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Appetizers

Easy Beet Hummus (Oil-Free!)

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Easy bright beet hummus made oil-free and super creamy with tahini, lemon, and and seasonings. Perfect to make in advance to upgrade your snacking!

Easy Beet Hummus (Oil-Free!) by Flora & Vino

On travel this past weekend I packed a seemingly ridiculous amount of snacks.

Snacks erupting from every crevice of my packed purple suitcase: raw bars, granola, hummus– the works.

But snacks can really make or break your day, yeah?

They can take you from hangry to happy in an instant.

Bonus points if they’re PINK.

I’m excited to share this colorful new chip & dip combo to make your snack time both pretty and delicious.

Pretty delicious.

This Easy Beet Hummus (Oil Free!) is ready in less than 10 minutes for easy snacking that’s raw, oil free, and packed with nutrients!

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Perfect 5-Ingredient Guacamole

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Minimalist guac with only five ingredients! Perfect for snacking and dipping. Pair with carrot chips for a killer complimentary combo!

Perfect 5-Ingredient Guacamole

Can we talk about how much I love avocado?

Let me give you an idea in numbers and figures.

Last weekend when Dan went to the store I asked him to get 8-10 avocados.

And he didn’t bat an eye.

Partially for recipe testing this guacamole, but also because we actually eat that many avocados a week.

A day without avocado is like a day without sunshine…that’s a saying somewhere, right?

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Cajun Cauliflower Poppers

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Cajun cauliflower poppers ready in under 30 minutes with less than 10 ingredients for the perfect plant-based game time or anytime appetizer.

Cajun Cauliflower Poppers

Friendsssss!

Happy Super Bowl weekend.

I had initially intended to share a hearty tempeh-based chili with you for the occasion, but I received so many requests for the Cajun Cauliflower Poppers on my Instagram feed that I knew I had to document them before the big game.

This easy plant-based, gluten free appetizer come together quickly in under 30 minutes with a cajun spice mixture that’s on fire!

Let’s make that cauli POP.

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Curried Cranberry Apple Pecan Chickpea Salad Cups

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1-bowl curried chickpea salad with apples, pecans, cranberries, and a delicious spicy yogurt base. Serve with radicchio cups for a fun lunch, snack, or appetizer.

Curried Cranberry Apple Pecan Chickpea Salad Cups

 

I’m writing this post with the sniffles and a tickly throat…all of the telltale symptoms that a cold is coming for me.

Doh.

Sometimes I like being sick. Is that a weird thing to say?

OK, maybe I could do without the physical symptoms, but being a highly active person, sometimes I forget to slow down.

Being sick quite literally forces me to take some time to rejuvenate both my body and my mind.

Lounging on the couch eating nicecream while binge-watching This Is Us (who else is obsessed???) sounds pretty great right about now, but we’re about to road trip to Indiana to visit my extended family and there’s a lot to get done around here.

Mostly in the form of food preparation because when I travel, I tend to take my kitchen with me.

These Curried Cranberry Apple Pecan Chickpea Salad Cups are on my list of easy things to prepare for the trip.

You’re going to love whipping this mixture up for easy fall lunching!

And hey, curry is good for colds, right?

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Baked Purple Sweet Potato Spiral Fritters

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Baked Purple Sweet Potato Spiral Fritters

I’m a bit of a blank slate today, friends.

I wanted to start off by talking about the weather, and how unusually warm it’s been here in Virginia, but that seemed like such a small talk thing to do, and I don’t really do small talk.

If you’ve been visiting Flora & Vino for a while now , we’re definitely more than just acquaintances.

How about some big talk, instead?

Big like Baked Purple Sweet Potato Spiral Fritters, big.

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Pea Pesto Sweet Potato Poppers

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Oil-free sweet potato rounds baked and smashed with herbed pea pesto. The perfect healthy appetizer for game-day or any-day!

Pea Pesto Sweet Potato Poppers

Hi, guys!

Are you football fans?

I can’t say that I am, but you know what I am a fan of?

Easy and healthy game-time snacks.

Dan would tell you that I’m a Patriots fan by marriage (don’t hate!), but I spend the majority of the game asking what just happened.

And smashing all of the veggies together to make an oil-free, gluten-free option to enjoy between (and during) plays.

These Pea Pesto Sweet Potato Poppers are a total “game-changer” (sorry, I had to), when it comes to feeding you and your football fans this fall!

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Lentil Walnut Beet Balls with Spicy Tahini Dressing

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Beet balls that are vegan, gluten free, an oil-free. Serve as an appetizer or in a big bowl of your favorite roasted veggies. Drizzle with oil-free tahini dressing!

Lentil Walnut Beet Balls with Spicy Tahini Dressing by Flora & Vino

Whenever we go out, there’s always something I can eat.

It might not be the most appealing thing in the world, and more often than not it will be plain greens, raw veggies, or fries, but it’s something I can munch on to be social while I’m daydreaming about the giant glow bowl waiting on me for when I get home.

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