Bursting with color and flavor–bright citrus, ripe avocado, roasted pecans, and sherry vinaigrette, sweet, spicy, creamy, and crunch–you absolutely want this arugula salad with clementines and maple pepper pecans!

As the weather gets hotter, we’re not much into turning the oven on for toasting a few nuts. No problem here–these caramelized crunchy peppery pecans are pan roasted, stovetop. Just stir the nuts around in a hot heavy-bottomed skillet with maple syrup, a bit of coconut oil, and plenty of freshly ground black pepper. They toast up beautifully!

While the nuts cool into their crunchiness, whisk up a light tangy-sweet dressing out of sherry vinegar, maple syrup, a titch of Dijon mustard, and extra virgin olive oil. The sherry vinegar’s robust almost-caramel toasted nut flavor accents the peppery arugula, sweet mandarins, and oh—those pecans!

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Bring on the chips! And give those chips a tasty dip–this fresh, fruity, not-to-spicy salsa. For the quickest and easiest homemade Mexican salsa, use canned tomatoes, but if you have a little time and fresh tomatoes are seasonally abundant, go with the fresh. 

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Just five straightforward ingredients, tomatoes, garlic, onion, green serrano chile, and cilantro, mixed using the pulse button on your food processor or blender, make this delicious chunky homemade salsa.

For a respectable tomato salsa, fresh chiles are essential. Choose the finger-size serrano chiles for their citrusy notes, although jalapeño chiles make excellent tomato salsa too. For milder tastes, scrape out and discard the seeds and veins. For a bit more heat, include the seeds and veins. Continue Reading…

Imagine–your skillet full of tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, and aromatic herbs simmering on your stove, wafting their mouthwatering essence, imagine your kitchen in flavor happiness. Picture too, the lucky eaters enjoying every tomato-y spicy morsel. The thing is, everyone wins with this spicy red lentil and mushroom pasta, cooks and devourers both!

This healthy, lighter and meatless pasta begs to be served in a large bowl, family style, and passed around the table. For a complete meal, pass a second big bowlful of crisp green lettuce with colorful veggies.
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