18 Red Food Recipes for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Dessert, and Cocktail Hour

It's true: Science says the color stimulates appetite. Don't believe us? Just scan through these 18 rouge recipes and see if you don't emerge ravenous
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18 Red Food Recipes for Breakfast Lunch Dinner Dessert and Cocktail Hour

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18 Red Food Recipes for Breakfast Lunch Dinner Dessert and Cocktail Hour

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18 Red Food Recipes for Breakfast Lunch Dinner Dessert and Cocktail Hour

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18 Red Food Recipes for Breakfast Lunch Dinner Dessert and Cocktail Hour

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18 Red Food Recipes for Breakfast Lunch Dinner Dessert and Cocktail Hour

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18 Red Food Recipes for Breakfast Lunch Dinner Dessert and Cocktail Hour

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18 Red Food Recipes for Breakfast Lunch Dinner Dessert and Cocktail Hour

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18 Red Food Recipes for Breakfast Lunch Dinner Dessert and Cocktail Hour

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18 Red Food Recipes for Breakfast Lunch Dinner Dessert and Cocktail Hour

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18 Red Food Recipes for Breakfast Lunch Dinner Dessert and Cocktail Hour

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18 Red Food Recipes for Breakfast Lunch Dinner Dessert and Cocktail Hour

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18 Red Food Recipes for Breakfast Lunch Dinner Dessert and Cocktail Hour

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18 Red Food Recipes for Breakfast Lunch Dinner Dessert and Cocktail Hour

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18 Red Food Recipes for Breakfast Lunch Dinner Dessert and Cocktail Hour

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18 Red Food Recipes for Breakfast Lunch Dinner Dessert and Cocktail Hour

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18 Red Food Recipes for Breakfast Lunch Dinner Dessert and Cocktail Hour

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18 Red Food Recipes for Breakfast Lunch Dinner Dessert and Cocktail Hour

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18 Red Food Recipes for Breakfast Lunch Dinner Dessert and Cocktail Hour

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Fun fact: your brain associates colors with different feelings and behaviors, and the presence of a certain color can actually make things taste better or worse. And while it's cool that blue bolsters creativity, yellow triggers optimism and joy, and green relieves stress, the first color in the rainbow is a particularly good one. Red boosts your attention span, makes you hungry, and jump-starts your sex drive. Sweet. We're thinking you're going to want to make one of these recipes in the slideshow above tonight, whether you're working on a project, looking to eat a great meal, or spending some time in the boudoir. And trust us, we've got something for all of those things.

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