Will this be the salad of the summer? It's so fresh and flexible, it might could be. It's a simple bean salad, just pretty pink pinto beans plus green pepper, tomato and a little onion and cilantro, barely pickled in a light vinaigrette earthy with a little cumin and hot sauce. Real Food, Fresh & Flexible. Quick to Make. Low Fat. Low Carb. Weeknight Easy, Weekend Special. Weight Watchers Friendly. Not just vegan, Vegan Done Real . Naturally Gluten Free.

Today's easy-easy and delicious-delicious salad dressing recipe, Thousand Island. Yes, you really can make it at home with ingredients you probably already have on hand. And it's not just as good as what you can buy in the grocery stores, it's better ! Fresh & Seasonal, a Summer Classic. Budget Friendly. Great for Meal Prep. Low Carb. Very Weight Watchers Friendly. Naturally Gluten Free.

A classic spring risotto, such a lovely spring green color. Vital color and vibrant flavor are thanks to a bright green "asparagus stock" that uses whole asparagus spears, not just the tender asparagus tips, to squeeze out every single drop of asparagus flavor. Fresh & Seasonal, a Spring Classic. Great for Meal Prep. Weeknight Easy, Weekend Special. Vegetarian. Naturally Gluten Free.

It's salad time, my friends! Today I'm pairing rice and vegetables, stretching the vegetables to last longer and using up leftover rice. Delicious? Totally. Easy substitutions? You bet. The moment demands this of us. Fresh & Seasonal, Light and Bright for Spring. Great for Meal Prep. Weeknight Easy, Weekend Special. Weight Watchers Friendly. Vegetarian. Naturally Gluten Free.

Don't you just love it when you find a salad calling for familiar vegetables in an unexpected combination? This is that salad! Maybe you even already have everything on hand? But don't you just get a thrill when there are surprises too? This is that salad! Surprise #1, it's all green in color, so pretty! Surprise #2? It's sprinkled with toasted almonds and salty olives that make the salad particularly satisfying. A big chopped salad is an easy side salad, for sure. But it also makes a meal, just add a protein. Or some of that crusty bread you're baking ... Real Food, Fresh & Flexible. Budget-Friendly. Great for Meal Prep & Potlucks. Low Carb. Low Fat. Weeknight Easy, Weekend Special. Scales from Small Plates to Large Platters. Weight Watchers Friendly. Naturally Gluten Free.

My cupcake adaptation of a Cook's Illustrated recipe for carrot cake, it has a light cupcake crumb and is lightly spiced with carrot-cake flavors. I especially like the cream cheese frosting! Great carrot cake flavor with perfect cupcake texture! The big surprise? The carrots are grated in a food processor and the cupcake batter is mixed in the food processor too! But the recipe has moved to a new location, please see Carrot Cake at Kitchen Parade, my food column. Looking for healthy new ways to cook vegetables? A Veggie Venture is home to hundreds of super-organized quick, easy and healthful vegetable recipes and the famous Asparagus-to-Zucchini Alphabet of Vegetables . Join " veggie evangelist " Alanna Kellogg to explore the exciting world of common and not-so-common vegetables where recipes range from seasonal to staples, savory to sweet, salads to sides, soups to supper, simple to special. © Copyright Kitchen Parade VV 2008, 2018 & 2020 (repub) &a

It's a big day for vegetable lovers who follow Weight Watchers! On Sunday, I flipped the switch, converting A Veggie Venture's most popular Weight Watchers page to the current point system, the myWW rainbow of green, blue and purple points.