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Sweet Potato Salad

This roasted sweet potato salad recipe is a perfect fall lunch or side dish! Feta cheese, avocado, and a bright tahini dressing fill it with flavor.

...protein, or serve it with one of these recipes for a fresh, healthy dinner: Stuffed Peppers Easy Black Bean Burgers or Best Veggie Burgers Vegetable Frittata Shakshuka Baked Feta Acorn...

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Avocado Salad

This avocado salad recipe is a delicious, healthy side dish! A zesty dressing coats creamy avocado, juicy tomatoes, crisp veggies, and fresh herbs.

...go-to side dishes this summer because it’s super tasty, super quick, and pairs well with just about anything. We’ve enjoyed it with tacos, black bean burgers, crispy corn fritters, and...

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Grilled Mushrooms

These grilled mushrooms are an easy, delicious summer side dish! Seasoned with tamari and balsamic vinegar, they're meaty, juicy, and SO flavorful.

...More Favorite Grilling Recipes If you love this grilled mushrooms recipe, try one of these veggie grilling recipes next: Best Veggie Burger Black Bean Burger Grilled Tofu Easy Grilled Asparagus...

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Tomato Salad

This tomato salad recipe is the ULTIMATE summer side dish! Full of juicy, ripe tomatoes and fresh herbs, it's simple, flavorful, and refreshing.

...burgers or black bean burgers?). It also pairs nicely with a summery pasta like pesto pasta or spaghetti aglio e olio. Crusty bread for sopping up the salad’s juices isn’t...

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Italian Pasta Salad

This Italian pasta salad recipe is fresh and delicious! A zesty Italian dressing, veggies, olives, pepperoncini, and cheese fill it with bold flavor.

...Italian Pasta Salad This Italian pasta salad recipe is one of my favorite side dishes to make for cookouts. It pairs perfectly with classic BBQ fare like veggie burgers, black...

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Healthy Dinner Ideas

These are our favorite healthy dinner recipes! Creamy White Bean Shells, Butternut Enchiladas, Sweet Potato Noodles, Lentil Bolognese & more!

...have a spiralizer, this recipe would be great with spaghetti squash in place of the sweet potato noodles. Butternut Squash & Black Bean Enchiladas One of my favorite vegetarian dinner...

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Chipotle Honey Vinaigrette

This chipotle vinaigrette is smoky, spicy, and a little sweet. Use it as a salad dressing, or drizzle it over burrito bowls, tacos, grilled veggies, and more!

...burgers, chili, black bean soup, or enchiladas! Fresh lime juice – It makes the dressing zesty and bright. Honey – Its sweetness balances the heat of the chipotle pepper. Garlic...

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Watermelon Feta Salad with Kale & Avocado

Nothing beats this cooling watermelon feta salad in the summertime. With a bright dressing & lots of crisp veggies, it's a yummy, refreshing lunch.

...excellent with veggie burgers, black bean burgers, or jackfruit sandwiches. If you love this watermelon feta salad… Make this spicy watermelon salad, this kale salad, or this couscous salad next!...

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Summer Panzanella with Squash

Though pattypan squash is my top choice, you can use any summer squash you have on hand to make this bright, bold late summer panzanella.

...classic picnic fare – veggie burgers, black bean burgers, BBQ sandwiches, or grilled portobellos are some of my go-tos. Alternatively, embrace the Italian flavors in this pattypan squash recipe and...

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Top Recipes of 2018!

We cooked up a storm in 2018, and these recipes stuck out as your (and my) favorites. Here's to new year of great healthy vegetarian food!

...grilled cheese croutons! Mango Black Bean Ginger Rice Bowls When January hits and you crave fresh, vibrant foods – this is your bowl. It’s full of crispy veggies, hearty black...

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Pickled Red Onions

Want to jazz up your next salad or bowl? Add pickled red onions! Tangy & sweet, they're the best way to give almost any dish a bright pop of flavor!

...with my favorite veggie burger, these falafel burgers, and my classic black bean burger. Top them onto any Mexican dish! They’d be delicious with these sweet potato tacos, these many-veggie...

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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.