Hot Black Bean Salsa Dip {Dr. Kracker Giveaway}

Hot Black Bean Salsa Dip 

With football season starting up, I will be making "football snacks" every weekend, a tradition in our house since my boys were young. Although football snacks are notoriously greasy and unhealthy, I've been trying to "healthify" our weekend snack fare the past several seasons while keeping them tasty and satisfying.

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50 Women Game-Changers In Food - Lidia Bastianich - Sweet and Sour Marinated Vegetables (Caponata)

Sweet and Sour Marinated Vegetables - Caponata

I think our local area is at the peak of summer season produce, with my CSA Box filled with eggplant, bell peppers, tomatoes and zucchini. At the beginning of the season when my share was fairly light, I treated each vegetable that came in my CSA Box as a treasure, featuring them in recipes on their own or combined perhaps with one other vegetable. However, as the summer bounty has increased, I have found myself with loads of vegetables at their peak, and have found the best way to enjoy them is to combine them in dishes so my family can enjoy them farm-fresh.

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Summer Pesto - Garlic Scape Pesto and Swiss Chard Garlic Scape Pesto

Toasted Gluten-Free Baguette Slices Topped with Swiss Chard Garlic Scape Pesto and Fresh Tomatoes

Although I joined a CSA this summer, my first box was a bit light due to poor weather conditions this spring and contained mostly lettuce greens, and no swiss chard or other dark leafy greens.

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