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Low-Fat Recipes: Potato Salad III
Low-Fat Recipes: Potato Salad III
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4.09 / 5 Stars | 28 Reviews
by Mai Forrester
“A versatile potato salad with lots of flavor and a nice crunch”
What’s Cooking This Weekend? — Weekend of April 19-20, 2014
Happy weekend, friends! Easter Sunday is just around the corner; are you cooking a big leg of lamb, a honey-glazed ham, or a batch of sticky lemon rolls? Easter is hands-down my favorite food holiday and I’m looking forward to all the asparagus I can eat, plus a slice of my family’s Easter bread. What about you? What are you cooking this weekend? Holiday food? Or something simple and springlike?
Recipe: Sweet Braided Czech Bread with Almonds & Raisins — Recipes from The Kitchn
Most Eastern European households have an Easter tradition of sweet eggy bread. This is my family’s — an enormous braided loaf, scented with nutmeg and lemon, peppered with almonds and plump golden raisins. It originated on my maternal grandfather’s Czech side of the family tree, and all my life I’ve known it as houska. As in, “Uncle Ed is doing the houska this Easter.” Or, “I burned the top of the houska.” “Tell me again, who’s bringing the houska?” It’s a treasured Easter treat, the taste and scent of it mixed with holiday memories.
But you know what? My family has it all wrong. This bread isn’t houska at all. We’ve been using the wrong name for at least 70 years. Does it matter?
The 9-Bottle Bar Recipe: The Pegu Club — Drink Recipes from The Kitchn
This drink, which supposedly originated at the bar of a British private club in the Burmese capital of Rangoon sometime in the 1920s, is squarely in the wheelhouse of the 9-Bottle Bar. It calls for four of the nine bottles, with lime juice as a fifth, acidity-adding ingredient.
Why the Sterling Silver Iced Tea Spoon Is Good for So Much More Than Tea
When we got married, my aunt gave us two sterling silver iced tea spoons, promising I could use them for so much more than tea. Which is good, because — get ready to take away my Southern card — I don’t like iced tea. I know. But my aunt was right. These spoons are good for so much more.
I’ve Been Eating Salad For Breakfast: Here Are My 5 Tips for Great Breakfast Salads
I have a deep love and respect for breakfast. It helps wake up my brain, fuel my body, and gets things started on the right note. Food, or the absence of it, is so closely linked to my mood, that if I skip breakfast you might find me in tears by lunch. So with that in mind, it’s important for me to start my day off with something super nourishing. Lately this has meant a big ol’ hearty salad for breakfast.
Does this seem weird to you? Let me explain why this has been so awesome for me.