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Ultimate Crudité Platter

Move over, grocery store veggie tray - here's the ultimate crudité platter for any party! Full of sweet & savory components, it's a delicious appetizer.

...How to Make the Best Crudité Platter The best crudité boards include a mix of these components: Lots of fresh veggies – I use tomatoes, blanched snap peas, Persian cucumbers,...

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Vegan Stuffing

This vegan stuffing recipe is my favorite Thanksgiving side dish! Onions, celery, and sautéed mushrooms fill it with delicious savory flavor.

...excellent. And if you need to make your stuffing gluten-free, sub in the best loaf of gluten-free bread you can find! Buy (or make!) your bread a day ahead of...

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15 Easy Eggplant Recipes

Even eggplant skeptics will fall for these 15 tasty eggplant recipes! With tacos, pasta, salads, and more, they include something for everyone.

...you love these healthy eggplant recipes, check out these delicious summer recipes next: 30 Best Zucchini Recipes 50 Fresh Tomato Recipes 51 Best Salad Recipes 51 Easy Picnic Food Ideas...

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Asian Slaw

This Asian slaw recipe is filled with my favorite summer ingredients - fresh herbs & peaches - and tossed in a tangy miso dressing. Perfect for picnics!

...Salad Best Broccoli Salad Cucumber Salad Greek Salad Mediterranean Chickpea Salad Or any of these 37 Best Salad Recipes! Asian Slaw Recipe Type: Side dish Author: Jeanine Donofrio Prep time:...

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Cherry Tomato Couscous Salad

This Israeli couscous salad recipe is packed with raw & roasted cherry tomatoes, feta, chickpeas & herbs. Perfect for a picnic or packing for lunch!

...so PRETTY. I often get asked about my food photography/styling tips and my best tip is always: Whatever dish you have, smother it in herbs! Aside from lots of fresh...

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Sautéed Yellow Squash

A crispy panko topping and fresh herbs add bold flavor to this sautéed yellow squash recipe. Easy and delicious, it's a perfect summer side dish.

...You can’t make a great Caprese salad without sweet, tangy tomatoes, and peach cobbler falls flat without juicy peaches. Here, it pays to use the best yellow squash you can...

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Gingerbread Cookies

Our best gingerbread cookie recipe! These festive treats are soft and warmly spiced, with a rich molasses flavor. Perfect for spreading holiday cheer!

...temperature for up to 5 days. (I actually like them best on day 2 or 3! They become even softer and chewier, and their spiced flavor deepens.) These cookies also...

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Hasselback Potatoes

These hasselback potatoes are an impressive (and delicious!) side dish. Cut into a fan of thin slices, they're crisp on the edges and tender in the middle.

...potatoes are best hot from the oven, when they’re still nice and crisp. I like to serve them topped with fresh herbs, such as parsley or fresh thyme, and red...

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Sauteed Asparagus

Ready in 10 minutes, this sautéed asparagus recipe is an easy spring side dish! Lemon juice adds a bright pop of flavor to the tender spears.

...bowl or a plate of polenta. The best thing about this sautéed asparagus recipe, though, is that however you serve it, it really lets the asparagus shine. It cooks up...

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Broccoli Cheddar Soup

This 30-minute broccoli cheddar soup recipe is the ULTIMATE comfort food! It's rich, creamy, super cheesy, and loaded with tender veggies.

...ensure that your broccoli cheddar soup has the best smooth and creamy texture, buy a block of cheese and grate it yourself. Whisk continuously when you add the flour and...

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Zucchini Pasta

This zucchini pasta recipe is a fresh summer meal that you can make in 30 minutes! Sautéed grated zucchini creates the lightly creamy, flavorful sauce.

This zucchini pasta recipe is the best way to use up an abundance of summer zucchini. Sorry, zucchini muffins and zucchini bread—this pasta calls for so much zucchini that no...

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Photograph of Jeanine Donofrio and Jack Mathews in their kitchen

Hello, we're Jeanine and Jack.

We love to eat, travel, cook, and eat some more! We create & photograph vegetarian recipes from our home in Chicago, while our shiba pups eat the kale stems that fall on the kitchen floor.