This is a fun variation on your traditional guacamole recipe! Servce with veggie sticks or add this to your favorite salad. (more…)

Tomato salsas are the most popular and traditional salsas. They serve as great appetizers and main dish condiments but why settle for tradition? This easy, lively salsa can be served as a vegetable or chip dip one day, combined with beans (legumes) for lunch the second day, and heated and served over cooked whole grains or whole grain pasta the third day. (more…)

Your “favorite fruit” refers to your option to use any fruit in this simple, sweet salsa recipe. Salsas serve as the flavor star of any meal, offering complimentary tastes, textures and visual complexity to an otherwise simple plate of foods. Fruit salsas are the most refreshing. The cool fruits are especially energizing at warm weather meals. It is best to choose fresh fruits of the season. Strawberries and other dark berries are fabulous at this time, but the tropical fruits such as kiwi, mango, pineapple, and papaya are tasty, too. Stone fruits such as apricots, peaches and plums will be great contenders for this recipe in just a few weeks. (more…)

by Chef Jack
Try this delicious and versatile sauce with your summer barbecue or with the upcoming Hawaiian Barbecue Chicken recipe! You can make the Hawaiian Barbecue Sauce a day or two in advance. (more…)

Score big with this tasty and nutritious dip at your Super Bowl party! This dip works well with all the usual vegetable crudité options (carrots, celery, bell peppers, etc), but it also works fabulously with other surprising companions such as roasted potato wedges, roasted cauliflower and even roasted brussel sprouts! (more…)

Keep your refrigerator free of bottles of high fat condiments or fat-free condiments that have little flavor and a gummy texture. Yuck! Make your own Super Bowl Party dips from real ingredients that you have on hand. Just combine in a bowl, stir and serve. Make only as much as you need. Buttermilk, unlike its name, is a low fat dairy product that has many uses. There is a dry form available in most grocery stores. You can also freeze the milk carton form for later use in soups, sauces and baking. (more…)