Happy Thanksgiving! Our Conscious Coconut Family wanted to share with you some of our favorite recipes using our Conscious Coconut Oil. We will have four posts filled with healthy, flavorful O’Dourves, entrees, sides and desserts making a happy, healthy Thanksgiving dinner. We hope you enjoy as much as we did.
Love and Light,
The Conscious Coconut Family

Photo & Recipe by PopSugar

Entree’s

Roasted Pumpkin Salad

Ingredients for the salad:
1/2 cup dried chickpeas
1/2 cup pearl barley
4 1/2 ounces green beans, trimmed
1 pound pumpkin (or other squash), unpeeled, sliced thinly
4 baby beets, peeled, trimmed, and quartered
1 1/2 tablespoons soft goat’s cheese, crumbled
2 tablespoons toasted pepitas

For the maple and thyme dressing:
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