Recipes

Simple Peach, Basil and Ricotta Flatbread

Simple peach, basil and ricotta flatbreads drizzled with balsamic reduction. A gourmet summer dinner ready in fifteen minutes!

Ingredients:  2 store-bought whole wheat flatbreads or naan ⅔ cup ricotta (enough to generously cove...

Elote (Mexican Sweet Corn)

Sides

Learn how to make elote with this simple recipe! We’ll top grilled corn on the cob with a tangy blend of mayonnaise, lime, chili powder, and finish it with a heavy sprinkle of Cotjia cheese and cilantro. Serve elote as a snack or appetizer, or as a side dish to any Mexican meal. Recipe yields 4 elotes; multiply as needed.

Ingredients:  4 ears of grilled corn on the cob ¼ cup mayonnaise 1 ½ teaspoons&nb...

Build Your Own Budd Bowl

Entrees

This buddha bowl recipe is super fresh, delicious and versatile! The rice and veggies and dressing can be made in advance and stored in the refrigerator. Recipe yields 4 meal-sized bowls.

Ingredients:  Rice and veggies 1 ¼ cups short-grain brown rice or long-grain br...

Watermelon Salad with Herbed Yogurt Sauce

Salads

This watermelon salad recipe is so delicious and refreshing! It features cubed ripe watermelon over mint-basil yogurt sauce, with cucumber, shallot and fresh herbs. Recipe yields 6 to 8 side servings.

Ingredients:  Watermelon salad   3 pounds ripe seedless watermelon (about ½ smal...

Basic Blueberry Smoothie

Breakfast

Make this blueberry smoothie for breakfast! This smoothie recipe is creamy, luscious and so nutritious. You’ll need frozen blueberries and bananas, almond butter and almond milk. Recipe yields 2 servings (about 4 cups); you can easily halve or double the recipe.

Ingredients:  1 ½ cups to 2 cups unsweetened vanilla almond milk or water 1 ½ cups froze...

Orange, Apricot and Carrot Couscous

Sides

A quick couscous salad featuring a delicate balance of sweet, crunchy and tangy winter flavors. Be sure to have your ingredients prepped before you set the pot on the stove to start boiling, because once that happens, this salad comes together very quickly.

Ingredients:  1 cup whole-wheat couscous ½ cup water 1 cup orange juice (preferably fres...

Green Bean Salad with Toasted Almonds & Feta

Sides

This green bean salad is the best! Perfectly cooked green beans are tossed in a lemony dressing with toasted almonds, feta and basil. Recipe yields 4 side servings.

Ingredients:    ⅓ cup sliced almonds 1 pound green beans, trimmed and cut into 2 ...

Roasted Beet Salad with Goat Cheese & Pistachios

Salads

This classic roasted beet salad recipe is like my favorite French restaurants’ beet salads! This salad features goat cheese, pistachios and arugula with a zippy Dijon dressing. Recipe yields 4 to 6 side servings.

Ingredients:  Salad 1 ½ pounds beets (about 3 large or 5 small-t...

Pineapple Salsa

Appetizers

This fresh pineapple salsa recipe will be a big hit at your next party! It’s a little sweet, a little spicy, and 100% delicious. It’s easy to make, too. Recipe yields 3 ½ cups; double it if you’re serving a crowd (1 extra-large pineapple should be just right).

Ingredients:  3 cups diced fresh pineapple (about 1 medium) 1 red bell pepper, chopped &fr...

Watermelon Mimosia

Appetizers

These watermelon mimosas are a refreshing summer brunch cocktail. They’re great any time of day, really! Recipe yields enough watermelon juice to make one Champagne bottle’s worth of mimosas (that’s 6 to 8 mimosas, depending on how boozy you like them).

Ingredients:  ⅓ medium watermelon, preferably chilled (seedless watermelon is the easiest to work with, but...

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