This flavorful pesto makes a great addition to your holiday repertoire. Serve it with crackers alongside cured meat, cheese, olives, roasted red peppers, and your favorite veggie dippers for an easy, elegant appetizer tray. It is also delicious with goat cheese, as a topper for bruschetta, stirred into your favorite pasta or gnocchi, spread on a sandwich, or used to top baked fish, chicken, or tofu. Make it several days ahead and store in the refrigerator in an air-tight container.

This beef stew, made with pomegranate juice, has a depth of flavor like it’s been simmered in red wine. Like red wine, pomegranate juice contains tannins that enhance the flavor and tenderize the meat as it simmers with onions, mushrooms, and garlic. This hearty flavorful stew makes a perfectly delicious cold-weather meal.

Celebrate the season with this gorgeous winter salad that’s crunchy and a little sweet. Enjoy as a festive side salad or hearty main dish when served with a protein like broiled salmon, baked chicken, or sauteed tempeh. Time-saving tip: Bake the squash and make the dressing ahead of time so you can quickly throw the salad together.

These savory bites are a perfect addition to your Thanksgiving celebration! Crispy on the outside with a soft interior, they make a delicious vegan main dish, and are especially good when paired with Natural Grocers’ Rosemary Mushroom Gravy and Margaret’s Awesome Cranberry Sauce. They taste best freshly baked, but you can make the recipe through step 4 and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 48 hours to prep them ahead of time.

Need a healthy plant-based meal that is super easy and tastes delicious too? Look no further! This vegan-friendly recipe uses the umami flavors of nutritional yeast to add the “cheezy” flavor to this hearty, protein-rich dish. Just throw everything in the pot and walk away while dinner cooks—you’ll be rewarded with a delicious, complete vegan meal.

Preparing a one-pan meal that’s quick, delicious, and healthy can seem daunting. Enter stir-fry! This meal comes together quickly and provides great nutrition in a short amount of time. Natural Grocers^® Meat Standards ensure that animals have been humanely raised and sustainably farmed, and our Produce Standards guarantee our produce is always 100% organic, making this a meal omnivores can feel good about.

Zucchini comes into its own at summer’s end, making it the perfect time to whip up a loaf of zucchini bread. Our healthier version is gluten free and dairy free, with walnuts and currants to add a little extra texture, flavor, and nutrition. Enjoy toasted for breakfast slathered with buttery spread and jam or, if dairy is no issue, with a schmear of cream cheese!

Caesar salad dressing is creamy, garlicky, smoky, salty, with a subtle lemony flavor. Toss Romaine lettuce, kale, spring greens or your favorite vegetables in this delicious dressing.

This unique take on Caesar salad has all of the creamy, garlicky, smoky, salty, lemony flavor and appeal of a classic Caesar, but the grilled kale slightly softens the texture, while still lending a heartiness. Tossed in the creamy dressing and topped with Parmesan cheese shreds and croutons, this hearty salad is not only packed with flavor, but with good4u^SM nutrition too!

Melons in the summertime are the perfect accompaniment to hot days and picnics under the shade of a tree. This combination adds a new flavor to the crisp, sweet melons: mint, cilantro, and a hint of heat with chili powder; it’s cooling and refreshing!