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Recipes using vegetables, legumes or grains as the main ingredient

Chopped Kale & Red Cabbage w/ slices of raw red peppers, shaved carrot, sliced green onions w/ brown rice & cilantro in a white bowl with a side of brown peanut salad dressing

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Blue bowl of blended tan pinto bean hummus on a wood cutting board with a lemon half and spoon in the background.

Easy Creamy Pinto Bean Hummus

2 bowls of orzo pasta in a green herb sauce with diced cucumbers, red onions, and green onions. One bowl has shredded parmesan and a spoon. Side view.

Lemon Dill Orzo Salad with Feta

Mason quart jar filled with whole okra and sliced red peppers.

Quick Pickled Refrigerator Okra

Verticle Bowl of Corn Chowder w/ Sweet Potatoes, Bacon, Cilantro, and Avocado Garnish. Close up.

Sweet Potato Corn Chowder

Close up of halved cucumbers with seeds taken out tossed in a soy / sesame oil sauce and topped with sesame seeds and cilantro.

Simple Asian Cucumber Salad

Small wood bowl filled with shredded cole slaw with crispy tortilla chips in it.

Easy Cole Slaw Dip (Mexican Cabbage Dip)

Ingredients for Mayonnaise - jar of mustard, whole lemons, vegetable oil, salt, and eggs. Bowl in the background with a whisk

Homemade Mayonnaise

Raw whole okra laid on spaciously on a stainless steel baking sheet.

Easy Oven Roasted Whole Okra

Top view of white oval bowl of black beans with a cilantro leaf garnish.

Easy Spiced Up Black Beans

Wood bowl of pimento cheese with 3 crackers and a small spoon hanging out. Crackers on plate in background and one with pimento cheese on it.

Easy Homemade Pimento Cheese

Guacamole in a wood bow with toasted pepita garnish with a spoon in bowl. Blue tortilla chips and bowl of salsa in background.

Pepita ( Pumpkin Seed) Guacamole

Apple, Celery, Raisin & Walnut Salad In A Brown Dish With a Spoon

Simple Apple, Celery, and Walnut Salad

Close up ofcooked jalapeno poppers filled with a brown orange crust and a chopped cilantro garnish. Top view, close up.

Cream Cheese Stuffed Jalapeño Poppers

Side view of 5 collard green wraps with one cut open to expose the quinoa and vegetables inside.

Quinoa, Hummus, and Vegetable Collard Green Wraps

Side view. Slice of brown cake on white plate with fork with out of focus cake in background.

Easy German Chocolate Hazelnut Torte

White bowl of sliced thin and pickled red onions (pink hue). with a silver spoon out of the bowl on a dark wood table.

No Cook Quick Pickled Red Onions

Close up of wood bowl of green salad with raisins, crushed almonds, and red pepper flakes. Fork on the side.

Kale and Almond Salad with Lemon Dressing

Top view of artichoke salad with kalamata olives, sliced orange peppers, capers and a bowl of pickled red onions on the side.

Baby Artichoke Salad with Pickled Onions

White Bowl of farro, and edamame with a small bowl of toasted pine nuts and another small wood ball with a portion size of the dish topped with feta. side view.

Farro Salad with Edamame, Pine Nuts, Feta Cheese

Green Sweet Pea, Toasted Sliced Almonds & Thin Sliced Radishes in a brown bowl with a spoon hanging out.

Sweet Pea, Almond, and Radish Salad

Two shallow white bowls filled with chopped lettuce, sliced cucumbers, sliced radishes, , cherry tomato quarters and blue cheese and pecan crumbles. Two forks, two knives, and two white napkins on the side. Close up.

Chopped Romaine Lettuce And Chickpea Salad

White shallow bowl filled with raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries. Garnished with orange zest and sliced mint.

Fresh Mixed Berry Dessert "Gazpacho"

top view of potato salad on a square aqua plate with utensils on the side. Close up view.

My Favorite Potato and Egg Salad

quartered strawberries, chopped pecans, and crumbled goat cheese on arugula salad on a shallow bowl/plate.

Strawberry Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese

Diced egg mixed with thyme, diced red onions, capers, and sliced chives on a bed of butter lettuce.

Simple Egg Salad with Thyme and Chives

Top down view of grain salad with feta cheese on a colorful table runner.

Quinoa Salad with Feta, Artichoke, Olives

Small blue bowl of off white hummus with a mint garnish. Spoon inserted into hummus.

Simple and Easy Homemade Hummus

Tan bowl of sliced black olives with walnuts and chopped figs mounded in bowl with a spoon and garnished with parsley. side view.

Kalamata Olive and Fig Tapenade

Blue bowl of green cilantro sour cream sauce on a wood cutting board with a red spatula on the side. Blender top in the background with green sauce all over it. Close up.

Easy Cilantro Sour Cream Sauce

Stainless steel deep skillet filled with white beans and diced tomatoes with a lightly pulsed pesto of kale and almonds.

Cannellini Beans with Kale Pesto

Fresh asparagus, red onions, cherry tomatoes and a dijon mustard & white wine vinaigrette.

Cold Asparagus And Tomato Salad

Romaine lettuce chunked, chunks of tomatoes, red peppers, whole olives and crumbled feta cheese. On a white plate.

Easy Mediterranean Salad with Feta Cheese

Arugula Salad topped with small mozzarella balls and cherry tomatoes on two white plates with knife and fork and salt and pepper shakers. top view.

Arugula Caprese Salad with Ciliegine Mozzarella

Pink Watermelon Popsicles in plastic molds with coloful tops. Around 14 popsicles.

Easy Homemade Watermelon Popsicles

Top view of zucchini noodles with carrots, red onions, red peppers, green onions and cashews on a white plate with chopsticks.

Asian Zucchini Noodles (Zoodles)

Top down view of sliced cucumbers and red onions in a tan bowl. Close up.

Cucumber Dill Salad with Vinegar and Onions

Top down view of a wood bowl of pasta salad with basil and silverware on the side.

Orzo Salad with Sun Dried Tomatoes and Feta

Side view of 3 jars of deep red cherry fig jam with spoons sticking out. Close up.

Easy Fig Jam - No Pectin, No Canning

Seared and browned caramelized sliced zucchini rounds on a white plate with red pepper flakes lightly garnished. Top view crop to a rectangle.

Simple Pan Fried Zucchini Rounds

Corn, Edamame, & Red pepper Succotash with red peppers with a fork in a brown bowl. close up.

Easy Corn and Edamame Succotash

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