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Gluten Free Appetizers For All

Gluten Free Appetizers For All by Joanne

What you can do with a butternut squash and sweet potato is just amazing. Be creative. Think savory, sweet, delicious and neat.

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Fake Out Crab Rangoon Bites

Fake Out Crab Rangoon Bites by Smokinhotchef

This recipe is a spin off of one of my favorite items found in a Chinese Restaurant. I've always loved this crispity outer layer coupled with the gooey center. Cheese tortellini provide the basic shape and mousse like center. A combination of condiments and ingredients popular in Asian cooking are used create the idea of crab…

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Microwave Potato Chips Healthier Than Store Bought

Microwave Potato Chips Healthier Than Store Bought by Claudia lamascolo

Here is an easy recipe to make healthy snacks for your kids and you!

4 votes
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Sweet Potato and Celery Soup

Sweet Potato and Celery Soup by Suzi

Sweet potatoes are a vegetable that is high in carotene and converts to Vitamin A in the body. Beta carotene is considered a preventive for heart disease and some cancers. While looking through my book shelves (I used to be a book seller so I have many, many books around my house) for recipe ideas that pertain to high blood…

1 vote
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Tahini Hummus with Crudite

Tahini Hummus with Crudite by Suzi

I love the word Crudite - don’t you just love that word, pronounced (crud-dee-tay) ? What a nice sounding term for raw vegetables cut into bite sized pieces and served with a dipping sauce. The type of vegetables are endlesss. Not only are the vegetables unlimited so are the dipping sauces. In this recipe I decided to use a…

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Fettuccini with Broccoli Rabe

Fettuccini with Broccoli Rabe by Suzi

There are times when you just can't say no to pasta. This dish is faily easy to prepare. Broccoli Rabe was in a prominent spot in the produce section the other day and that goes very nicely with pasta. I whipped up an Alfredo sauce and added in sun-dried tomatoes (still on the sun-dried tomato kick). You might consider this a…

1 vote
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Baked Stuffed Brie

Baked Stuffed Brie by Suzi

This baked brie was originally going to be an appetizer but when it was ready to eat it turned into a nice brunch. The inside was filled with artichokes, basil and sun-dried tomatoes in oil and homemade pita chips. The chips are very easy to make. Cut a piece of pita into triangles and place on a baking sheet. Spray them with…

1 vote
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Sweet Pickles In 15 Minutes. Just In Time For The 4th!

Sweet Pickles In 15 Minutes. Just In Time For The 4th! by kathy gori

It's been busy here in Sonoma getting ready for our annual 4th of July barbecue. In planning our menu this year, we decided to go for the traditional American organic beef burgers with all the fixings, two kinds of coleslaw, James Beards' sour cream slaw, a tart Indian cabbage dish, an Indian style potato salad, mixed wild greens…

3 votes
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Vegetarian Pate or Faux Foie Gras

Vegetarian Pate or Faux Foie Gras by Joanne

In our health conscious world, who really wants to indulge in such a fatty delicacy. In the world of Vegans and Vegetarians, we shiver at the mention of this dish. The following recipe will make the Foie Gras lover AND the Vegetarian appreciate the smooth, delicate, winy flavor of this appetizer.

1 vote
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Roasted almonds with Quinoa, Flax and Sunflower seed

Roasted almonds with Quinoa, Flax and Sunflower seed by John Spottiswood

This is a great, healthy snack that we had up in Park City this week. We all munched happily all week, and got so much more nutrition from it than we would have from most packaged snacks. Super easy to make and beautiful too!

6 votes
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