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Seasonal Sundays: Easter Eggs (Week 12)

This week's "Seasonal Seven" recipe collection is all primped and pretty for Easter but today's "Easter Eggs" are for eating (and definitely not just for Easter ...) versus plastic-filled eggs filled with candy and trinkets. Fingers crossed you find one or more that inspires your own Easter fun and speaking of "Easter fun," a reader request took me down an (Easter bunny?) hole with fun food ideas for different Easter menus, small additions with a big impact. Plus, a special appeal for a reader who's struggling with the fallout of breast cancer ...

Carrot Cake

The "perfect" recipe for all shapes and sizes of carrot cake, whatever makes your Inner Bunny's nose wrinkle in pleasure: cupcakes and muffins; an easy snacking cake, either big or small; a round or square layer cake. The carrots are grated and the batter is mixed in a food processor, a method that yields a Carrot Cake that's especially light and tender. (The technique is adapted from Cook's Illustrated's genius recipe developers 20+ years ago!) For a real sweet treat, spread the cake with the best cream cheese frosting this side of the cabbage patch. Homestyle Carrot Cake, Made from Scratch in a Food Processor. A Long-Time Tried-and-True Family Favorite. No Mixer Required. A Spring Classic, Especially at Easter. Budget Friendly. Potluck & Party Friendly. So Good!!

Seasonal Sundays: Spring Forward ... Slooowly (Week 11)

This week's time change gifts an extra hour of light to our evenings. So this week's "Seasonal Seven" recipes lean into slow cookers and oven slow-cooking so we can linger outside in the fresh spring air, knowing dinner's a-cooking inside. Will you discover a new family favorite? Fingers crossed!

Seasonal Sundays: March Bucket List (Week 10)

This week's "Seasonal Seven" recipe collection is to help us all (me too!) take the tippy-toe-tiny steps from late winter toward false spring, early mud, first daffodils, spring snow, more mud ... and the final unfurling that is spring, whenever it makes its true arrival. I hope you'll find one or two destined as "keepers" in your own recipe repertoire.

Easy-Easy Broiled Salmon with Olive Salad

Who else turns to fresh salmon for a quick, easy, healthy meal? This recipe just might be my quickest and easiest and even healthiest! Just take a fresh salmon filet, sprinkle it with salt and Trader Joe's Cracked Olive Salad, cook it under the broiler. There! That's the recipe! So quick, there's barely time to make a salad and set the table. Whole Food, Simply Prepared. Just Three Ingredients! Real Food, Fresh & Inventive. Mere Minutes to the Table. Another Quick Supper , a Kitchen Parade Specialty. Another Sheetpan Supper , a Reader Favorite. Year-Round Kitchen Staple. Weeknight Easy, Weekend Special. Perfect When Cooking for One or Two . Low Carb. Low Fat. High Protein. Weight Watchers Friendly. Naturally Gluten Free. What're you waiting for?! So Good!!

Seasonal Sundays: Spring Suppers (Week 9)

This week's "Seasonal Seven" recipe collection is for all of us itchin' for spring, a balance of Quick Suppers, one-pot skillets, healthy soups, salad meals and more on the lighter side. May you find one or two that strikes the hungry button so hard, you move straight to the kitchen to cook. Will a recipe become a family favorite? Fingers crossed!

Seasonal Sundays: It's a Shrimp Fest! (Week 8)

... and I brought recipes and you're invited! This week's "Seasonal Seven" recipe collection is for shrimp lovers and busy cooks and healthy eaters and ... ... ... I so hope you'll find one or two recipes destined as "keepers" in your own recipe collections.

One-Pot Chicken with Beans & Vegetables

Need an easy weeknight supper recipe? Here's a great one, protein and produce that cook together either in the oven or a slow cooker, served straight from the pot to the table. It's a healthy Italian-style chicken stew, fortified with canned beans and a few common vegetables. We love this year-round but it's lighter than other stews so it's a great choice during a winter-to-spring "transition" . The star ingredient? A bottle of Italian dressing! Whole Food, Simply Prepared. "Plain" But Perfect. Homestyle Food, Fresh & Family-Approved. A Long-Time Family Favorite. Another Quick Supper , a Kitchen Parade Specialty. Hearty & Filling. Year-Round Kitchen Staple. Budget Friendly. Weeknight Easy, Weekend Special. One-Pot Meal. Perfect When Cooking for One or Two . Low Carb. Low Fat. High Protein. Weight Watchers Friendly. Naturally Gluten Free. Rave Reviews. So Good!!

Seasonal Sundays: Chocolate for ♥♥♥ (Week 7)

Seven recipes for Valentines and all times, some cookies, some cakes, some puddings, some fruity things hard to classify ... oh, I do so hope you'll find one or two destined as "keepers" in your own chocolate-lovin' world.

Roasted Pear Salad

Oh my, fellow foodies, this salad, this salad, where pears play the beautiful bride in a course suited for romance and seduction. It's an unexpectedly elegant winter salad, fresh salad greens topped with roasted pears and grapes steeped in a wine-butter sauce with rounds of warm goat cheese on the side. Whole Food, Fresh & Inventive. Budget Friendly. Perfect When Cooking for One or Two . Vegetarian But Easily Converted to Vegan and/or Gluten Free. Rave Reviews. So Good!!