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Kale Salad with Sunflower Seed Pesto and Apricots

This emerald green kale salad with sunflower seed pesto and apricots is one flavorful healthy salad! The kale is massaged with lemon juice and zest and the apricots are soaked in white wine and sherry vinegar. Toss in some toasted sunflower seeds and sharp aged cheese and you’re ready to go!

closeup of kale salad with apricots in wooden bowl with salad tong
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How to Cook Beets in a Pressure Cooker

You’re thinking beets would be perfect on your menu but you don’t want to dial up the oven or watch a pot on the stove for an hour? The solution? Bring out the pressure cooker. This post explains how to cook beets in 20 minutes–in an Instant Pot or stovetop pressure cooker!

Beets in Instant Pot ready to cook

Pressure cookers are the pots that spare the cook. Not only do they conserve time and energy by requiring minimal liquid, pressure-cooked ingredients retain more nutrients and the flavor is more concentrated.

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Spinach, Herb and Feta Cheese Custard

A cross between a frittata and crust-less quiche, this spinach, herb and feta cheese custard is another fine example of what to do with green leafy vegetables, be they spinach, chard or beet greens. This recipe also makes use of an assortment of herbs–whatever is on hand, mince them up.

Spinach, Herb and Feta Cheese Custard plated with salad
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Whole Wheat Kale and Olive Stromboli

A variation of pizza, stromboli is yeast dough rolled up around a yummy filling and baked until golden. This whole wheat kale and olive stromboli is filled with kale, arugula, and goat cheese.

Whole Wheat Kale and Olive Stromboli

Stromboli sounds like the name of that machine that grooms ice rinks, right? Zamboni—stromboli, close, in a fun roll-off-the-tongue word way. Stromboli, though, you can actually bite. Here’s a healthy whole wheat stromboli, filled with hearty greens, tangy goat cheese, and salty black olives.

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Lacquered Tofu with Black Rice and Greens

Lacquered tofu with black rice and greens is an amazing food trio. Golden sautéed tofu gets a tamari and maple syrup varnish. This combination, the caramelly sweet tofu and exotic nutty black rice, along with the slightly bitter sautéed greens, makes one delicous plant-based meal!

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