Cooking with CalPure
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Bright Winter Salad of Mixed Citrus and Avocado
This fabulous dish fully celebrates winter’s bright culinary gems, bringing sunshine and cheer to any winter table. When most people think of winter recipes, they imagine heavy roasts and cozy porridge - it can be easy to forget that winter is also the ideal time to embrace the wonderful citrus and avocados that are at the height of their season. Here, a delectable mix of citrus, beets, avocado, pistachios and fresh mint is made even more delicious when doused in luscious CalPure® California Grapeseed Oil. Ingredients ½ pound small-medium beets (a mix of Chioggia and dark red beets is particularly...
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Creamy Vegan Butternut Squash Soup with Sweet Potatoes and Red Bell Peppers
Food and fitness blogger Coach Debbie used CalPure™ California Extra Virgin Avocado Oil to create the most delicious, hearty Creamy (vegan!) Butternut Squash Soup with sweet potatoes red bell peppers. We've included her recipe below. For a tutorial, check out her blog Ingredients 2 tablespoons CalPure™ Extra Virgin Avocado Oil 1 small onion, chopped 1 small red pepper, chopped 2 cloves garlic 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, minced 2 cups butternut squash, cut into 1-inch chunks 1 cup sweet potato, cut into 1-inch chunks 3 cups water 1 15 oz. can white beans (cannellini, great northern, or other) drained and rinsed....
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Plentiful Veggie Wok with Cashews, Vegetables, Mushrooms & Rice Noodles
This quick and easy wok recipe highlights a rainbow of vibrant vegetables with a delectable array of flavors and textures. Mixed mushrooms bring umami to the dish where fresh pea shoots and slivers of red and yellow peppers add a crisp freshness. Quickly frying shallots in extra virgin avocado oil before cooking the rest of the assorted veggies ensures that all ingredients take on a wonderful depth of flavor from the infused oil. -
The Ultimate Avocado Toast with Extra Virgin Avocado Oil & Aleppo Pepper Flakes
If you haven’t tried avocado toast, you’re missing out on one of life’s great pleasures!We’ve elevated simple avocado toast to delicious heights by embellishing the dish with a few tasty friends: a rustic seeded bread gives a wonderful texture contrast to the creamy avocado; a drizzle of extra virgin, squeeze of lime, and sprinkle of good salt bring out the avocado’s natural goodness; and crushed pepper and micro greens add a final little kick to the whole affair. -
Whole Fish with Citrus, Herbs & Ginger
Who knew that cooking a whole fish could be so easy? Your dinner guests will ooh and aah when you bring this gorgeous whole fish to the table, but this dish is shockingly easy to prepare. Everyone needs such a festive yet easy recipe in their cooking repertoire. Here we’ve stuffed our fish with classic Asian flavors: scallions, ginger, and cilantro - though if you’re more in a Mediterranean mood, you could just as easily bake the fish with lemon, thyme, parsley and garlic. 3 pound whole fish such as snapper, pre-cleaned by the fish monger (scales and innards removed)...
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Dreamy, Versatile Salad Dressing with Herbs
Fresh, earthy and herbaceous, this dressing hits all the right notes. This heavenly dressing is completely versatile – it’s just as at home gracing a bed of tender lettuces as it is a hearty composed salad. Home cooks who have long relied on olive oil as their go-to dressing staple will think again after they taste silky and irresistible extra virgin avocado oil.