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Plant-Based Thanksgiving Dishes

Plant-Based Thanksgiving Dishes

Planning a plant-based Thanksgiving? You’re going to need plenty of plant-based Thanksgiving dishes that can fill out your table and even serve as main courses. Where to start when creating your plant-based Thanksgiving? Think about some of your favorite hearty fall foods: Apples. Pomegranates. Potatoes. Sweet Potatoes. Nuts. Figs. The list goes on, and we’ve […]

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Fig Cake Recipe (Gluten Free and Vegan)

It’s fig season, which means it’s time for a glorious fig cake. What makes a great fig cake? In our book, the characteristics include: 1) tastes great; 2) looks great; and 3) everyone can enjoy it. We’ve got the first two more or less figured out, but for the third one, we decided that it […]

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Fresh Fig Pistachio Cookies Recipe

It’s fig season here in California, which means you *definitely* need a recipe for fig-pistachio cookies. Sure, we know, all of your friends are eating their fresh figs with melon and prosciutto. And that’s great! But what you really want is cookies, right? If you’re like most of us, the answer is yes. During a […]

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Fig Millet Kale Salad

Fig Millet Kale Salad with California Figs

Figs are a strange and wonderful fruit (although not actually a fruit – more on that in a minute). As fig season draws near, we thought we’d take a look at all things fig. First; it’s a California thing: California produces 100% of the nation’s dried figs and 98% of the fresh figs. California grows […]

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Fig Bars to Make with Your Kids

One of our kids has become obsessed with fig bars, and he’s been carrying one to school every day for snack. After several weeks of bringing in pre-packaged, store-bought fig bars – and after seeing fresh figs at the farmers’ market – he decided that we should make our own. Make Your Own Fig Bars […]

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Mince Fruit Pie - like mincemeat, but there's no meat in there.

Mince Fruit Pie – Meatless and Delicious

Just in time for the holidays, we’ve got some Mince Fruit Pie for you. Notice that there’s no “meat” in thie pie; just pure delicious fruit. We made this pie for a recent Food Bloggers Los Angeles meeting and it was a hit. But as we served it we learned something funny – apparently everyone […]

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