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Tuna and Green Pea Salad with Homemade Ranch Dressing

Tuna and Green Pea Salad with Homemade Ranch Dressing


When I was younger (much younger) my mother would occasionally make us a wonderful green salad for lunch with canned tuna, green peas, and mayonnaise. I always enjoyed that salad, but as I got older, I realized I liked it even better with Ranch dressing. Now that I …

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Farm Market Finds


When I was in college, I lived in a rural mountain town. Sure, we had a grocery store (where I actually worked for a few years), but I preferred going around to all of the farm stands for as much of my food as possible. There is nothing better than …

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No Sugar in These Honey Muffins


As we now have bees and will eventually have honey, I’ve been keeping my eyes open for honey recipes. A while ago I saw a recipe for Honey Cake in the Penzey’s catalog. I was intrigued. So I tried it.

It was good, but somewhat heavy on the cardamom. (And I …

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Steel Cut Oats recipes other than breakfast oatmeal


Looking for recipes using steel cut oats (which I bought because they were on sale!). Can I use them in cookies etc instead of the rolled oats?

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Making kraut with a cheese press?


I have a good friend who told me she hates traditional sourkraut but she makes her own now and I tried it and I liked it too. However, in making the kraut, mine was dry because the only way I had to press the stuff was whacking it with a …

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Low-calorie but high-flavor recipes


I was sent to your site by my cousin and noticed a mention of 500 great recipes with under 600 calories. I did not capture it at the moment as I was looking at the tortilla recipe. Do you have a link you would be willing to send me. …

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