Sides and Salads

Poppy Seed Dressing & Cashew Salad Recipe

by Allen Williams on October 26, 2010

A family favorite, cashew cream cheese salad with poppy seed dressing is one of the first recipes I copied from my mother’s recipe card file. I took the recipe to college and made it occasionally when I was missing home. I even made it once for a work event and everyone raved about it. A former coworker recently told me that she still makes it for her holiday dinners.
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Cooking & Baking

Sesame Broccoli Salad Recipe

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This past week of school turned out to be much more mellow than expected. I had most of my nights free from studying so I was able to spend some much-needed time in the kitchen. When classes started in February, I made the decision to eat healthier. Each day I start out by having probiotic [...]

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Regional: Italian

Caprese Salad with Olives

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I should have titled this post, ‘shamelessly simple’. It’s quick to prepare and contains a powerful blend of flavors from the sweet tomatoes, creamy fresh mozzarella, salty pitted olives, torn basil leaves, salt, cracked pepper, and golden extra virgin olive oil. This may be the first time I’ve actually put the entire recipe in the [...]

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Sides and Salads

Spicy Baked Beans

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It’s childish, I know. But beans always remind me of the saying, “Beans, beans, a magical fruit. The more you eat, the more you toot!”. I always sang it at the dinner table when my mother baked beans. Even though I don’t sing it as loudly or off key as I once did, I’m sure [...]

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