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Sides and Snacks

Green Bean Casserole

A lightened up version of the classic… that you’ll actually like!

Tags carmel recipes, cold weather, dairy free, fall, food, green bean, green beans, healthy, healthy swap, healthy swaps, recipe, recipes, thanksgiving, thanksgiving recipes, veggies

Sides and Snacks

Honey Goat Cheese Figs with Hazelnut and Fresh Basil

Post author By The Carmel Kama'aina
Post date September 3, 2023
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Five ingredients, 20 minutes, and perfect for your next dinner party or girls’ night.

Tags appetizer, appetizers, Basil, Christmas, cold weather, easy, entertaining, few ingredients, fig, figs, five ingredient, five ingredients, fresh herbs, girls’ night, goat cheese, quick

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Cheesy Tortellini & Sausage Soup

Post author By The Carmel Kama'aina
Post date January 27, 2021
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One of my favorite easy meals to date has been my gnocchi soup. This is its meatier cousin, tortellini and sausage soup! Same idea— slightly heartier flavor 🙂

Tags chicken broth, cold weather, easy, pasta soup, sausage, soup, soup season, tortellini, trader joes, weeknight dinner, Winning Weeknights, winter, winter meal

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Maple Miso Chicken & Squash Bowl

Post author By The Carmel Kama'aina
Post date December 21, 2020
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Welcome to a perfect meal prep salad. This one mainly uses the oven … and if you don’t dress it immediately, the ingredients can last all week!

Tags bowl, chicken, CKweekday, cold weather, desk lunch, dressing, meal prep, miso, salad, warm salad, white miso, white miso paste

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Amplified Roasted Butternut Squash Soup

Post author By The Carmel Kama'aina
Post date December 18, 2020
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Butternut squash soup gets amplified by roasting the squash, and adding in arugula and white beans to break up the baby-food texture!

Tags arugula, autumn, butternut squash, chilly, cold weather, fall, soup, soup season, soups, squash, vegan, vegetarian, white beans, winter

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Fully Loaded Turkey and Bowtie Soup

Post author By The Carmel Kama'aina
Post date November 30, 2020
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Still have leftover turkey but growing tired of sandwiches? Enter: fully loaded turkey & bowtie soup!! No longer Thanksgiving or don’t have leftover turkey? Just use ground turkey meat 🙂

Tags cold weather, healthy soup, leftover, soup, soup season, soups, thanksgiving, thanksgiving leftovers, turkey, winter

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Spicy Italian Sausage Pasta with White Beans, Kale, and Crispy Breadcrumbs

Post author By The Carmel Kama'aina
Post date November 12, 2020
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The perfect mix of health & comfort food. Think grown-up, savory mac and cheese that sneaks in a whole bag of kale

Tags cold weather, dinner, healthy swap, kale, pasta, protein pasta, white beans

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Gnocchi White Bean Soup with Fresh Dill

Post author By The Carmel Kama'aina
Post date August 30, 2020
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There is nothing like a warm bowl of soup on a cold summer’s day. Yes, you read that right. For those unfamiliar with Carmel, our default summer weather is FOG. Now, the thing with soup is it can be incredibly slow and involved (read: simmer for hours), or fast and easy. This soup is the […]