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Category: Always in Season Recipes

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

California 7 Layer Salad Recipe

This 7 Layer Salad recipe skips the frozen peas and eggs (but keeps the bacon!) for more fresh veggies available year-round from California. The recipe comes courtesy of the Vessey family, fourth...

Are Beets Good For You? An Easy Recipe For Pickled Beets

Beets, those vibrant and earthy gems cultivated in the golden fields of California, are not just a feast for the eyes; they offer a treasure trove of health benefits. Whether you are roasting beets...

Cinnamon Raisin Butter Tarts Recipe

Cinnamon Raisin Butter Tarts are a delicious and indulgent treat that are perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth. These tarts are a decadent flaky pastry crust nestling a gooey mixture of butter,...

A Simple Pasta Dinner with Walnuts, Raisins and Kale

This simple pasta dinner recipe - a California riff on Pasta Foriana or Spaghetti alla Foriana, is pantry and budget friendly, a meatless option that doesn't miss on flavor, and is truly...

Easy Appetizer Ideas: Meet Your New Go-To Snack Hacks

Ready to shake up your snack game with something surprisingly awesome? Let's talk California Prunes. Yeah, you heard right—prunes! We're about to dive into some seriously tasty and easy appetizer...

The Best Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes Recipe You’ll Ever Make

Prepare for a dish so delectable, so delightfully crispy on the outside yet miraculously soft and sweet on the inside, that it instantly elevates your meal from mundane to magnificent. That's the...

The Best Carrot Raisin Walnut Scone Recipe

We have a feeling that once you've tried this scone recipe, it will be on repeat in your house! These scones are of full of delicious ingredients that are always in season in California, like...

Creamy Penne with Chicken, Figs + Walnuts

This Creamy Penne with Chicken gets tons of taste and texture from California figs and walnuts. Use Real California Dairy for the creamy, cheesy sauce too. This baked pasta recipe from Chef Robert...

Delicious California Fig Nanaimo Bars Recipe

This incredible recipe for Nanaimo Bars stars dried figs, adding taste, texture and flavor to every sweet bite! It’s a no-bake dessert recipe everyone will love, loaded with semi-sweet...

Your new obsession: Sweetpotato Brownies

Our Toasted Marshmallow & Almond Butter Swirl Roasted Sweet Potato Brownies are about to become your new favorite dessert. What are Sweetpotato Brownies? Sweetpotato Brownies are a fun...

Mushroom & Kale Stuffed Acorn Squash Recipe

This stuffed acorn squash recipe is full of caramelized onion, garlic, oyster mushrooms, sautéed kale, wild rice, sliced olives, white wine, and a luscious amount of California extra virgin olive...

Incredibly Delicious Honey Roasted Beets Recipe

These tasty and tender Honey Roasted Beets will make anyone a fan of this often unfairly maligned root vegetable. A hot oven, sweet California honey and a touch of lemon balance the earthy flavor...

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