Salads and Vegetables

Garlic Scape Pesto

Garlic scape pesto is delicious, healthy, and very easy to make. It’s a great vegetable paste to have on hand and a great way to use garlic scapes. It’s also a great way to preserve garlic scapes. Garlic scapes are this special crop that we only get once a year. We plant garlic in the …

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Spinach Almond Pesto

This spinach almond pesto only takes a few minutes to put together. This is a delicious and healthy paste that adds a ton of flavor to any sandwich. It’s also a great way to preserve spinach! I have to admit that I have a love-hate relationship with spinach… For some unexplained reason, it’s not so …

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Lentil Patties Recipe

These lentil patties are coming to you from my mother’s Israeli kitchen. These are healthy and filling vegetarian lentil patties (can easily be made vegan as well) that can be served as a main dish or made smaller and served as an appetizer or a snack. In Israel, falafel is very popular. You’ve probably heard …

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Pumpkin and Feta Salad

This pumpkin and feta salad is a delicious fall meal. Seasonal vegetables like pumpkin, broccoli, and celery, paired with yummy feta cheese and roasted walnuts and topped with homemade balsamic dressing. Fall is in the air, you guys! I love the change of seasons, I love the cool air, I love the falling leaves, I …

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Pumpkin and Beetroot Salad

This is a pumpkin and beetroot salad recipe with celery, apple, gorgonzola cheese, and sesame and sunflower seeds. It’s not only delicious and healthy, but it’s also filling. Really, it’s a whole meal, however, you can also serve it as a side dish. I am in a state of pumpkin salad craze! Every fall I …

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Purple Sweet Potato Chips

This is a simple recipe for purple sweet potato chips. A great healthy and delicious recipe that is very easy to make. These purple sweet potato chips are special, different, and fun for the whole family! My affair with purple sweet potato started a few years ago… I was walking around the farmer’s market and …

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Zucchini and Corn Fritters

These delicious zucchini and corn fritters are a great easy meal. Serve them with a salad or serve them as a side dish. They are crispy and full of summer flavor! Every gardener knows that time of the year when suddenly it seems like the zucchini is taking over your kitchen and the rest of …

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Easy Cilantro Pesto Recipe

Cilantro pesto is a delicious spread that adds a ton of flavor to any sandwich. It can also be used as a sauce or in many other ways. This cilantro pesto recipe is very easy to make, delicious, healthy, and also affordable! I love, love, love cilantro! I stick it everywhere and I grow a …

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Israeli Red Cabbage Salad

This red cabbage salad is an Israeli classic! It’s very easy to put together and it’s fresh and garlicky. You can make a large batch of it and leave it in the fridge for a few days which makes it a great party salad! You know those dishes that every bite you take makes you …

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Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries

This is a simple recipe for amazing oven baked sweet potato fries. It’s a great side dish that everyone loves – kids and adults. Very quick to put together and we’ll use common ingredients that you most likely already have on hand. I love sweet potatoes! I grow my own sweet potatoes every year, but …

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Spinach Patties Recipe

Hands down, this is my favorite vegetarian dish (well, I use chicken stock but you can use vegetable stock to make it vegetarian)! These spinach patties are delicious with the sauce or without it. They take some work to make but it’s totally worth it. Let me walk you through the process… The printable is …

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Carrot Top Pesto Recipe

This is a very easy, delicious, and healthy carrot top pesto recipe. If you grow your own carrots or buy them with the tops at the farmer’s market, it’s a great way to use the tops. Carrots are a must in my home garden! I think that of all the vegetables that we grow we …

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Pumpkin And Lentil Salad

This is a delicious pumpkin and lentil salad recipe with, celery, and cranberries. I make my own honey mustard dressing to go with it. It’s a very healthy salad that is a whole meal all on its own but can also be served as a side dish. Every fall, we visit a pumpkin patch. Even …

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