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Buttermilk Ranch Dressing from Simply Salads
I’m posting this recipe for buttermilk ranch dressing from Simply Salads cookbook for my youngest. This is her most often-requested recipe. She especially likes it as part of a barbecue chicken salad from the same book. The salad has a black bean and corn salsa, avocados and lettuce and is topped with grilled chicken breasts…
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Easiest Blue Cheese Dressing with Three Ingredients
First the recipe. I spotted this three ingredient blue cheese recipe in The Food Lab right after I’d gone through the cheese drawer and noted that I had two things of blue cheese. I had also just bought buttermilk so voila! It tasted great! It’s definitely the easiest blue cheese dressing I’ve made. I went…
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How to Cut Up Chard
My daughter watched me prepare some chard to cook and said “Wait! Why didn’t you teach me how to cut up chard this way?” It’s just something I do without thinking about, I guess. So to make up for not teaching her this earlier, I’ll show all of you! You need to separate the stems…
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Lemon Pepper and Garlic Pork Chop Marinade
My friend Elizabeth gave me Lemon Pepper and Garlic Pork Chop Marinade. I’ve used it twice already!
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Creamed Corn from Lost Recipes
I enjoy playing around with different herbs and spices, but sometimes the simplest seasonings let you really appreciate an ingredient, like this creamed corn from Lost Recipes by Marion Cunningham. Of course, you could go even simpler and just eat corn on the cob! (If you opt for that, I like to grill it a…