I just wanted to make an easy meal after a long day of gardening and computering. Just a little soup and salad–but we have no dressing. Was I going to have to futz and fuss with a homemade salad dressing before I could sit down and eat?
Filed under: Cooking, Healthy Eating, Herbs & Spices, Recipes, Vegetable-a-Month | Tagged: Balsamic Vinaigrette, Dijon Mustard, How to Make Salad Dressing, Salad Dressing, Tuna Salad with Balsamic Dressing Recipe | Leave a Comment »
Washing spinach is a pain, but you don’t want to spend the extra $$$ to buy the pre-washed. Make sure you don’t get caught in-between with no spinach at all.
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For years, I’ve known the rule for cooking tough meat cuts: low and slow. But in my hurry up world, I tried to do low on a gas stovetop that was calibrated for hot, fast cooking. My last batch of soup bones came out as tough as leather, even though I had cooked them on low. . . Patience and forethought came to my rescue
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