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Italian and Portuguese Desserts Holiday Self-Rising Flour and Cornmeal

by Min Merrell January 13, 2026

January 13, 2026

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Shortbread Cookies and Variations

by Min Merrell December 7, 2025

December 7, 2025

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Salad Brain Recipes Salad Brain Exercises Salads Platter Salad

Salad Brain Exercise–Fig Salad for Brunch

by Min Merrell October 27, 2021

October 27, 2021

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Salad Brain Salad Brain Exercises Salads Platter Salad

Salad Brain Exercise–Salad Greens on the Side

by Min Merrell September 12, 2021

September 12, 2021

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Salad Brain Exercise–Green Bean

by Min Merrell August 27, 2021

August 27, 2021

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Salad Brain Exercise–Strawberries and Marshmallow Fluff

by Min Merrell May 10, 2021

May 10, 2021

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Linzer Cookies

by Min Merrell February 8, 2021

February 8, 2021

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Salad Brain Exercise–Grapefruit and Fennel Salad

by Min Merrell January 27, 2021

January 27, 2021

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Jim Lahey’s Famous No-Knead Bread

by Min Merrell January 23, 2021

January 23, 2021

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Italian Sesame Seed Cookies

by Min Merrell December 3, 2020

December 3, 2020

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We’ll see how this goes over today. I’m digging it

We’ll see how this goes over today. I’m digging it. Beets citrus arugula olives roasted cranberries pomegranate seeds parsley red onion pistachios. Winter fridge clean out for sure! #platteralthinking #saladbrain #plattersalad. 🎄🎄🎄🎄

My pal @bernard_philip brought this to the table f

My pal @bernard_philip brought this to the table for his thanksgiving. Black cherry Jello, grilled pineapple, orange slices, celery, toasted walnuts, pomegranate seeds with yogurt honey creme sauce and roasted cranberries. Good contrast to all that brown mushy food. Nice! #platteralthinking #saladbrain #plattersalad

Laundry room carving station. You do what you got

Laundry room carving station. You do what you gotta do! Happy Thanksgiving! #thanksgiving

Finally made it to #crystalbridgesmuseum. What wou

Finally made it to #crystalbridgesmuseum. What would architect #moshesafdie think of the living room furniture scattered around the galleries. 😳

Somewhere west of Tulsa. I sure don’t see this ve

Somewhere west of Tulsa. I sure don’t see this very often. Wanted to get a look at that other Mindy but a dude was driving.

My #eaglescout checking out the badges. @rbquinns

My #eaglescout checking out the badges. @rbquinnstagram #nationalboyscoutmuseum

Father of the atomic bomb has a beer named after h

Father of the atomic bomb has a beer named after him. Science humor! #oppenheimer

@rbquinnstagram had this for lunch. Chicken fried

@rbquinnstagram had this for lunch. Chicken fried steak and cream gravy. A Merrell family favorite. There were some vegetables and mashed potatoes under there. But why show them? New Mex combo plate for me.

New Mexico rest stops. Adobe all the way. #newme

New Mexico rest stops. Adobe all the way. #newmexico #route66

I love a great rest stop. Texas panhandle deliver

I love a great rest stop. Texas panhandle delivers. The bathroom tile looks like the landscape. #amarillo #route66

Love these picnic shelters at the rest stop. #tra

Love these picnic shelters at the rest stop. #trailoftears #route66

You can tell a lot about an architect by the bathr

You can tell a lot about an architect by the bathroom design. Proof that #franklloydwright was not interested in comfort.

Now that’s upping your bowl game. Truffle oil and

Now that’s upping your bowl game. Truffle oil and football is a combo that has never occurred to me! #snacks #football

A gift left for us on the patio this morning. Must

A gift left for us on the patio this morning. Must be a sign for us to do some shedding too. #snakeskin

Tennessee tomatoes of all colors and shapes and my

Tennessee tomatoes of all colors and shapes and my favorite corn slabs. Look closely and you’ll see the fun parsley flower sprays that look like little fireworks. No basil. Went with oregano. Olive oil vinegar and coarse sea salt. A blue platter is always a plus. #tomatoes #salad #saladsofinstagram #platteralthinking #saladbrain

Littleneck clams are the easiest. Hot fire, five o

Littleneck clams are the easiest. Hot fire, five or so minutes, lid closed. Shake shake shake. This time with garlic and tomato. Makes its own sauce. Grilled @southcountybread a big plus.
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Well I don’t have enough sun for my favorite peoni

Well I don’t have enough sun for my favorite peonies. Playing around with greens instead. These are my garden workhorses: Solomon’s seal, hosta, hellebore, itea. That itea is such a graceful shrub. Looks great against all these sturdy leaves.

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When you go see the fabulous Alma Thomas show at t

When you go see the fabulous Alma Thomas show at the Frist, be sure to notice the companion exhibit as you enter called Nashville Art Teachers: Beyond the Classroom. Alma Thomas was more than an artist. She was a career art teacher dedicated to broadening the minds of her middle school students in Washington DC. I so appreciate that @streuliprofitt did just that for my kids at Hillsboro High School and now at Nasvhille School of the Arts. So glad to see her work in this very cool show. What a great idea. I’m sure Alma would have loved it. #frist #fristmuseum #hillsborohighschool

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