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Mix it up with different flavors of hummus and different types of vegetables, depending on your mood.

Feel free to add additional vegetables and swap the shrimp for chicken, steak, tofu or edamame.

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Photographer: Fred Hardy, Food Stylist: Margaret Monroe Dickey

The extra dressing is delicious served with grilled vegetables.

Loading it with vegetables and using quinoa in place of rice adds nutrition for a healthier meal.

We love the crunch of the sunflower seeds and the unexpected flavor of roasted peppers.

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Serve with hot sauce, if desired.

We use baby spinach, but arugula or baby kale works too.

Top with a bright and tangy basil vinaigrette just before serving.

Veggie & hummus sandwich

Photographer: Fred Hardy, Food Stylist: Margaret Monroe Dickey

Serve with warm whole-wheat pita for scooping up extra hummus at the bottom of the bowl.

Topped with high-protein edamame and shrimp, this satisfying lunch will help you power through the afternoon.

Here, we combine it with avocados in an easy no-cook meal.

Chickpea Tuna Salad

Photography / Caitlin Bensel, Food Styling / Ruth Blackburn

Serve with whole-wheat pitas, if desired.

Mix it up by trying it with canned chickpeas or black beans.

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Chopped Cobb Salad with Creamy Garlic Dressing

Joy Howard

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Photographer: Morgan Hunt Glaze, Food Stylist: Julian Hensarling, Prop Stylist: Shell Royster

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Salmon-Stuffed Avocados on a blue surface

Photographer: Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Chelsea Zimmer, Prop Stylist: Lydia Purcell

Lemony Lentil Salad

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Overhead view of a white bowl of Black Bean-Quinoa Bowl recipe on a reddish brown tile tabletop

Photography: Carson Downing, Food Stylist: Holly Dreesman, Prop Stylist: Gabe Greco