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Vegetarian Meals

Vegetarian meals don't have to be boring or loaded with cheese and carbs to taste great. We feature nutritarian ("Eat to Live") plant-based meals and recipes that focus on garden-to-table seasonal goodness and salt-free taste.

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Confetti Salad – Black Bean Salad

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Vegan Cauliflower Recipe: Sicilian Sauce

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Marinaded and Grilled Portobello Mushroom Steaks

stuffed summer squash recipe vegetarian

Stuffed Summer Squash Recipe

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Easy Veggie Burger Recipe

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Recipe for Pasta Primavera with Sage Gorgonzola Cheese Sauce

Simple Vegan Thanksgiving Food Ideas Everyone Will Love

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Cooking Vegan – Healthful, Delicious and Easy

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18 Easy Squash Recipes

Black Bean Burrito Recipe

Easy Crepe Recipe

dandelion greens recipe

Foraged Food: Dandelion Greens Couscous

Healthy Ramen Noodle Salad Recipe

rustic Tuscan bean salad recipe

Rustic Tuscan Bean Salad Recipe

Vegetarian Recipe: Three Ingredient Pasta Dinner

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Summer squash

What Can You Make with Summer Squash?

It’s that time of year when everyon asks, “What can I make with summer squash?”. The time when neighbors sneak bags of summer squash onto porches. When farmer’s markets are brimming with yellow and green squash, zucchini, and all manner of Cucurbitaceae, the plant family that gives, and gives, until it can’t give anymore. If…

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Growing Marshmallow Plant

Growing marshmallow plant has been on my gardening to-do list for quite some time. I’ve read about it in herbal books and grown its cousins in the Malvaceae family from seed. The dark purple mallow plant I have thrives in my little garden by the shed, so I thought, “Why not grow marshmallow there?” I…

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August in the Garden: Late Summer Delight

August in the Garden: Tasks, Tips, and a Look Ahead to Fall Here in South Central Virginia, August has always felt like “back to school” season. By mid-month, the local schools are back in session, and with two universities in our small town, the stores fill up with dorm supplies and school gear. What a…

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How to Grow Tulsi from Seed

Holy basil, also called tulsi, can be grown from seeds. That, at least, is what everyone told me. I’d read about tulsi (holy basil) in several books about herbal medicine and seen it cited as a good adaptogenic herb. I was excited to grow it, so I ordered seeds. Several years in a row. Each…

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