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Recipes created using California Grown ingredients that are always in season.
Coachella isn't just famous for it's live music scene. It's also famous for dates. Though they are native to the Middle East, California grows a whole bunch of them, 95% of the domestic crop, in...
From garlic bread to aioli to garlic fries to... vampires, many of us have a love affair with garlic. These garlic recipes make the best of the much-beloved allium, so let's get cooking! Fresh...
This Spicy Garlicky Clams recipe from Spencer Huey makes the most of California grown garlic, and uses lemon, olive oil and wine to make an incredible sauce - plus garlic toast! Be sure to...
We're all guilty of letting celery become less than crispy in our fridge while we pass it over for any other vegetable. But we are here to tell you that celery is delicious. Celery is versatile. And...
This delicious celery slaw is an easy celery salad recipe that is packed full of bright flavors and lots of crunch. Earthy celery is paired with tart apples, toasted almonds and pistachios, funky...
This deliciously simple aioli recipe makes the most of fresh green garlic, and is paired with fresh in season vegetables. The recipe comes from Spencer Huey of Spencer Cooks, who is a cook at Chez...
If your go-to bean recipes are bean burritos or chili, that's great....but don't stop there! We're sharing some of our favorite ways to use CA Grown beans. Do beans grow in...
In this olive oil cake from our friend Bronwen Wyatt, a layer of tender, flavorful pistachio cake is topped with a bright, rich layer of apricot butter and finished with the most addictive pistachio...
Let's talk bacon-wrapped dates, an easy delicious appetizer by Aida Mollenkamp where California dates take the spotlight. From Aida: This sweet, savory bite is a major crowd-pleaser thanks...
Our friend Illyanna Maisonet puts her signature Puerto-Rican spin on the traditional baked beans recipe. What makes it Puerto Rican? Sofrito - a mix of onion, garlic, bell pepper, cilantro and...
Add a vibrant and nutritional punch to your pesto by adding broccoli with this Broccoli Pesto recipe by Jessica of Big Delicious Life. Lightly steamed broccoli florets are whizzed together with...
Introducing a truly delectable dessert, where the classic British Eton Mess meets the sun-kissed California strawberry! Creating a mouthwatering California-grown Strawberry Eton Mess at home is...