Carrot Hummus Recipe For National Hummus Day

[1] Carrot hummus, served with crunchy crudités (photo © Wine Institute). [2] Whole cumim seeds. Toast them for great flavor (photo © Planet Spices | Etsy). [3] Pine nuts and garlic cloves. Did you know that pine nuts come from pine cones† (photo © C.J. Dayrit | Unsplash)? [4] Aleppo pepper, a crushed hot chile…
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Jicama Salad Recipe For Cinco De Mayo

[1] Jicama pairs with savora and sweet ingredients. Here’s the recipe for this salad, which adds sweet mango (photo © All Recipes). [2] Jicama and other crudités with chipotle dressing. Here’s the recipe (photo © Kiwilimón). [3] Jicama can be eaten raw or cooked (photo © Isabel Eats). [4] The firm flesh can be sliced…
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Garlic Chips Recipe For National Garlic Day

[1] Garlic chips, showing the progression in color as roasting progresses (photo © Colavita Recipes). [2] A bowl of garlic bulbs, ready to be turned into garlic chips (photo © Daria Shevtsova | Pexels).   April 19th is National Garlic Day. How to celebrate the day? With this garlic chips recipe! A low-calorie* way to…
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Classic Poutine Recipe For National Poutine Day

[1] Poutine is comfort food: fries, cheese curds and gravy. The recipe is below (photo © Wyke Farms). [2] Many better cheese departments nationwide now carry cheese curds (photo © Wisconsin Cheese). [3] Make it a meal: Top poutine with corned beef and a fried egg, barbecue beef, pulled pork or chicken, or whatever you…
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Marinated Cherry Tomatoes Recipe For Fresh Tomato Day

[1] Turn cherry or grape tomatoes into a marinated salad. In the summer, you can find heirloom cherry tomatoes as in this photo (photo © Colavita Recipes). [2] We love onion in a tomato salad. You can use red onion, but the sweeter styles like Vidalia blend in effortlessly (photo © Vidalia Onions | Facebook).…
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