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Salad Brain Biscuits and Cornbread Recipes Southern Cooking Salad Brain Exercises Platter Salad
Mustard Cornbread Croutons–Salad Brain Basic

by Min Merrell August 1, 2020

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Sophisticated Flan

by Min Merrell July 10, 2020

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Snickerdoodles 2.0

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Peanut Butter Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

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One-Pot Brownies

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Pasta with Cauliflower and Tuna

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Banana Bread with Self-Rising Flour

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Biscuits and Cornbread Nashville Cookies
Nashville Cornmeal Cookies with Cardamom, Orange, and Pistachios

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Turnip Green Soba Miso Soup

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Salad Brain Salad Brain Exercises Platter Salad
Salad Brain Exercise–Radish Shreds, Colorful Pepper Rings over Avo

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January 11, 2020

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R.B. doing his chicken magic. Headlamp a plus. E

R.B. doing his chicken magic. Headlamp a plus. Early Charles Eisendrath model in action #chicken #grillery #grillworks

Elsa with R.B.’s fabulous zinnias! In her urban

Elsa with R.B.’s fabulous zinnias! In her urban farmer get up. Overalls are back in.

I have these great photos by #lewisstein of dead f

I have these great photos by #lewisstein of dead flowers in vases. Sorry about my bad photos of his photographs. But you get the idea. Did not want my at home Covid reflection in there. They are the beautiful inspiration behind my late summer wilting #ikebana. That thing on the right is a giant drying okra pod.

September ritual. Green chile roasting and first

September ritual. Green chile roasting and first batch of chile rellenos. Of course I make the fluffy egg white batter with a Tennessee mix of self-rising flour and self-rising cornmeal. Recipe in link.
#hatchchiles #hatchgreenchile #chilerellenos #chilerelleno #greenchile #newmexicofood #newmexicostyle #cornmeal #selfrisingflour

Seedless offers easy shape opportunities. Seedles

Seedless offers easy shape opportunities. Seedless Watermelon cut into thin slabs looks like lox especially on a long thin platter. Seedless grapes are so cute sliced into contrasting rounds. The green grapes do look a bit dull. Maybe red grapes next time. If you are building a platter collection a long thin one always comes in handy. Instant sophistication. Cut the watermelon slabs casually. No need for perfect triangles. Keep it loose. Plenty of salt and pepper. Olive oil drizzle and lime #platteralthinking #saladbrain. #saladsofinstagram #plattersalad #watermelon

We’ve been art starved! Good stuff at the #frist

We’ve been art starved! Good stuff at the #fristmuseum. Fabulous #jmwturner show ending. #jitishkallat and #melziegler flag exchange thru oct. #maskedup #rblookingatart

Garden in a glass. Smooth #gazpacho like we had i

Garden in a glass. Smooth #gazpacho like we had in Spain. Make your own V-8! Great for those very ripe late summer tomatoes sitting on the counter. Whizz all this in the blender. Three big peeled tomatoes one cuke small bell pepper one clove garlic small onion. Add a hot pepper if you like. Shot of vinegar. Salt. And a float of olive oil. Keep a pitcher in the fridge! Great afternoon refresher. Adjust as you like. @greendoorgourmet #tomatoes #farmersmarket #summercooking

What would I do without my curved stick? Really p

What would I do without my curved stick? Really pulls together these backyard #zinnias. #ikebana. If you are wondering about that photo I like to use in the back. I got it at the auction selling all the Willis Corroon office art some years ago when they closed the office. I often wonder where it was and how many people walked by it daily without notice. Was it in a conference room. by the break room. In a hallway. The photographer is #jeddevine. Apple in colander. #officeart

Mr. Perfect on #internationaldogday 2020. 18 and g

Mr. Perfect on #internationaldogday 2020. 18 and going strong 💪🏻. @mckaysmillanimalhospital

Something as simple as prosciutto and melon can be

Something as simple as prosciutto and melon can be a fun #saladbrain exercise. Two colors of melon in two contrasting shapes adds interest. Keep the #prosciutto loose. Black pepper ties it all together. My cantaloupe melon balls are not perfect. Made cute little small knobs with an old half teaspoon. They are super sweet so small seemed better. The other melon is cut into informal geometrics. Just #platteralthinking over here and having a little fun. Just make a decision about one ingredient and see where the others want to go. #contrastisgood

Wonder what it’s like to sit next to your old se

Wonder what it’s like to sit next to your old self. #cicada #green

Still playing around with my Covid #ikebana. Just

Still playing around with my Covid #ikebana. Just got this very stylish ikebana vase at an estate sale. So pleased to give it a good home. #hosta blossom #fern and that other plant.

I love to see wild turkeys. Always wanted to find

I love to see wild turkeys. Always wanted to find a turkey feather. Today is my lucky day. It was just sitting on the side of the road in my neighborhood. It’s a tail feather! See the tail on that turkey in picture 2. 🤸🏼😀😁

Lots of August birthdays in our Merrell clan inclu

Lots of August birthdays in our Merrell clan including three very agreeable Leos! Ages 9 to 85! New Mexico Rhode Island Tennessee mashup.
#itsafamilyaffair

I like to amuse myself with paint chips from the h

I like to amuse myself with paint chips from the hardware store...especially the ones with food names. This informal social research is a good indicator of American eating habits. Oops. Don’t know how No More Drama got in there. 😂#paintcolors #saladinspiration #saladbrain

It’s corn slab season. Make extra corn on the co

It’s corn slab season. Make extra corn on the cob. Out of the fridge cut the corn off the cob in big slabs. Looks so cool in a salad. This salad has another surprise on the bottom mustard cornbread croutons. Spoon a few dollops of whole grain mustard into the cornbread batter. Love how you can see the seeds. Make it with milk not buttermilk so it’s drier and make it very thin. The croutons are on the bottom so they can soak up all the juicy tomato water. The third thing to notice is the little mozzarella pearls and meaty Fordhook Lima beans. They have a similar texture! Will scatter the basil before serving and drizzle with good balsamic vinegar. So it’s kind of a caprese succotash mash up. Now’s the time for this baby.
#saladsofinstagram #salad #saladbrain #platteralthinking #plattersalad #tomatoes #corn #capresesalad #succotash

We’re going old school and just blobbing straigh

We’re going old school and just blobbing straight mayo on this tomato #plattersalad. Sopping up the juices with cornbread. Not shown is @rbquinnstagram shelf chicken crowder peas and yella squash and 🌽. My #saladbrain is dreaming about tomorrow’s salad with all the leftovers. #platteralthinking. Fancy doesn’t mean better. Remember your occasion parameters. Serve that skillet #cornbread crust side up!

Two things to notice here. 1. Color theory lesson

Two things to notice here. 1. Color theory lesson. You can clearly see that the Cherokee tomato in the lower right of the platter is a red that goes toward blue and the others are more yellow and orange red. So great to have a red blue platter to point this out. 2. That creamy dressing is pesto labneh. Whiz up basil leaves garlic clove Parmesan a dollop of mayo. People go crazy for this. Let the tomato colors and shapes shine and serve the thick cheesy dressing on the side.
#platteralthinking #saladsofinstagram #salad #saladbrain #plattersalad. 💪🏻🥗🤸🏼

#challengeaccepted @italiancookingparty. #womensup

#challengeaccepted @italiancookingparty. #womensupportingwomen

The red that favors blue is a deep deep subject. R

The red that favors blue is a deep deep subject. Red is not just red. Here are similar blue reds with completely different tastes in one salad beets cherries and radicchio. Add complementary color 🥑 and pepper rings. There’s a lot going on here all anchored by the strong color. It was just lucky that I had this old yellow green platter. The perfect complement! #platteralthinking #plattersalad #saladcolortheory #saladsofinstagram #salads #cherries #beets🥗💪🏻🤸🏼

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