TIP OF THE DAY: Salmon Salad With Easy Homemade Ranch Dressing

Pretty as a picture, and much tastier. Photo courtesy Stasty.com.   If you have less-than-great memories of salmon salad made from less-than-stellar canned salmon: Forget them. They have nothing to do with this delicious salmon salad recipe—something you can be assured of just by looking at the tempting photo. This salmon salad is the creation…
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RECIPE: Moroccan Potato Kabobs

Moroccan potato kabobs. Photo courtesy PotatoGoodness.com.   Kabobs, variously transliterated from Arabic and other alphabets as kabab, kabob, kebab, kebap and kebob, refer to small pieces of meat or seafood that are marinated and broiled. They’re often cooked with tomatoes, green peppers, onions or other vegetables, usually on a skewer. The word meant roast meat;…
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Greek Potato Salad Recipe

Greek potato salad (photos and recipe © Bella Sun Luci | Mooney Farms. Yukon Gold Potatoes (photo © Bonnie Plants).   If you haven’t yet selected a potato salad recipe for Labor Day weekend, we’d like to suggest this Greek Potato Salad. One way to make a potato salad recipe even better is to cross…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Mixed Heirloom Tomato Caprese Salad

So simple but so delicious, the Caprese salad (insalata caprese in Italian) layers slices of tomato and mozzarella di bufala* with fresh basil. The dressing is a drizzle of olive oil and balsamic vinegar. The salad is named after the Italian island of Capri, where it was widely popularized in the 1950s following its “discovery”…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Vegetable Bouquet

Irresistible crudités for kids. Photo courtesy Living Locurto.   Hey there, Edible Arrangements: You’re missing out on dazzling vegetable bouquets like these. The vegetable arrangements were created by blogger Amy Locurto of LivingLocurto.com, who developed the veggie bouquet concept to entice her children to eat more vegetables. Serve them at home, or bring them to…
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