Spinach Salad with Bacon, Egg and Candied Pecans

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How do you get picky eaters to eat a giant bowl full of spinach?  Put bacon in it!

How do you get someone to eat just about anything?  Put bacon on it!

I feel like that episode of Portlandia…Put a bird on it!

 

Anyhow, eggs and bacon and it’s not even breakfast!  This salad is inspired [Click to continue...]

Cucumber, Tomato and Onion Salad

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Even though it is the middle of Spring, I can feel Summer coming.  And I think it’s gonna be a hot one!

 While we seem to have reverted a little weather-wise, I had a craving for this simple dish.  Plus, I had all the ingredients on hand after making those Greek Flatbread Pizzas! 

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Greek Flatbread Pizzas

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Pizza is my favorite food.

That is a very bold statement.  That means that above every other food on the planet, I would choose pizza.   

Of course, there are many different kinds of pizza, and some pizza is really, really good and some pizza is really, really bad.

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How to Make Quinoa

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Lets talk about quinoa.

Quinoa.  If you’re like me, you will pronounce this word “kin-o-uh” or “quinn-o-uh” for years until some kind soul finally writes out the pronunciation (“keen-wah”) (you’re welcome) for you in their blog post.  I don’t remember who you were, but I thank you for that.

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