Labor Day Recipes

You likely don't need much convincing to make this guacamole recipe, but here you go: not only does this classic dip taste great, but the heart-healthy monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats from the avocados are incredibly good for you, too. It's also a cinch to whip up!

Avocados have enjoyed a huge surge in popularity in the last decade. One bite of this heavenly guac and you’ll understand why!

This dairy-free take on mac and cheese is the original’s healthier cousin. Cashews, combined with nutritional yeast, yield a cheesy consistency that makes for the ultimate comfort food. As an added bonus, nutritional yeast provides vitamin B12, which is typically only found in animal foods. You can also enjoy this versatile sauce as a dip or in our cauliflower mash!

Five simple ingredients are all you need to impress your guests at your next backyard BBQ or summertime soiree. If you’re a culinary overachiever, you can even make your own ketchup to use as an ingredient in the sauce.

What would a tuna salad sandwich or potato salad be without the mayo? While it sometimes gets a bad rap because it’s calorically dense, homemade mayo uses only high-quality, real food ingredients like eggs, oil, and vinegar. If you don’t have avocado oil, feel free to use whatever oil you have on hand like canola or grapeseed. Just be sure to use pasteurized eggs in this recipe since the eggs are raw.

Homemade salad dressings may seem intimidating to make, but they’re actually incredibly easy to whip up. They’re not only void of additives and stabilizers that you often find in store-bought varieties, but they’re also more cost-effective. Once you try and taste a homemade dressing – like this honey mustard one – you may never reach for the bottled dressing again.

Combine cool mint, sweet strawberries, freshly squeezed lemon juice, and two shots of vodka, and you've got a recipe for a good time! And thanks to the sweet honey, this next-level strawberry lemonade slush is free of artificial sweeteners and syrups.