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Healthy Side Dishes: Fresh Oregano and Blackberry Green Beans
Healthy Appetizers: Oyster Shooters
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4.71 / 5 Stars | 5 Reviews
by Lindsay
“Raw oysters in tomato juice and vodka, garnished with lemon.”
Recipe: Yogurt & Dill Chicken Salad — Lunch Recipes from The Kitchn
Chicken salad is spring and summer food at its best — easy, creamy and cool. Everyone has their favorite, but this incredibly simple version is my own. Just a touch of mayonnaise; scoops of tangy yogurt. Heaps of fresh green dill. Crunchy shallots that add a little glint of pink.
And it only gets better after a night in the refrigerator.
carrot graham layer cake
It has been 1 year, 6 months and 6 days since I last shared a recipe for a stacked, filled, and unconscionably indulgent layer cake on this site, an unforgivable oversight on my part. I certainly haven’t gone that long without sharing any cake recipes — I’m not a monster — but sometimes you need more than an Everyday Cake. Sometimes you need a great big celebratory ta-da in the center of your table. Sometime like now.
Because the pastel-ed idea, if not the outdoor temperatures, of spring seems to have infected my existence and I’m not even fighting it — my nails are a shade of pink that can only describe as “bunny nose,” I, someone who mostly lives in variations of black and gray, just bought a patterned and brightly colored dress, we’ve had asparagus twice this month, unable to wait any longer for it to emerge from local soil, and my hands are stained orange from all of the carrots I’ve grated into cake week. Around here, these are the harbingers of spring.
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10 Snacks that Celebrate the 80s & The Breakfast Club’s 30th Birthday — Eat Like a Child
Cult classic The Breakfast Club turns thirty this week. In honor of everyone’s favorite high school misfits, the movie is returning to select theaters for a limited release on March 26th (today!) and March 31st.
If you haven’t watched this movie in a while, it’s time to rectify that situation, whether it’s on the big screen, or at home. If you’re staying in for your 80s nostalgia session, invite your friends over, make all the 1980s-inspired snacks that the misfits would love, and press play.
10 Things You Should Know Before Dating Someone Who Works at a Restaurant — Love in the Kitchen
So, you’re ready to take the next step with that cutie you’ve been flirting with for some time who happens to work at a restaurant. You met them at a party, where they told you about their dream of opening a restaurant or winning Top Chef and now you’re totally smitten. You like food too, so you know it should be a perfect match, right?
Let’s step back for a second.
Whether the love of your life works front-of-house or back-of-house at a restaurant, you need to prepare yourself for your next relationship. From daily foot massages, to scary restaurant dreams, here are the 10 things you should know before you get in the weeds with that special someone.
Healthy Main Dishes: Garlic Chicken with Orzo Noodles
Healthy Side Dishes: Avocado Side Dish
Healthy Appetizers: Cantonese Style Pork and Shrimp Dumplings
4.48 / 5 Stars | 19 Reviews
by Vivian Lee
“I love dumplings and have come up with this recipe using all ingredients that I like. The dumplings consist of pork, shrimp, watercress, water chestnuts, and assorted seasonings, and they are absolutely delicious!”