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Easy Cauliflower Chickpea Salad

Thanks to a light lemony dressing and lots of fresh herbs, this simple raw cauliflower salad recipe tastes surprisingly delicious and lasts in the fridge for days. The pickled onions are an optional ingredient, but they take the salad to the next level. Here’s our recipe for pickled onions, so you can see how simple they are to make. We break the cauliflower down into tiny florets, but another option is to use a food processor and make a chunky cauliflower rice. Take a look at our cauliflower rice recipe to see how we do it.

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Best French Onion Soup We’ve Made

This recipe makes the best French onion soup we’ve ever made at home, and to be honest, it knocks the socks off most that we’ve had at restaurants, too. Take care to caramelize your onions, as that’s where the rich onion flavor comes from.

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Easy Broccoli Salad

In this easy broccoli salad recipe, we toss broccoli with bacon, dried cranberries, red onion, and a tangy dressing made with mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, and apple cider vinegar. We do not add sugar to the dressing, but if you prefer sweeter salad dressings, add a pinch of sugar, honey, or maple syrup.

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Easy Roasted Tomato Soup

Whether you have an abundance of peak summer tomatoes or the less flavorful ones found in winter, this roasted tomato soup with garlic and basil is the perfect solution. Roasting transforms even lackluster tomatoes, bringing out their sweetness and creating a delicious base for the soup.

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Tahini Kale and White Bean Salad

This easy kale and bean salad is packed with good-for-you ingredients, is crave-worthy, and can be made in advance. Since kale is such a hearty green, it can be hard to digest when served raw. We massage the kale leaves with salt and lemon juice to prevent this. Some of the kale’s structure breaks down by rubbing the salt and lemon into the leaves, making the kale a deeper green color and much more tender than if left raw. For the dressing, we use our favorite tahini sauce recipe. It’s very simple to make. I also love this tahini salad dressing, which is less creamy but still delicious.

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Chopped Cucumber Tomato Salad

This easy chopped cucumber, tomato and onion salad is reminiscent of tabbouleh made with diced tomatoes, cucumbers and lots of parsley. For the dressing, use vinegar or fresh lemon juice. Since we add raw onions to the salad, the sweeter your onions, the better. If you can find them, try Walla Walla onions or Vidalia onions.

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Lemon Turmeric Lentil Soup

This is our favorite lentil soup recipe. I make it whenever we need some healthy comfort food. It’s savory, satisfying, and utterly delicious. I like fresh lemon in this soup and serve it with slices of lemon. You don’t eat the lemon slices. They are there for more flavor and show lemon has been added to the soup.

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Easy Three Ingredient Tomato Soup

This is the easiest and tastiest tomato soup I’ve made. I love serving with grilled cheese sandwiches, but this is also wonderful with crusty bread or homemade garlic bread on the side.

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Easy White Bean Soup

This hearty vegetable and white bean soup recipe is healthy, easy to make, and tastes fantastic. It’s also vegan when you use a vegan-friendly broth! Since vegetables vary by seasonality, feel free to swap or add different vegetables for the ones listed below. Both cooked and canned beans can be used in this recipe. When using canned beans, we prefer to drain and rinse them before adding them to the soup.

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Perfect Tomato Bruschetta

This traditional bruschetta recipe is best when you use fresh, room-temperature tomatoes. It’s also important to set aside a little time to allow the tomatoes to sit with salt. As the tomatoes sit, they become extra flavorful and release some of their juices, perfect for spooning onto the bread later.

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Easy Flatbread Pizza

Flatbread pizza is perfect for busy mealtimes. Make this quick and easy pizza with homemade or store-bought flatbread. We have two flatbread recipes on Inspired Taste: no-yeast flatbread made with baking powder and this homemade garlic flatbread made with yeast.

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Easy Ground Pork Tacos

Thanks to ground pork, these easy pork tacos are quick and easy to make. We recommend making our taco seasoning with chili powder, cumin, smoked paprika, coriander, and cayenne pepper. If you use store-bought taco mix, watch out for adding additional salt. Store-bought seasoning has salt added, so you might not need extra salt.

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Fail Proof Homemade Mayonnaise

Homemade mayonnaise is such a treat. It’s very simple to make, too. There are a few ways to make mayonnaise. My preferred methods are using our food processor with the small bowl attachment or an immersion blender with a tall jar. You can use a blender or make it completely by hand, but I don’t find them as fail-proof.

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Perfect Poached Salmon

Poaching salmon is one of our favorite ways to cook salmon! Poached salmon cooks quickly and stays moist, flaky, and tender. The aromatics (lemon, shallot, fennel, and dill) are optional but add lots of delicious flavor. You can use water, broth, or a combination of water and white wine for the poaching liquid.

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Perfect Juicy Poached Chicken

Poached chicken is tender, soft, juicy, and so flavorful. Use our easy recipe for poached chicken breast or chicken thighs. You can use skin-on chicken and remove the skin before serving. The aromatics suggested in the recipe are a guide. Ginger, chili peppers, additional herbs, onion, fennel, and carrots are all excellent options.

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Easy Carrot Ginger Dressing

This carrot ginger dressing is delicious with just about any leafy green, roasted veggies, grilled meats, and seafood. I especially love it with iceberg lettuce, sliced green onion, and radish.

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