Chicken Salad with Tarragon and Apples
Tradition be damned - it’s the tart crunch of apple, fresh tarragon and spicy dijon mustard that enliven this made-over classic chicken salad. Serve this chicken salad atop crusty raisin bread with butter lettuce and juicy tomatoes for a killer treat. Or if you have a group of friends that you’d like to laud over, grab a few rolls and make chicken salad sliders. But be warned, these’ll go as quick as you can dish them out, they’re just that good.
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String Bean and Heirloom Tomato Salad
This salad is an ode to texture - lacey frisée, salty ricotta salata and crunchy almonds take simple string beans and tomatoes to a place of glory. My favorite salads of the summertime are the ones that are elegantly dressed with bright vinaigrettes and a bit of sea salt and cracked pepper. With produce that hints at its freshness through color and flavor, you don’t need to mess with perfection too much. Just toss, dish, dine and swoon.
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Greek Pasta Salad
Picnic, anyone? Screw the mayo-laden potato salad and cole slaw roasting under the sweltering sun. You want something unfussy and colorful - a real showstopper on the lineup of macaroni salad and ambrosia. Starting with ordinary tricolore pasta cuts, you take things from boring to soaring with crisp veggies and a luscious lemon vinagrette. Top with a good goat’s milk feta and salty olives to earn yourself the superlative, “Most Likely to Kick Potluck Boredom in the Teeth”
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Website of the Week
Go Cook Yourself
 Go Cook Yourself Rob Goodswen is legit in his kitchen aptitude - no effing around which, as you darlings know, is right up my alley. I found his site “Go Cook Yourself” on Tumblr shortly after launching my site and quickly flipped over the goodness. Straight-forward culinary creations with a heavy dose of snark and wit and none of the BS flourishes that way other recipes down. Check out his handiwork at http://gocookyourself.com
Kitchen Soundtrack
5th Dimension "Stoned Soul Picnic"
 “Can you surrrry? Can you picnic?” Maybe it’s the relentless summer sun bearing down on me that’s got me feeling a need to ease into everything with a laid back kinda vibe. Grab a bottle of wine, plate up some of the picnic goodness featured above and mellow out like it’s nobody’s business.
Listen now.
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