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Strawberry Arugula Salad with Watermelon and Feta

This healthy strawberry and arugula salad recipe with a simple balsamic vinaigrette dressing gets even sweeter with watermelon that's topped with feta cheese and nuts. Strawberries. Watermelon. Arugula. Feta. Sweet. Sweet. Bitter. Tang. This super simple arugula salad ... continue reading... about Strawberry Arugula Salad with Watermelon and Feta

31 Spring Chicken Recipes to Make Now

Seasonal ingredients and fresh flavors have arrived on the spring scene to liven up any weeknight chicken dinner recipe situation. It's spring! With the warming sun begging for baskers to break out of the house and go to the park and play, who wants to be inside cooking ... continue reading... about 31 Spring Chicken Recipes to Make Now

30 Healthier Spring Pasta Recipes to Make in April

These 30 irresistible, lighter, healthier spring pasta recipes are simple and perfect for when you're craving carbs but don't want to feel weighed down. Happy April! We're pretty happy to greet spring's arrival, because that means fresh produce, flowers, and all things ... continue reading... about 30 Healthier Spring Pasta Recipes to Make in April

Summer Melon Cous Cous Salad with Avocado, Grapes and Mint

Hail all things green! Pillowy pearl couscous provides the bulk of this fresh honeydew, grape, cucumber, and avocado salad tossed with fresh herbs laced in a a ginger lime dressing that goes from breakfast or brunch to lunch and dinner with loads of summer’s seasonal flavors. ... continue reading... about Summer Melon Cous Cous Salad with Avocado, Grapes and Mint

Macaroni Salad with Smoked Mozzarella and Proscuitto

This easy, tangy pasta salad mixes traditional macaroni salad with Mediterranean flavors to create a new family favorite potluck salad. Common etiquette rules that if you're invited to a friendly BBQ, you offer to bring something to add to the pot. So when I ask the big ... continue reading... about Macaroni Salad with Smoked Mozzarella and Proscuitto

Sweet Carrots with Tarragon and My Easter Inspired Faves

Glazing. Usually reserved for doughnuts, bone-in hams and the special technique my husband uses to make old and tired 1980’s honey oak cabinets magically transform into bright and white brand spakin’ new kitchen cubpoards. He's a staining magician, that guy. But today ‘da ... continue reading... about Sweet Carrots with Tarragon and My Easter Inspired Faves

Spring Vegetable Gnocchi

Before I talk about today's recipe, I want to send my heartfelt thoughts to those that were affected by the bombing yesterday at the Boston Marathon finish line. Thankfully my friend, and many of yours, Dara of Cookin' Canuck and her family—in Boston to cheer on her husband Steve ... continue reading... about Spring Vegetable Gnocchi

Spring Greens Asparagus and Ricotta Pasta

Just like last spring, I nearly fell off the curb when I saw them poking their pointy little heads out of the yet to be toiled soil. Given they had the fortitude to break through the thatch of leftover fall leaves with such superhero force was a sure sign these slender lovelies ... continue reading... about Spring Greens Asparagus and Ricotta Pasta

Craving: Easter Nest Cookies

photo > foodiecrush Chocolate Easter bunnies, jelly beans and those not-of-this-world colored Peeps drum up memories of Easter mornings. Memories of a hollow bunny that collapses upon itself at the first bite, jelly beans that glue themselves to the technicolor fake grass at ... continue reading... about Craving: Easter Nest Cookies

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