Category: Vegetables-Salads-Herbs

TIP OF THE DAY: Combine Ingredients In New Ways

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Like potatoes? Like acorn squash? We’re crazy about both, so leaped to make this mashup, created by Heather Scholten of Farmgirl Gourmet, and sent to us by Potato Goodness.com. Serve it as a side dish or as a salad. Is this a potato-squash mix with a garnishing of arugula, or a “salad?” Call it what…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Broccoli Salad

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Broccoli and beet salad. Photo courtesy LoveBeets.com.   “Salad” isn’t limited to leafy greens. Even in the vegetable community, there are salads aplenty made from other veggies—cabbage, carrots, green beans and potatoes, for example. Broccoli salad deserves more attention. It’s rich in powerful, cancer-fighting antioxidants, phytonutrients and carotenoids, which are missing in any significant level…
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RECIPE: Roasted Beets & Carrots

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Roasted beets and carrots: colorful, healthful, tasty. Photo courtesy Love Beets.   We love this dish for the harvest season. It evokes the Halloween and the harvest moon. And root vegetables are good for you as well as pretty. They’re filled with antioxidants, fiber and vitamins. While we love all of the beautiful varieties of…
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Taco Salad Recipe As A First Course Or Side

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[1] First course or side taco salad (photo © Kraft Heinz). [2] No taco bowl? No problem! The original recipe used Fritos, and so can you (photo © Taste of Home).   When we see a taco salad on a menu, we generally order it, and get a huge salad the size of a dinner…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Layered Vegetable Salad

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Layered vegetable salad: The veggies look even more appealing. Photo courtesy Hidden Valley.   If you have veggie-resistant eaters at your table, try turning the vegetables into an artistic presentation. Good packaging can make what’s inside much more exciting. Here’s a fun way to incorporate vegetables into a meal with panache. This recipe, from Hidden…
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