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Seafood paella with chicken, sausage, shrimp, and mussels – the perfect impressive dish to make when serving a lot of guests.

How to make a crowd-pleasing charcuterie board, complete with cheese and meat selections, wine pairings, and suggestions for incorporating seasonal ingredients to make a winning wine and cheese board any time of year!

Maple Roasted Figs with a touch of cinnamon are amazing on anything! Eat them as is, serve them on pancakes, oatmeal, cakes, etc!

Dairy-free, refined sugar-free homemade whipped cream made with only three ingredients: coconut cream, pure maple syrup, and vanilla extract. Make this spiffy whipped cream to go along with any and all of your dessert recipes.   Whipped cream. We all love it, we all crave it, we all have been known to squirt the stuff …

How to Make Pickled Red Onions with just a few basic ingredients! This sweet, savory, tangy condiment is amazing on tacos, pizza, burgers, sandwiches, salads, and more!

How to make chia seed pudding in three easy steps! This goof-proof pudding recipe is paleo, vegan, dairy-free, and packed with omega-3 fats.

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 …

Have you heard of maca powder? It is a superfood with many health benefits. This post goes into some of the health benefits of maca root as well as ways you can incorporate it into your diet. Chances are if you’ve tried maca, you’re already obsessed with the stuff. Easy for adding to smoothies and …

How to cook yucca root on the stove top! Yuca is a carb-o-licious versatile root vegetable used in all sorts of comfort food recipes worldwide. Let’s dive on in! When I went to the Dominican Republic a few months ago, I was blown away by the cuisine. Aside from the wide range of saucy slow-cooked …

Learn how to de-seed a pomegranate! This quick and easy method will have you hooked on the superfruit. On one of my trips to the grocery store last week, I had a thicker-than-normal amount of fog in the harbor. I began purchasing all sorts of items that were uncharacteristic for me, like duck, yucca root, …

Easy dairy-free paleo vegan salted caramel made with just a few ingredients. This simple recipe is perfect for drizzling on ice cream, bars and brownies, and more!

Make pickled peppers with your favorite chilies and spices. All you need is a jar, vinegar, and your favorite chilies for a spicy pickled fiesta.

One-Pot Easy Jambalaya is a cozy dish! A Louisiana classic, Jambalaya is popular year-round in New Orleans, especially during Mardi Gras.

How to sprout chickpeas (or any bean or legume!) – an easy photo tutorial for making sprouted garbanzo beans or any type of bean, grain, or legume at home. My favorite part about spring is seeing the sleeping plants and animals wake up and come to life. Here in It’s-Never-Winter-in-California/Nevada (at least not this year), …

How to roast spaghetti squash in the oven. Spaghetti squash is a healthful alternative to regular pasta for a grain-free, low-carb option.