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Homemade Ranch Dressing
This recipe came from America’s Test Kitchen, via a comment here on the blog. It is a tad bit garlicky, which we love. If you’re not so fond of garlic, you might want to use a small clove or just half a medium one. I’ve made it without the fresh cilantro several times. I like…
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Buttermilk Ranch Dressing From America’s Test Kitchen
We all tend to like the Ranch dressings in restaurants but then when I buy a commercial Ranch dressing we are disappointed. It just never has quite the taste we like. I went back to a homemade version to go on a steak salad I was making for dinner with the last of the Montreal…
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Lemonade
With two lemon trees, we have lots of lemons. One of our favorite things to do with them is to juice up a bunch and then make lemonade. The key to good lemonade is to make up a simple syrup by boiling equal parts water and sugar. You can also mix up the simple syrup…
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Homemade Mayonnaise
I keep wanting to make homemade mayonnaise but I’ve failed several times. Then I saw this idea for using a stick blender in a Mason jar and decided to try again. I think it’s worthwhile watching both her video and her inspiration on Serious Eats about making mayonnaise with just an egg yolk. There are…
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Chicken Curry Sandwich with Mango Chutney
Earlier I made this great grilled Greek chicken for dinner and purposely cooked an extra chicken breast because we can always find a good use for good cooked chicken in our lunches. Today I made this curried chicken sandwich and it was really good. First I mixed up some plain chicken salad with it, so…