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Healthy Appetizers: Fresh California Salsa
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4.24 / 5 Stars | 123 Reviews
by Cecilia D
“Diced, minced and chopped veggies and herbs–tomatoes, peppers, onion, garlic and cilantro–are stirred with a splash of lime juice.”
Recipe: Poppy Seed Salad Dressing — Recipes from The Kitchn
Poppy seed dressing has a balance of sweet and tangy that I find completely irresistible. It’s great on a Spinach and Strawberry Salad, makes a fun spin in a coleslaw, and also does wonders as a marinade for chicken. It’s the Jack-of-all-trades of the salad dressing world.
This dressing is also surprisingly easy to make yourself. For years, it was so automatic to just pick up a bottle at the store that it never occurred to me that I could make it myself. Now that I have, I’m more smitten than ever.
What to Read This Weekend — Food News: April 26 – May 3
Healthy Main Dishes: Quick and Easy Ham with Sweet Potatoes
Healthy Appetizers: Shrimp Salsa
4.74 / 5 Stars | 85 Reviews
by witchywoman
“Salad shrimp, tomatoes, onion, cilantro, and lime juice combine for an tasty version of salsa for dipping your tortilla chips.”
Don’t Wait Till You Move Out: Clean These 5 Things Now! — Apartment Therapy
MIT Develops a Sensor to Tell You If Your Meat Has Gone Bad — Food News
Has that cut of meat been sitting in the fridge too long? Instead of relying on the wholly unscientific sniff test, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing a sensor that aims to answer that question definitively.
10 Things to Buy at a Mexican Grocery Store — Grocery Tips from The Kitchn
Do you shop in Mexican or Latin American grocery stores? If not, you may be missing out on some good ingredients — not to mention good deals on groceries you usually buy elsewhere.
We sat down and talked to Top Chef Season 12 finalist Melissa King about some of her experiences with Mexican cuisine, and she shared with us some of the ingredients she always stocks up on when she’s shopping in those stores!
3 Herb Wreaths I Know My Mother Would Love — Faith’s Daily Find 05.01.15
Bay & Lavender Wreath from Terrain
• $68 – $158
• Terrain
Mother’s Day is around the corner, and when I inquired as to what my own mother would like (besides of course a nice meal and a day off), she said that she’s been looking for a pretty wreath. An herb wreath is one of those gifts that keeps on giving — it’s beautiful, fragrant, and supplies dried herbs for cooking for months. Here are three I think are lovely — and quite likely worthy of my own lovely mother.