Although the original Waldorf salad featured only apples, celery, and mayonnaise, I have adjusted the recipe to feature my favorite flavors. It’s one of those dishes I can prepare at almost any time, because I keep a constant stock of all the ingredients— making for a light and easy lunch. Waldorf Salad Serves 1 Ingredients: [...]

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When I first became interested in cooking as a teenager, I kept coming across variations on a single recipe in every cookbook I read: the chicken salad. It seems that everyone has a special twist to add to the humble chicken salad. After tinkering with such recipes and making a simple switch from chicken to [...]

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It’s no secret that I enjoy grocery shopping’; somehow shopping for healthy foods always manages to boost my mood. A trip to Costco, however, brings that enjoyment to a whole new level, perhaps because it combines food shopping with bargain hunting—two of my favorite pastimes. Today’s trip was particularly thrilling for me, as we haven’t [...]

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