CheapCooking
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Spinach, Orange and Strawberry Salad
For Easter brunch, we squeezed a bunch of oranges and made mimosas. I purposefully squeezed extra orange juice and used some for basting the ham. I had extra and remembered seeing a salad dressing made with orange juice. As it turned out, it was for a spinach salad with strawberries, daikon radish, and oranges. That…
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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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Grilled Tri Tip Roast with Montreal Steak Seasoning
This is yet another of the few mixes I really like. I buy it at Costco at a price that is hard to beat but if you want to make your own I found this recipe online. I’ve used it on chicken and steak as well as fried potatoes and grilled asparagus. Last night I…
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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…