Ring in the New Year with our Island-Style Tropical Chicken Cups Appetizer

Overhead shot of tropical chicken cup appetizers on a wood board, on top of a dark and light blue patterned cloth.

Wherever you are for New Year’s Eve, heat things up with the flavors of the islands with our homemade Tropical Chicken Cups. Each wonton cup is packed with bold flavors, including coconut, pineapple, and avocado. It’s a fantastic handheld appetizer that pairs perfectly with champagne. Get the recipe now on Foodal.

This Made-From-Scratch Guacamole Is the Best You’ll Ever Taste

Top-down shot of a black bowl of green guacamole with tortilla chips and a lime cut in half with one half that has been juiced already, on a brown wood background.

Made with simple ingredients like ripe avocado, fresh vegetables and herbs, and a few spices, this is the best guacamole you’ll ever taste – so much better than the premade, packaged stuff. It’s our favorite dip for parties, taco night, or alongside cocktails on the patio. Get our easy recipe now on Foodal.

Guacamole Deviled Eggs: A Fresh Update on a Classic

The Best Fresh Guac Deviled Eggs | Foodal.com

Take the classic deviled eggs up a notch by making this healthier option instead. Fill the eggs with homemade guacamole, and serve them at your next cocktail party. These look absolutely elegant, are so easy to make and serve, and will wow your guests. Ready to host the best party with the tastiest apps? Click to get the recipe from Foodal today!

Savory Raw Pesto Salad

Make This Savory Raw Salad with Pesto | Foodal.com

Looking for a delicious, savory, easy to prepare raw main dish? We have the perfect salad for you. No special equipment is needed, just fresh healthy ingredients, and a desire to look and feel great! And, if you have leftover pesto it freezes beautifully, ready to add to a busy weeknight dinner. This is the perfect warm weather dish. If you have a garden, even better! Check out the recipe here on Foodal.

Creamy Chilled Avocado Coconut Soup to Beat the Heat

Creamy Chilled Coconut Avocado Soup | Foodal.com

Cold soup is the perfect respite on a hot day. This version, made with creamy coconut milk and avocado, is naturally dairy free. Just one quick substitution renders it vegan as well! Packed full of delicious nutrients, it will leave you satisfied for hours. It’s so quick and simple, give it a try today! Get the recipe now on Foodal.

How to Store Avocados

The Right Way to Choose and Store Your Avocados | Foodal.com

Avocados have short “window” where they are the perfect consistency to be used in your favorite dishes. From the old guacamole standby to using them in unconventional ways (chocolate and avocado pudding anyone?), you’ll need to know how to properly store these green beauties to maximize the goodness within. Read our guide now.

How to Ripen an Avocado

How to Ripen Avocados | Foodal.com

Are your avocados as hard as a rock? Afraid you’ll chip a tooth? Don’t fret. Read our tips on softening them up, and you’ll be making guacamole in no time.

Baked “Fried” Chicken with Mango Avocado Salad

Top down view of fired chicken strips on a mango avocado salad stacked on a white, ceramic plate.

In our protected pocket of middle-class America, it’s hard to believe that one in six Americans (!) is struggling with hunger. But unfortunately, according to the USDA, that is exactly the case. What’s even harder to believe is that we can do anything to help when we’re just small people with small budgets ourselves. Because …

Read more

Creamy & Colorful Raw Kale Salad with Avocado-Lemon Dressing

Top down view of a white porcelain plate full of Raw Kale Salad with Avocado Dressing.

Are you looking for a healthy and tasty cool weather dish full of leafy greens? Try this creamy, colorful, flavorful kale salad made with diced apples, pumpkin seeds, grated carrots and a smoothing dressing made with avocados and freshly squeezed lemon juice. Get the details on now!

Butter Lettuce Salad with Mango and Avocado

Top down view of Butter Lettuce Salad with Mango and Avocado on a white, ceramic plate.

Today is Tim’s birthday, which makes it the perfect time to tell you how another year of living life with him—cooking together, working side by side, analyzing the nuanced details of relationships with each other, budgeting, traveling, laughing, yelling, learning about each other and from each other—has been such a gift. What is also a …

Read more