Salads & Sides
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The California Avocado Commission An easy-to-make dish featuring avocados that has a delicious fresh-from-the-garden taste. |
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The California Tree Fruit Agreement This dish is a new take on an old favorite and is a perfect complement to any summer meal. |
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K. Dun Gifford This recipe offers a delicious East-meets-West combination, a great way to bring together good taste and nutrition. |
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Garlic and Basil Mashed Potatoes Lucini Italia This fresh tasting Italian interpretation of an international staple is inspired. |
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Chef Ana Sourtun This Turkish dish is combines vegetables, fruits, nuts, fragrant spices and rice into the perfect stuffing for poultry. |
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Lemon and Olive Oil Salad Dressing Fausto Lucchetti Freshly squeezed lemon juice is a perfect companion with olive oil. Together they are a wonderfully light and clean addition to any kind of salad. |
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Marinated Chickpea and Arugula Salad Chef David Shalleck Except for the arugula, this is right out of the pantry. This classic southern Italian antipasto is a great accompaniment to tuna grilled or packed in oil; seafood; grilled leg of lamb, whether whole, cut into steaks, or as brochettes; or sliced prosciutto. |
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RiceSelect Serve this refreshing dish with a good peasant bread, a side salad of greens in vinaigrette, and wine. You’ve got a perfect summer lunch! |
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Oleana Turkish Tomato Rice with Farmer Chris's Beefsteak Tomatoes Chef Ana Sortun This simple recipe features fresh tomaotes, which impart a bold flavor and make this a perfectly robust, satisfying side dish. |
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Mediterranean Meals This salad is a quintessential summer dish that adds flavor and color to any lunch or light dinner party. |
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Orzo with Feta, Olives, Tomatoes, and Dill Chef Susan Kron Serve this refreshing dish with a good peasant bread, a side salad of greens in vinaigrette, and wine. You’ve got a perfect summer lunch! |
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Oven-Roasted Mushrooms with a Peanut Pesto The Peanut Institute Enjoy this winning recipe from the 2000 Plains Peanut Festival Recipe Contest. |
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Lucini Italia A classic Italian salad that features chunks of Italian bread making it light yet heartier than a typical antipasti. |
Parmesan and Romano Stuffed Artichokes Chef Steve Petsuchvsky This simple recipe is a great way to introduce novices to the splendors of artichokes. |
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RiceSelect This fun adaptation of a classic Middle Eastern salad uses rice instead of bulgur for a slightly heartier but amazingly delicious side dish. |
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The International Collection This vegetable masterpiece is great as an appetizer, side dish, or as the filling for a heart veggie sandwich. |













