Trader Joe’s Onion Dip Pasta Recipe & Spicy Chili Crisp

March is National Sauce Month, so how about a new idea for pasta sauce? Here’s a crowd-pleaser that doesn’t take more effort than boiling pasta and heating sauce. But this time, the sauce is made from a container of caramelized onion dip. It’s a two-ingredient recipe (photos #1 and #2) that you can enhance with…
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Black Salsa For Halloween, El Dia De Los Muertos & Beyond

[1] A great gift for salsa fans (photos #1, #2, #3, #4 © Villa México Cafe). [2] The salsa comes in two sizes but only one strength: medium. [3] Freshly-made, waiting to cool. [4] Tortilla chips are only one of many ways to use black salsa. See more below. [5] Named one of Boston’s best…
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Fattet Hummus Recipe For International Hummus Day

[1] There are many versions of fattet hummus. In the recipe below, cooked chickpeas are mixed with hummus and spooned, along with yogurt, over crispy bites of pita (photo © Hannah Kaminsky | Bittersweet Blog). [2] A different type of fattet hummus, more in the bread pudding style. Here’s the recipe (photo © Eva Eats…
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Fresh Tomato & Bell Pepper Salsa Recipe For Cinco De Mayo

[1] This recipe adds circles of sweet mini-bell peppers to the conventional tomato salsa ingredients (photo ˙ Melissa’s Produce). [2] If you’d like to grow your own, you can get the seeds here. Red serranos are typically sweeter and slightly less crisp than the green ones, and can sometimes be a bit hotter. The heat…
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Pumpkin Pie Dessert Hummus Recipe With Almond Butter

[1] Pumpkin pie hummus for dessert or a sweet snack (both photos © Once Again Nut Butter). [2] Once Again Maple Almond Butter is available year-round online.   How to turn hummus into pumpkin pie? Once Again Nut Butter gives it a shot, with this recipe with maple, honey, and pumpkin pie spices. Serve it…
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