pasta added in! You could actually have this as a light meal if you wanted to, because the pasta makes it filling. Pasta salads are…
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Lemon-Dill Dip
When you plan your summer get-togethers, whether they’re family picnics, large cookouts and potlucks, or simple outdoor meals, be sure to include a summery dip that you can serve with your favorite raw veggies and chips. Like this Lemon-Dill Dip! The lemon-dill flavor is great for this time of year, and it’s so easy to…
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Pepperoni Pasta Salad
With summer vacation officially here, life slows down a little for everyone and we like keeping things simple and unhurried so we can have more time to enjoy the long, lazy days of this season, right? And that includes keeping our meals simple. That’s why this Pepperoni Pasta Salad is so great—it’s easy to make,…
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Hearty Vegetable Soup
We’ve been having some cold winter days lately and those are the kind of days we want a nice hot bowl of soup to warm us up, right? This Hearty Vegetable Soup is filled with a good variety of chunky, tasty veggies and it’s easy to make when you use frozen veggies because there’s very…
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Million Dollar Dip
If you’re watching any football or basketball games, you need to try this easy dip to snack on for game day! It’s called Million Dollar Dip and some say it’s called that because of the phrase, “it tastes like a million dollars.” Some people also call it Neiman Marcus Dip, or they used to. So…
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Cucumber-Mint Water
In the hot days of summer, drinking lots of water is always a good idea! I made this particular pitcher of water with some fresh mint I’m growing in a large pot and some home-grown cucumbers a friend gave to me from their garden. You can always buy your fresh mint and cucumbers at your local…
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Vegetable Paella
I received a review copy of The Vegetarian Reset: 75 Low-Carb, Plant-Forward Recipes from Around the World, which is the source of this Vegetable Paella photo and recipe; all opinions expressed are mine. You could describe this new cookbook, The Vegetarian Reset by Vasudha Viswanath, as vegetarian food reimagined with lots of flavor and nutrition!…
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Easy Pantry Minestrone
I’m glad the weather has warmed up, but there still are some chilly days ahead of us, and on those kind of days, soup makes a great meal! One of the things I like about Minestrone soup is the variety of veggies and beans it has in it. And it really is very easy to…
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Sun-Dried Tomato Turkey Wraps
These Sun-Dried Tomato Turkey Wraps make a tasty and easy meal on a warm day—perfect in the spring and summer seasons! They have lots of good and healthy things in them…lean turkey, a mix of baby spinach and lettuce, julienne cut sun-dried tomatoes (from an oil-packed jar)—or roasted red pepper strips, cucumber strips, and some…
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BLT Roll-Ups
Have you ever made “roll-ups”? Sometimes they’re called “pinwheels.” I’ve made a few different recipes like that: Salsa Roll-Ups and Veggie Tortilla Pinwheels. And here’s another really good roll-ups recipe that’s perfect for springtime—it’s light, fresh, and really tasty! It’s a recipe called BLT Roll-Ups, and it’s from a cookbook called The Living Table: Recipes…
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Charcuterie Snack Board
Charcuterie Boards are fun to make, and they’re great for special holidays throughout the year, as well as for fun get-togethers and game day snacking! I made this one with fresh fruit, dried fruit, veggies, dip, nuts, cheese, and crackers, but you could also add in slices of meat, like salami or smoked sausage slices.…
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