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Vegan Kale and Potato Soup (Instant Pot Pressure Cooker)

Rich with potato chunks, tender white beans, tomatoes, and dark green shredded kale, this vegan kale and potato soup is hearty and warming. A steaming bowl of this soup makes a complete nutritious meal, and made in your pressure cooker or Instant Pot, it comes together speedy-quick!

Portuguese Vegan Kale and Potato Soup in blue design bowls with autumn leaves as table decorations

With a bag of potatoes in the pantry and a bunch of kale in the fridge, it was one of those what-should-I-make-for-dinner days. This recipe with potatoes and kale came to mind.

Perfect–I’ll reintroduce this delicious warming soup to you, dear readers. And make it tonight’s dinner! Like me, you’ll love this potato and kale soup so much you’ll make it again, for years upon years!

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How to Make Hibiscus Syrup for Soda Spritzers

Blushing with cranberry-pink effervescent bubbles, these ice-cold hibiscus sparkling soda spritzers have an addictive sweet-tart flavor. Here’s your recipe for a bright, delicious and thirst-quenching non-alcoholic mocktail!

hibiscus sparkling soda spritzers with shot glass

To make hibiscus spritzers, first make a strong “tea” with magenta-red hibiscus flowers. Sweeten the tea with honey, just enough to soften the flower’s tangy sharpness. Pour a shot of the bright syrup over ice and top with fizzy water. Ta-da!


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Savory Goat Cheese Muffins with Sun-Dried Tomato and Fresh Herbs

With bits of sun-dried tomato, green herby sprinkles, and creamy goat cheese tang in every bite, these savory goat cheese muffins positively burst with bright flavors! Rustic, almost biscuit-like, they’re a winning match with steaming hot soup and a crisp green salad.

Goat Cheese muffins broken open with basket of muffins in background

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Rhubarb Cranberry Honey Chutney

Transform little ole’ unassuming rhubarb into this tangy sweet spiced rhubarb cranberry chutney. Simply simmer chunks of the tart stalks in hot sweet and sour honey syrup. For rosy pink color, mix in dried cranberries. Add cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, and a pinch of red pepper to give your chutney its bright spiced flavor!

Over head shot of Rhubarb Chutney |in jars with spoons

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Homemade Roasted Red Pepper Vinaigrette — copycat salad dressing

Homemade Roasted Red Pepper Vinaigrette is an easy copycat version of a bottled salad dressing, one you buy from the store. Smoky roasted-pepper flavor and just the right amount of honey sweetness shine in both, but this one’s better—because it’s homemade, with love.

Roasted Red Pepper Vinaigrette in jarr with bowl of red peppers and spoon

The best thing about making your own vinaigrette is you know exactly what’s in it. It blows my mind to see sugar in almost every bottled dressing on the shelf–Arrrgh‼ Homemade salad dressings rock, especially over tossed lettuce and veggie salads.

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