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  • Beverages
    • Avocado melon breakfast smoothie
    • Blueberry spinach smoothie
    • Cafe mocha
    • Lemonade
    • Mango shake
    • Orange smoothie
    • Peanut butter banana smoothie
  • Breads
    • Apple oatmeal muffins
    • Griddle fry bread
    • Peanut butter bread
    • Peanut butter muffins
    • Whole wheat pizza crust
  • Breakfast
    • Apple cinnamon oatmeal packets
    • Baked oatmeal
    • Banana bobs
    • Banana muffin
    • Banana pancakes
    • Banana walnut oatmeal
    • Blueberry bean muffins
    • Blueberry muffins
    • Breakfast banana split
    • Breakfast burrito
    • Broccoli cheddar frittata
    • Cheesy egg bake
    • English muffin veggie pizza
    • Fruity breakfast parfait
    • Granola
    • Lo's blueberry coffee cake
    • Magic crust quiche
    • Overnight oatmeal with berries
    • Pumpkin oatmeal
    • Rice bowl breakfast with fruit and nuts
    • Rise and shine cobbler
    • Stuffed French toast wraps
    • Veggie omelet in a mug
    • Veggie skillet eggs
  • Main dishes
    • Whole wheat pasta bake
    • Asian mango chicken wraps
    • Avocado super summer wrap
    • Baked lentils casserole
    • Baked pumpkin
    • Baked trout
    • Basic marinara sauce
    • Brown rice with sizzling chicken and vegetables
    • Burrito bowls
    • Cheesy chicken rice hotdish
    • Chicken quesadilla
    • Chicken salad
    • Chicken skillet with vegetables
    • Chicken spaghetti
    • Chicken wild rice hotdish
    • Chickpeas and spinach sauté
    • Chili
    • Citrus chicken
    • Corn tortilla quesadillas
    • Crispy oven-fried chicken
    • Curried chicken and rice
    • Curried chicken with raisins and mushrooms
    • Easy cheesy enchiladas
    • Easy macaroni goulash
    • Easy meat sauce
    • Easy meatballs
    • Egg roll in a bowl
    • Fall veggie casserole
    • Foil dinners
    • Fresh spring pasta
    • Fried noodles
    • Garden sloppy joes
    • Greens and beans soup
    • Grilled lamb salad
    • Macaroni and cheese
    • Mini salmon loaves
    • Mushroom beef sloppy joes
    • Neapolitan tuna fettucine
    • Pan roasted tilapia with tomatillo salsa
    • Pasta bolognese
    • Pasta fagioli
    • Pasta provencal
    • Picadillo
    • Pinto beans beef tacos
    • Polenta with pepper and cheese
    • Pork chop skillet
    • Potato beef casserole
    • Pumpkin chili
    • Pumpkin ricotta stuffed shells
    • Ramen noodle skillet
    • Ratatouille
    • Red bean quesadilla
    • Roast chicken
    • Salmon pasta bowl
    • Sesame noodles
    • Skillet lasagna
    • Skillet pasta dinner
    • Slow cooker lentil soup
    • Southwestern style rice bowl
    • Spaghetti with meat sauce
    • Spicy baked fish
    • Stir fried beef
    • Stuffed peppers
    • Tangy black beans and rice
    • Tuna melt burger
    • Tuna noodle hot dish
    • Tuna pasta salad
    • Turkey quesadilla
    • Vegetable chicken roll-ups
    • Veggie and rice stir-fry with chicken
    • Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce
    • Zesty bean tacos
    • Zingy lemon chicken pasta
    • Zucchini marinara bake
  • Salads
    • Apple Waldorf salad
    • Apple spinach salad
    • Broccoli grape salad
    • Carrot raisin salad
    • Citrus salad with lemon yogurt
    • Crunchy bean salad
    • Crunchy corn salad
    • Egg salad
    • Grape and cucumber salad
    • Greek salad
    • Marinated black bean salad
    • Marinated three-bean salad
    • Orange and cucumber salad
    • Pasta vegetable salad
    • Plant part salad
    • Quick and easy baked potato salad
    • Simple southwestern tuna
    • Sunshine salad
    • Taco salad
    • Tangy tuna salad
    • Three bean salad
    • Zucchini slaw
  • Seasonings and salsas
    • Bean dip
    • Black bean and corn salsa
    • Chili and spice seasoning
    • Chimichurri Sauce
    • Cowboy caviar
    • Cucumber yogurt dip
    • Farmers market salsa
    • Jicama and black bean salsa
    • Mexican seasoning
    • Pico de gallo
  • Side dishes
    • Baked potato circles
    • Baked stuffed squash
    • Baked tomato slices
    • Barley almond casserole
    • Broccoli saute
    • Confetti grain salad
    • Easy kale with bacon
    • Extreme zucchini
    • French fries
    • Green bean and mushroom medley
    • Green beans with tomatoes and basil
    • Grilled vegetable skewers
    • Instant Spanish rice
    • Lemon carrots
    • Louisiana green beans
    • Macaroni and cheese with broccoli
    • Pea pesto
    • Potato skins with buffalo chicken
    • Red beans and rice
    • Refried beans
    • Roasted pineapple
    • Roasted root vegetables
    • Savory bread pudding with kale and butternut squash
    • Scalloped potatoes
    • Sweet potato cubes
    • Sweet potato fries
    • Vegetable fried rice
    • Wild or brown rice
  • Snacks and sweets
    • Ants on a log
    • Apple cake
    • Apple crunch
    • Apple sandwiches
    • Applesauce
    • Baked apples
    • Banana ice cream
    • Berry bread pudding
    • Chickpea dip
    • Colorful fruit salad
    • Cozy Apple Bites
    • Cran-apple crisp
    • Creamy brown rice pudding
    • Crunchy Trail Mix
    • Easy rice pudding
    • Energy bites
    • Fruit and cheese kabobs
    • Fruit dip
    • Fruit pizza to go
    • Fruit salsa
    • Hearty oatmeal cookies
    • Hot and sweet watermelon
    • Ice cream in a bag
    • Kale chips
    • Ooey Gooey Chocolate Banana
    • Peach apple crisp
    • Peach crisp
    • Pumpkin chocolate muffins
    • Pumpkin pudding
    • Pumpkin surprise cupcakes
    • Spiced peach sauce
    • Spicy baked squash
    • Sweet potato and apple bake
    • Sweet potato cheesecake
    • Tortilla wraps
    • Veggie rollup
    • Very berry crisp
  • Soups
    • Black bean soup
    • Chicken noodle soup
    • Chicken rice soup
    • Mexican chicken soup
    • Two-bean chili

Seasonings and salsas

A bowl of refried beans
Bean dip
A bowl of black bean and corn salsa
Black bean and corn salsa
chili spice seasoning being poured from wooden spoon
Chili and spice seasoning
prepared Chimichurri Sauce in white bowl and yellow spoon
Chimichurri Sauce
A bowl with corn, black beans, avocado, tomatoes and cilantro
Cowboy caviar
A bowl of cucumber yogurt dip topped with herbs
Cucumber yogurt dip
A bowl of salsa with fresh chopped tomatoes, white onion and cilantro surrounded by two whole cherry tomatoes, lime wedges, a chili pepper, two cloves of garlic and a jalapeno pepper
Farmers market salsa
A bowl of salsa with beans, corn, onion and cilantro
Jicama and black bean salsa
A red powdered seasoning
Mexican seasoning
A bowl of pico de gallo
Pico de gallo

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  • Eat
    • Family meals
    • Food groups
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      • Fats and oils
      • Fruits
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        • Black currants
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        • Lychee
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        • Nectarines
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        • Passion fruit
        • Peaches
        • Pears
        • Pineapple
        • Plantains
        • Plums
        • Pomegranates
        • Pomelo
        • Pumpkin
        • Raspberries
        • Rhubarb
        • Star fruit
        • Strawberries
        • Tangerines
        • Watermelon
      • Protein foods
      • Vegetables
        • Artichokes
        • Asparagus
        • Bamboo shoots
        • Beets
        • Bell peppers
        • Broccoli
        • Brussels sprouts
        • Cabbage
        • Carrots
        • Cauliflower
        • Celery
        • Chayote
        • Chili peppers
        • Collard greens
        • Cucumbers
        • Eggplant
        • Garlic
        • Ginger
        • Green beans
        • Green onions
        • Herbs
        • Jalapeño
        • Jicama
        • Kale
        • Kohlrabi
        • Leeks
        • Lettuce
        • Mushrooms
        • Okra
        • Onions
        • Parsnips
        • Potatoes
        • Radicchio
        • Radishes
        • Rutabagas
        • Spaghetti squash
        • Spinach
        • Sprouts
        • Sugar snap peas
        • Summer squash
        • Sweet corn
        • Sweet potatoes
        • Tomatillos
        • Tomatoes
        • Turnip
        • Winter squash
        • Zucchini
    • Healthy eating basics
      • Added sugars
      • Choosing beverages
      • Managing sodium intake
      • Portion size
      • Reading food labels
    • Nutrition FAQs
  • Cook
    • Food safety
    • Kitchen skills and tips
      • Cooking terms glossary
      • How to cook vegetables
      • How to freeze vegetables
      • Preparing dried beans and peas
    • Meal planning
    • Nourish: Cultural remedies
  • Move
    • Get active outdoors
      • Winter activities
      • Winter walking
    • Make a plan to get active
    • Physical activity guidelines
    • Staying active as a family
      • Nearly free family fun
    • Using a pedometer
    • Workout equipment
  • Shop
    • Farmers markets
    • Food shelves
    • Shop smart grocery guide
      • Before you shop
      • Grocery store tour
      • Unit pricing
  • Recipes
    • Recipe categories
      • Beverages
        • Avocado melon breakfast smoothie
        • Blueberry spinach smoothie
        • Cafe mocha
        • Lemonade
        • Mango shake
        • Orange smoothie
        • Peanut butter banana smoothie
      • Breads
        • Apple oatmeal muffins
        • Griddle fry bread
        • Peanut butter bread
        • Peanut butter muffins
        • Whole wheat pizza crust
      • Breakfast
        • Apple cinnamon oatmeal packets
        • Baked oatmeal
        • Banana bobs
        • Banana muffin
        • Banana pancakes
        • Banana walnut oatmeal
        • Blueberry bean muffins
        • Blueberry muffins
        • Breakfast banana split
        • Breakfast burrito
        • Broccoli cheddar frittata
        • Cheesy egg bake
        • English muffin veggie pizza
        • Fruity breakfast parfait
        • Granola
        • Lo's blueberry coffee cake
        • Magic crust quiche
        • Overnight oatmeal with berries
        • Pumpkin oatmeal
        • Rice bowl breakfast with fruit and nuts
        • Rise and shine cobbler
        • Stuffed French toast wraps
        • Veggie omelet in a mug
        • Veggie skillet eggs
      • Main dishes
        • Whole wheat pasta bake
        • Asian mango chicken wraps
        • Avocado super summer wrap
        • Baked lentils casserole
        • Baked pumpkin
        • Baked trout
        • Basic marinara sauce
        • Brown rice with sizzling chicken and vegetables
        • Burrito bowls
        • Cheesy chicken rice hotdish
        • Chicken quesadilla
        • Chicken salad
        • Chicken skillet with vegetables
        • Chicken spaghetti
        • Chicken wild rice hotdish
        • Chickpeas and spinach sauté
        • Chili
        • Citrus chicken
        • Corn tortilla quesadillas
        • Crispy oven-fried chicken
        • Curried chicken and rice
        • Curried chicken with raisins and mushrooms
        • Easy cheesy enchiladas
        • Easy macaroni goulash
        • Easy meat sauce
        • Easy meatballs
        • Egg roll in a bowl
        • Fall veggie casserole
        • Foil dinners
        • Fresh spring pasta
        • Fried noodles
        • Garden sloppy joes
        • Greens and beans soup
        • Grilled lamb salad
        • Macaroni and cheese
        • Mini salmon loaves
        • Mushroom beef sloppy joes
        • Neapolitan tuna fettucine
        • Pan roasted tilapia with tomatillo salsa
        • Pasta bolognese
        • Pasta fagioli
        • Pasta provencal
        • Picadillo
        • Pinto beans beef tacos
        • Polenta with pepper and cheese
        • Pork chop skillet
        • Potato beef casserole
        • Pumpkin chili
        • Pumpkin ricotta stuffed shells
        • Ramen noodle skillet
        • Ratatouille
        • Red bean quesadilla
        • Roast chicken
        • Salmon pasta bowl
        • Sesame noodles
        • Skillet lasagna
        • Skillet pasta dinner
        • Slow cooker lentil soup
        • Southwestern style rice bowl
        • Spaghetti with meat sauce
        • Spicy baked fish
        • Stir fried beef
        • Stuffed peppers
        • Tangy black beans and rice
        • Tuna melt burger
        • Tuna noodle hot dish
        • Tuna pasta salad
        • Turkey quesadilla
        • Vegetable chicken roll-ups
        • Veggie and rice stir-fry with chicken
        • Whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce
        • Zesty bean tacos
        • Zingy lemon chicken pasta
        • Zucchini marinara bake
      • Salads
        • Apple Waldorf salad
        • Apple spinach salad
        • Broccoli grape salad
        • Carrot raisin salad
        • Citrus salad with lemon yogurt
        • Crunchy bean salad
        • Crunchy corn salad
        • Egg salad
        • Grape and cucumber salad
        • Greek salad
        • Marinated black bean salad
        • Marinated three-bean salad
        • Orange and cucumber salad
        • Pasta vegetable salad
        • Plant part salad
        • Quick and easy baked potato salad
        • Simple southwestern tuna
        • Sunshine salad
        • Taco salad
        • Tangy tuna salad
        • Three bean salad
        • Zucchini slaw
      • Seasonings and salsas
        • Bean dip
        • Black bean and corn salsa
        • Chili and spice seasoning
        • Chimichurri Sauce
        • Cowboy caviar
        • Cucumber yogurt dip
        • Farmers market salsa
        • Jicama and black bean salsa
        • Mexican seasoning
        • Pico de gallo
      • Side dishes
        • Baked potato circles
        • Baked stuffed squash
        • Baked tomato slices
        • Barley almond casserole
        • Broccoli saute
        • Confetti grain salad
        • Easy kale with bacon
        • Extreme zucchini
        • French fries
        • Green bean and mushroom medley
        • Green beans with tomatoes and basil
        • Grilled vegetable skewers
        • Instant Spanish rice
        • Lemon carrots
        • Louisiana green beans
        • Macaroni and cheese with broccoli
        • Pea pesto
        • Potato skins with buffalo chicken
        • Red beans and rice
        • Refried beans
        • Roasted pineapple
        • Roasted root vegetables
        • Savory bread pudding with kale and butternut squash
        • Scalloped potatoes
        • Sweet potato cubes
        • Sweet potato fries
        • Vegetable fried rice
        • Wild or brown rice
      • Snacks and sweets
        • Ants on a log
        • Apple cake
        • Apple crunch
        • Apple sandwiches
        • Applesauce
        • Baked apples
        • Banana ice cream
        • Berry bread pudding
        • Chickpea dip
        • Colorful fruit salad
        • Cozy Apple Bites
        • Cran-apple crisp
        • Creamy brown rice pudding
        • Crunchy Trail Mix
        • Easy rice pudding
        • Energy bites
        • Fruit and cheese kabobs
        • Fruit dip
        • Fruit pizza to go
        • Fruit salsa
        • Hearty oatmeal cookies
        • Hot and sweet watermelon
        • Ice cream in a bag
        • Kale chips
        • Ooey Gooey Chocolate Banana
        • Peach apple crisp
        • Peach crisp
        • Pumpkin chocolate muffins
        • Pumpkin pudding
        • Pumpkin surprise cupcakes
        • Spiced peach sauce
        • Spicy baked squash
        • Sweet potato and apple bake
        • Sweet potato cheesecake
        • Tortilla wraps
        • Veggie rollup
        • Very berry crisp
      • Soups
        • Black bean soup
        • Chicken noodle soup
        • Chicken rice soup
        • Mexican chicken soup
        • Two-bean chili
    • Search
  • Resources
    • Rusty's Cooking Club
    • Summer meals in a SNAP
    • Dealing with formula shortages
    • Navigating recent changes to SNAP benefits
    • Preparing a 2-week emergency food supply