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![A bowl of soy sauce pickled shiitake mushrooms, next to a jar of pickled mushrooms](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/IMP5nRytEo-Y_mvVKEPsUyisZHs=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/SES-quick-soy-sauce-pickled-shiitake-mushrooms-recipe-7557000-hero-03-bfff83c062f345fd8b9ac76f55e1fdce.jpg)
Sauce Pickled Shiitakes
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Our Best Simple Guacamole
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The Ultimate Avocado Toast
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Gurkensalat (German Cucumber-Dill Salad)
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Cauliflower Pizza Crust
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How to Freeze Fresh Peppers
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Serve This Easy Mango Salsa With Anything Grilled
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Perfect Spinach Lasagna
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Our Favorite Simple Green Salad
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How to Cut a Papaya
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Savory Dutch Baby With Boursin and Peas
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5-Minute Homemade Kettle Corn
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Mei Fun
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Turon (Banana Lumpia) With Caramel
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Instant Pot Braised Red Cabbage
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What Are Fairytale Pumpkins?
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Baked Acorn Squash Recipe
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What Are Button Mushrooms?
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Pumpkin Butter Recipe
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What Is Celery?
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What Are Sugar Pumpkins?
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What Are King Oyster Mushrooms?
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What Are Shimeji Mushrooms?
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What Is Freeze Dried Fruit?
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Pumpkin Banana Bread
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Butternut Squash Gnocchi with Brown Butter and Sage
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Stuffed Pumpkins
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Carrot Cake Muffins
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Air Fryer Butternut Squash
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Microwave Corn on the Cob Recipe
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What Are Radish Greens?
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15 Best Skillet Desserts
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17 Best Vegan Side Dishes
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What Is an Apricot?
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What Are Portobello Mushrooms?
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Watermelon Salsa
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Pickled Peaches
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Dutch Apple Pie
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Homemade Fruit Roll-Ups Recipe
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How to Roast Broccoli
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Chilled Watermelon Ramen Recipe
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Grilled Avocado Recipe
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Fermented Vegetable Recipes
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Dr. Peanut: George Washington Carver
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Make the Most of Kohlrabi With These Recipes
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How to Steam Vegetables Without a Steamer
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Air Fryer Asparagus
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What Are Sport Peppers?
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What Are Cherry Peppers?
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How to Pit Cherries
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What Is Tamarillo?
![Cremini mushrooms](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/1v0laSGeJjCrAX-SZh1mwCiDNF4=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-are-cremini-mushrooms-5088573_Hero-2d7b62ba177e4e74bb5b3140347fcd44.jpg)
What Are Cremini Mushrooms?
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14 Recipes to Use Freeze-Dried Fruit
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Grape Pie
![air fryer potato chips garnished with parsley on a plate](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/0zRwWGIpls68uRkxkjjUlNJwNGI=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/air-fryer-potato-chips-4845887-09-9d076e359b6d4c0ca1a9a7083df3be87.jpg)
Air Fryer Potato Chips
![vegan lobster rolls served on a platter](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/7K0qxALvve5cGxAtEr35-CuqXRw=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/vegan-lobster-roll-4801214-06-f19a60114b7d4e5f82d002e4430e7e93.jpg)
Vegan Lobster Roll
![Nightshades: eggplants, tomatoes, peppers, and potatoes](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/OQGmD8qTBVj-Lh8hlmtFq71Qh4Y=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/SES-what-are-nightshades-4847086-d2859d5ec8284f6ea95bdf6db6944b45.jpg)
What Are Nightshades?
![Green gooseberries in a bowl](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/OtgfPvMUZK1uxYFL96SZFc-jEIg=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gooseberriesDavidMarsden-a5080e95f76640638d1144f2742e454d.jpg)
What Are Gooseberries?
![Dried Borlotti Beans](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/O8l6hXXrXjPmn_FeDFue7UPe2ms=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-are-borlotti-beans-5079142-hero-01-3c27adb288a24e02b4672e559ce35cc4.jpg)
What Are Borlotti Beans?
![Nicoise Olives](https://www.thespruceeats.com/thmb/kvc58SWhRSutf_xon_5QZBKvuoQ=/300x225/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-are-nicoise-olives-5076173-hero-01-956eedf6ca4046708b39c2fa1582cba6.jpg)
What Are Niçoise Olives?