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Asian slaw

Asparagus-cashew stir fry

Asparagus in miso sauce

Asparagus, nectarine and tomato salad

Asparagus wonton wraps

Bailout bean soup

Baked cherry tomatoes

Beet and onion salad

Beet-cucumber relish

Black bean cakes with guacamole

Black bean soup

Bread and butter pickles

Caponata

Carrot-beet salad

Chipotle-balsamic salad dressing

Chocolate-orange sorbet

Clean the freezer chili

Cold aubergine salad

Corn, bean, and two tomato salad

Couscous salad with herbs

Couscous with dried fruit

Couscous with orange and dried fruit

Crusty roasted potatoes

Cucumber ribbon salad

Curried green tomatoes

Curried mushroom, bean and barley soup

Curried squash, apple and pear soup

Espresso sorbet

Fava bean salad

Fennel, pear and olive salad

Five-spice applesauce

French potato salad

Frijoles a la olla (Home-cooked beans)

Fruit whiz

Garlic eggplant

Gazpacho

Ginger Napa cabbage salad

Gluten-free gazpacho

Grandma's applesauce

Grilled peaches with agave and balsamic

Grilled tofu with soba noodles

Grilled tofu wraps

Half-sour pickles

Honey roasted beets with orange and thyme

Jilo and onions

Lemon onion hummus

Lentils and brown rice

Lentils with squash and raisins

Linguine with tomato-olive sauce

Mango-mint gazpacho

Meat-free split pea soup

Mint chutney

Mixed grain and dried fruit salad

Mock guac

Moroccan eggplant salad

Mulligatawny soup

Mushroom and asparagus paella

One-one-one spaghetti sauce

One-rise pizza dough

Onion bhaji

Panzanella

Pasta salad

Pasta with chunky vegetable sauce

Pasta with slow roasted tomatoes

Peanut dipping sauce

Penne with roasted red pepper pesto

Pineapple-cucumber salad

Pinto bean ravioli

Poached pears

Polenta dome

"Poor little eggplants"

Potato salad with sesame dressing

Pueblo vegetable stew

Pumpkin stew

Refrigerator zucchini pickles

Roasted fennel with potatoes and onions

Romesco sauce

Sangria

Spicy Chinese peanut sauce

Squash and peanut soup

Stir-fried garlic lettuce

Strawberries in balsamic

Sushi rice

Sweet couscous with pistachios

Sweet potato, lentil and raisin stew

Sweet-salty-spicy sushi sauce

Vegetable nori rolls

Tapenade

Tart zucchini relish

Thai tofu and winter squash

Tofu with peanut sauce

Tomato-nectarine chutney

Traditional hummus

Twisted three sisters soup

Vegetarian couscous with dried fruit

Vegetable medley with five-spice dip

Vinegar veggies

White bean vinaigrette

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