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Honey Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

Double chocolate, with both cocoa powder and chocolate chips, they hold their own in the chocolate department. The zucchini, you wouldn’t guess it’s even in the recipe, yet it’s the zucchini that makes them moist. Naturally sweetened with honey and nutrition-bumped with whole wheat flour, these chocolate zucchini muffins are rich enough to qualify as cupcakes!

Chocolate Zucchini Muffins on plate with white doily

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Strawberry Ice Cream Pie {vegan, gluten-free, naturally-sweetened, Paleo-friendly}

Berry bright, sweet and rich, and seriously good for you! Just simple healthful ingredients–strawberries, dates and cashews blended together into the filling that goes in a frozen press-in crust of almonds and dates!  This is the best strawberry ice cream pie ever! 

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Blueberry Maple Hemp Muffins

Sweetened with maple syrup and orange, these fruity but not-too-sweet blueberry maple hemp muffins are loaded with antioxidant-rich blueberries, plus flax and hemp seeds for their Omega-3 nutrition. 

Blueberry Maple Hemp Muffins stacked on plate with hemp heart bag in background

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Achiote Red Rice Pilaf

Brown rice, onions and carrots cooked in an brightly seasoned tomato broth, achiote red rice pilaf has the deep color I’ve always dreamed about for Mexican red rice.

Achiote Red Rice Pilaf

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Black-eyed Pea Fritters with Collard Greens

Cornmeal-dusted and pan-fried, these delicious black-eyed pea and rice fritters are served on a bed of collard greens and topped with chunky tomato sauce. Greens, black-eyes and rice–all the ingredients you need for good luck!

close up shot of black-eyed peas and collard greens --Hoppin’ John fritters with ‘soysage’ and tomatoes

Yummy black-eyed pea fritters are a smoky flavor mix of black-eyed peas and rice. You pan-fry them in a bit of oil, nestle them in a bed of steamed collard ribbons, and top with a chunky “soysage” tomato sauce.

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