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Crispy, crunchy avocado toast made three ways with hearty winter vegetables for an all-things satisfying and healthy experience. This post is sponsored by Wholly Guacamole. It’s official: it’s winter. Sure, there are two days until the winter equinox, but there’s frost on the windshield, snow for the playing, fewer daylight hours, and a splash of …

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Roasted butternut squash, sweet potato, and beets over forbidden rice with maple-cinnamon tahini sauce is a carb-loaded meal of dreams. Helloooooooo carbs! ^Animaniacs reference, anyone? Circa 1995? Said like, “hellooooo nurse?” By those furry little critters? They’re zaney to the max? Warner Brothers? On the WB? Anyone? Cartoon trivia? Too much on a Monday? Carbs. …

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Orange and vanilla-scented butternut squash and beets sauteed with honey, dried cranberries, and pecans. This healthy side dish is perfect for holiday gatherings! Whoa there holiday season, where did you come from? Just last week we were planning for Halloween and now POOF! Thanksgiving is in our midst. And you know what that means! We …

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The citrus-y sage-y vinaigrette, though! This won’t come as a shocker, but sometimes I feel like my life wouldn’t be right without spell check, fuzzy socks, or ginormous plates of greens. After this cake, these muffins, and this pudding, I was feeling like my nutrient equation needs a little balancing. And by “a little,” I mean …

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  Butternut squash and root vegetable chili makes a hearty vegetarian meal perfect for the cold fall and winter months. The weather here in the Reno-Tahoe area made the quick transition from hot and sunny last week to windy and cloudy over the weekend. The leaves on the aspen trees have already begun turning color, …

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Learn how to spiralize butternut squash in order to make delicious gluten-free pasta recipes that are packed with nutrients, lower in carbohydrate and are all-around amazing! Remember that phase we went through together with our Spirelli? We made this, that, and the other thing out of veggie noodles. For a while there, life was looking like one big bowl of …

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Citrusy Brown Rice with Butternut Squash and Pomegranate makes for a fresh, flavorful side dish perfect for the fall and winter months. This sweet and savory rice dish is perfect alongside any main dish. Let’s talk about passion. Lately, I’ve been feeling wildly passionate about side dishes. Like, skip the entrée, just give me all …

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