Yummy Recipes! Good Food, Good Times Here’s a delicious recipe that helps use some of the abundant basil in your garden.  You and your family and friends will love this cool dish on a hot summer day. Ingredients • 1 cup mayonnaise • 1 cup chopped scallions, white and green parts (6 to 7 scallions) • 1 cup chopped fresh basil leaves • 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (2 lemons) • 2 teaspoons chopped garlic (2 cloves) • 2 teaspoons...

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Yummy Recipes! Good Food, Good Times Beets. Ginger. Organic extra virgin olive oil. Berries. Avocado. Raw Cacao. All of these everyday superfoods come together in a delicious gluten free and vegan Chocolate Beet Cake with Avocado Frosting. Chocolate Beet Cake with a thick and creamy Chocolate Avocado Frosting. Course Cake Cuisine Plant-based Prep Time 30 minutes Cook Time 40 minutes Total Time 40 minutes Servings 10 Author Lauren Glucina...

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Yummy Recipes! Good Food, Good Times Spinach Basics Cooks classify this good-for-you green three ways: Curly-leaf spinach has crinkled leaves; flat-leaf spinach, often sold frozen or canned, has smoother leaves and a slightly milder flavor; and baby spinach is simply the flat-leaf type harvested when very young and tender. What to Look For: Look for bright green, unwilted leaves. Avoid slimy or spotted leaves. How to Store:Both curly- and...

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STORING & COOKING {creamed peas and potatoes recipe} Green peas aren’t usually the star of the meal, but we think they deserve more attention! And we aren’t the only ones – many public health organizations, including the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association, and the American Cancer Society, recommend legumes (peas, beans, and lentils) for optimizing health and preventing disease. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans...

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Yummy Recipes! Good Food, Good Times The best antioxidant defense comes from an assortment of colorful fruits and vegetables. These kebobs have it all, red, yellow, green, and even orange. Easy and fun to make, the family or company can even build their own kebobs! Serve over brown rice and with a spinach salad to round out this healthy meal. Ingredients 6 tablespoons brown sugar 6 tablespoons soy sauce 6 tablespoons diced red onion 3 garlic...

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Yummy Recipes! Good Food, Good Times We’ll eat cauliflower in any form—whole roasted, on sliders, as a rice substitute. Add to that list these crispy cauliflower tacos. We bake florets to perfection (it’s all about the seasoning), drizzle them with queso (homemade, duh) and wrap everything in warm tortillas (we used the flour variety). We have a feeling you’re going to like—wait, scratch that—love the final result. 4 servings...

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