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Category: Always in Season Recipes

Recipes created using California Grown ingredients that are always in season.

How to Make a Baked Potato Tuna Niçoise

The flavors of a tuna niçoise - briny olives, tender tuna, fresh herbs, olive oil, and hard-boiled eggs - are instantly recognizable. In this baked potato recipe these flavors all come together in...

A Creamy Pink Pasta with Beets and Walnuts

This Pink Pasta is one of those Valentine's Day dishes that looks eye-catching on the table but is surprisingly easy to make. While it feels right for Valentine’s Day, it is also practical enough...

An Easy Carrot Ribbon Salad with Pickled Raisins

This carrot ribbon salad is one of those recipes that feels a little fancy but is surprisingly low effort. You know the kind. It looks great on the table, tastes fresh and interesting, and somehow...

The Latest Viral Trend: Charcuterie Nachos

If charcuterie boards and nachos had a very California love child, this would be it. Charcuterie Nachos—or what we’re lovingly calling charcuterie chips—are the latest viral snack moment....

Homemade Date Syrup & Prune Molasses – Perfect Sweeteners

If you’ve ever stood in your kitchen holding a bottle of honey in one hand and maple syrup in the other, wondering if there are other options for natural sweeteners that you haven't thought of...

Recipes for Healthy & Flavorful Pantry Cooking

A well-stocked pantry makes it easy to pull together a healthy, flavorful meal at a moment’s notice—and we’re ready to prove it. But first, let’s talk about what belongs on your shelves....

Improving the Veggie-Packed Viral Jennifer Aniston Salad

If you’ve been anywhere near social media over the last couple of years, you’ve seen the Jennifer Aniston Salad pop up again and again. It’s colorful and crunchy. It’s the kind of salad...

A CA GROWN Twist on The Classic Thumbprint Cookie Recipe

This year, the classic thumbprint cookie is getting a major upgrade thanks to CA GROWN pistachios. It’s the kind of twist that makes someone take a bite, roll their eyes back in their head, and...

Our Easy Honey Butter-Glazed Carrot Recipe

Here’s the thing about carrots: they’re the quiet achievers of the produce aisle. Always around, always reliable, but rarely the showstopper. Until now. This easy honey butter-glazed carrot...

Joanne Lee Molinaro’s Veggie Noodles | Janchi Guksu

This recipe for Korean Veggie Noodles or Janchi Guksu is from award-winning author Joanne Lee Molinaro. It includes a recipe for a batch of her Spicy Garlic Soy Sauce Dressing too, which may become...

Irresistible Game Day Appetizers

Cheesy, crispy, comfort-packed game day appetizers starring California Ripe Olives. When it comes to bold, briny flavor, few ingredients deliver like California Ripe Olives. Grown in the...

The Best Appetizer with Sweet Potato and Blue Cheese

There’s something truly magical that happens when humble sweet potatoes meet bold blue cheese, a bit of honey, and a handful of toasted walnuts. Suddenly, you’ve got an appetizer with sweet...

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