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Jalapeño Orange Glazed Tofu with Red Onions and Fennel

Are you looking for a quick high protein meatless meal? Here’s one that fits the bill. It’s easy to make, packs plenty of flavor and low-fat muscle building protein. This grilled jalapeño orange glazed tofu with red onions and fennel is sure to please everybody, including professed tofu haters!

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Whole Wheat Cilantro Pasta + Goat Cheese Pepita Sauce

They say that in Italy, Mama waits until the family is seated before dropping her pasta into the boiling water. Fresh homemade pasta cooks very quickly so be sure to follow that strategy. Have all other ingredients prepped and ready before you cook the pasta. When you bite into this whole wheat cilantro pasta with goat cheese and pepita sauce, you’ll get it–timing is everything!

Whole Wheat Cilantro Pasta + Goat Cheese Pepita sauce

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Easy Grill Roasted Beets and Garlic

If you invite a friend who’s a master gardener to dinner and she asks what to bring–ask back, “What’s in your garden?,” you might end up with this delicious treat–grill roasted beets and garlic!

Beet wedges and Garlic cloves on sheet of aluminum foil

That’s how this recipe happened. Our friends surprised us with vivid bloodshot beets, just picked, washed and trimmed. All I added was a little olive oil—and whole garlic cloves. Packaged in a big sheet of aluminum foil, onto the grill they went.

We sat on the deck enjoying our park-like yard, drinking wine and telling tales. Whenever Robbie warned me that the grill thermometer was pegged all the way to 600 degrees, I got up, opened the grill to cool it down, and moved the packet of beets and garlic to another spot on the grill. Casual. No worries. After about 45 minutes I poked into the packet and both the beets and the garlic were soft to the fork!

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Indian Spiced Chard and Chickpea Curry

Stumped for dinner? Pull this skillet chard and chickpea curry out of your back pocket. Curry powder and fresh ginger give the leafy greens and nut-like beans a spicy East Indian flair. Pair with quinoa or rice for an easy weeknight meal!

Chard and chickpea curry with quinoa in blue-edge bowl

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Arugula and Cashew Pesto

Summertime… And the living is easy. Catfish are jumping, and the cotton is high. Don’t you cry. Blend up this emerald arugula and cashew pesto and serve it on little polenta bites.

Arugula and Cashew Pesto on Polenta Bites

How about these inviting nibbles for hot summer weather? Simple to make and stress-free to assemble, plus you don’t need to be anywhere near the oven. That keeps summertime living easy.
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