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Menu Planning & Batch Cooking

More Warm Weather Batch Cooking

by Aimee
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I‘ll bet that you didn’t expect to see homemade salad dressing as the top photo for a post about batch cooking, did you? The term ‘batch cooking’ refers to dishes that are made in double or quadruple batches, and frozen for convenience. It usually refers to vats of chili, seas of lasagna, and spaghetti sauce [...]

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Dinner

Picnic Food Safety Tips (Recipe: Garden Vegetable Pasta Salad)

by Kristen
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Written by Kristen of Dine and Dish. It’s the time of year when families are grabbing their blankets, packing their coolers and heading to their favorite picnic spot. Nothing says summer like an afternoon of picnic fun with family and friends. Don’t let your plans for the perfect picnic get overshadowed by unsafe food handling [...]

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Quick Bites

Grilling Greens (Recipe: Grilled Caesar Salad)

by Aimee
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It’s grilling week here on Simple Bites! Join us as we bring you simple recipes for the grill that feature seasonal produce. The first time I recall seeing greens grilled was overr five years ago at swanky brunch in celebration of a baby’s baptism. Coral-colored wedges of radicchio and Belgian endive were wilted and slightly [...]

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Pantry & Spotlight Ingredients

Salute Spring! Strawberry Salad with Strawberry Poppy Seed Dressing

by Cheri
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Join us as we Salute Spring with this series featuring the finest fruits and vegetables of the season. Written by Cheri of Kitchen Simplicity. Strawberries. The name alone makes my mouth start to water. When they’re in season they can be as sweet as candy. Except so much better. Here in Norway, they’re one of [...]

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Quick Bites

Four Variations on Maple Vinaigrette and A Sugaring Off Vlog

by Aimee
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Late March means one thing in Québec: sugaring off season. The chilly nights and warm afternoons cause sap to surge up from the roots of the maple trees and race to fill the branches with life. All across the province, the healthy trees are tapped and a portion of the sap is extracted as it [...]

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