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  • Stir Fried Vegetables with Toasted Cashews

    Here is another easy recipe that is healthy – stir fried vegetables with toasted cashews. It’s really simple and quick to make yet packed with nutrients. For those hectic weeknights this is a perfect dish to serve over steamed rice. If you buy stir fry mixed vegetables at the market, they come in different varieties. […]

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  • Autumn Apple Arugula Salad  with Honey Pecans

    This Apple Arugula Salad with Honey Pecans is a great way to take advantage of the season’s harvest. It is loaded with signature superfoods of fall like apples, pomegranate and pecans, tomatoes, and arugula. No problem in feeding a crowd, you can double the recipe easily. There are so many apple varieties in season now. […]

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  • Herb Roasted Autumn Vegetables with Apples and Pears

    This roasted autumn vegetables is one way to celebrate the season. Switch up your usual veggies with autumnal flavors like delicata squash, brussel sprouts, apples and pears. This is an excellent side dish to a Sunday roast chicken or pork. The abundance of apples and pears at the market inspired me to add it to […]

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  • 10-Minute Sautéed Zucchini with Garlic and Oyster Sauce

    I love vegetables especially when they’re easy and quick to prepare like this sautéed zucchini. Zucchini is one of my favorite side dishes because it’s so versatile. It is available here in CA for many months and we prepare them in so many different ways. For this recipe, you will need only a few ingredients […]

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  • Tomato Cucumber Pasta Salad with Arugula

    For grilling lovers like me, this pasta salad is an answer to the side dish dilemma. I know, right? So many choices out there for a side dish.  If it’s up to me, I like to have one or two side dishes with grilled meat or seafood.  And who wouldn’t eat a salad? Veggie-packed Salad […]

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  • Rainbow Apple Slaw with Cilantro Lime Dressing

    This apple slaw is one of the things I like to make when I have a lot of apples on the counter.  The Gala apples I used were from this weekend when we went apple picking in Solvang.  There is nothing better than picking your own apples from a tree.  The apples are so sweet […]

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