i don't enjoy making a potato salad but i certainly enjoy eating it! however, if you want something different and good, i do have a couple of T & T recipes posted by forum friends: Bruschetta Orzo Salad cindy ny 1 cup orzo pasta 2 tomatoes, chopped 1/2 cup chopped red onion 1/3 cup chopped fresh basil opt: kalamata olives, feta, tuna 3 T Balsamic vinegar 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 T olive oil Freshly ground pepper, to taste Cook pasta according to package directions for about 8 minutes, or until just tender; drain. Combine dressing ingredients. Place hot pasta in large bowl and toss with a little dressing; cool about 15 minutes, tossing occasionally. Add remaining ingredients and dressing to bowl and toss to mix well. Cover and chill at least 1 hour. Serve chilled or at room temperature. White Bean Dip with Pita Chips -- Lori 1 (15-ounce) can cannelloni beans, drained and rinsed 2 cloves garlic 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1/3 cup olive oil, plus 4 tablespoons 1/4 cup (loosely packed) fresh Italian parsley leaves Salt Freshly ground black pepper 6 pitas 1 teaspoon dried oregano Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Place the beans, garlic, lemon juice, 1/3 cup olive oil, and parsley in the work bowl of a food processor. Pulse until the mixture is coarsely chopped. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Transfer the bean puree to a small bowl. (Note: The dip will turn green in a relatively short time due to the fresh parsley.) Cut each pita in half and then into 8 wedges. Arrange the pita wedges on a large baking sheet. Pour the remaining oil over the pitas. Toss and spread out the wedges evenly. Sprinkle with the oregano, salt, and pepper. Bake for 8 to 12 minutes, or until toasted and golden in color. Serve the pita toasts warm or at room temperature alongside the bean puree. Spinach Brownies sheshebop 1 pkg. (10 oz) frozen chopped spinach, thawed 16 oz. cheddar cheese, shredded **I used 8 oz and that was plenty. 1/2 cup chopped onion 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking powder 1 cup flour 2 eggs, beaten 4 T. butter, melted 1 cup milk I also added 1/8 tsp nutmeg Preheat oven to 350. Spray 8 x 12 baking pan with cooking spray. Drain spinach in colander and squeeze out excess moisture. Combine cheese, spinach, and onion in large bowl. Mix. Stir salt and baking powder into flour and mix with the spinach. Mix eggs, butter, milk and stir into other ingredients. Pour into pan. Bake for 30 minutes Pizza Rustica (4 whole pies!) From Sue (Cookingrvc) 4 lb Whole-milk ricotta 1 C Grated Romano cheese 8 Large eggs 2 lb Whole-milk mozzarella -- cubed 1 Italian pinwheel sausage - plain -- cooked and cut into bite-sized pieces -- (Can use regular sausage - remove casing, cook in fry pan) 1 lb Genoa salami or Supresata -- sliced 1/4" thick, diced. 8 Hard-boiled eggs -- diced 8 Pie crust - deep dish -- 4 will be used for upper crust 1 Egg wash (1 Egg - beaten w/2 T. water) Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Thaw pie shells for 15-30 minutes. In a large mixing bowl (I use a Kitchen Aide mixer) add ricotta and grated cheese - mix well Add eggs, one at a time, blending well after each addition. Add mozzarella, pinwheel sausage, and salami - mix well. Fold in hard-boiled eggs. Divide filling among 4 pie shells. Cut the crimped edges off the remaining shells and invert over each filled pie shell. Be sure to cover all of filling. Cut 8 slits in each top crust. Brush crust with egg wash. Place in 400 degree oven for 15 minutes. Lower temperature to 325 and cook for 45 minutes more. Remove from oven and cool completely on wire rack. Refrigerate. NOTES : The pie will taste salty straight from the oven. Flavors need time to mellow. Tastes best when cooled and refrigerated for 24 hours.

I asked a similar question when we completed our kitchen. Anyway, I found my old thread, and I will link it below. (as an aside, I mentioned in that thread why I didn't want Corelle). I had seen mention of Ikea 365+ dinnerware in another thread, and was asking about it. I looked at Crate & Barrel, Pottery Barn, Pier 1 and some others. The Ikea 365+ dinnerware is half the price or less of those. An 18-piece set is $30 (we bought two sets). There's plenty of individual stock too. But even setting aside Ikea's amazing price, the dinnerware was perfect for us. It's actual feldspar porcelain. Not made in China either, if that matters to you. And I can say, a year and a half later, with hard use, there's not one chip, and it microwaves great too. One thing no one thinks of is how the dishes will fit in the dishwasher. I've had dishes that aren't very flat, and/or are very thick, and they took up a lot of room in the DW. The Ikea 365+ dishes are somewhat flat, so they fit in the tynes of our DW easily, and we can really squeeze a bunch of them into our DW with everything coming out clean. Also, check the depth of your cabinets - there have been threads by people spending money on dinnerware only to find it won't fit in their cabinets cause the diameters are 12" or more. The Ikea dinner plate is 11" diameter. At the same time, a must-have for us were dishes with rims; a pet peeve is a dish with no rim that allows food to spill out. We use it everyday, and also used it for Thanksgiving (we don't have storage space for everyday china and "good" china), and it looked lovely on our Thanksgiving table. Yes, it is very plain, but I like that. I think Ikea also offers dishes with some colors if you want to mix and match to jazz it up. Just my $.02. [P.S. we also bought the Ikea Pokal glasses - what a deal! A year and a half later, no chips or breaks, and it is very hard to tip them over. They stack too.] Thread about Ikea dinnerware Ikea 365+ Dinnerware Ikea Pokal glasses

ever since making cranberry jezabel a few years ago, i decided that i actually liked cranberry sauce! not a doubt in my mind that i need to do a test run on that ginger/pear recipe! and what's even more clear is that i am just going to have to try out marilyn's version of stuffing! and you are right, ann--you don't mess with family favorites on thanksgiving and i know that ted's sister would just love that sweet potato recipe of yours and i'm going to make sure she gets it--thank you! and thanx for the "cheater baked beans" chase. i've made annie's several time and i'm sure we'd enjoy your version as well--we both are fans of limas! and of COURSE your family must have those beautiful dills of yours! it just wouldn't be right, otherwise...i'm glad you and elery will be able to share the time together annie, and raise a toast to all that have gone before us. sometimes traditions change long before we are ready for them to do so... i was going to try out one other new dish this year--an apple and cranberry sauce. it smelled so good while it was cooking that i even toyed with the idea of making some little pastry cups and adding in a teaspoon or two of the leftover sauce for later on. well--back to the drawing board. there wasn't room for everything in the fridge and it's been quite cold out so i put the covered sauce pan out on the deck and sort of forgot about it. we had just finished mixing the stuffing last night and time to rearrange things, and i remembered my sauce! so i went out to get it. man, that saucepan was HEAVY! well you boob. we'd had a driving rain the night before and that lid just couln't compete with the wind--my cranberry sauce is now soup! ladle anyone? anyway, a clink of my coffee cup to all--hope you have a wonderful and peaceful day regardless of what is or isn't on the menu this year!

Spring Meadow Nursery doesn’t note the fragrance, only the taste (light pear). I wish they would as I’m sure others may want to grow for more than eating. https://springmeadownursery.com/plantfinder/flavorette-peard-rosa-63450 That’s incredible that both Reminiscent Pink and Rise Up Lilac Days have been so vigorous for you. Rise Up Lilac Days put on some great growth for me this year but then deer reduced it significantly at one point. Hopefully the fragrance of Reminiscent Pink improves for both of us. I think if ”scent” is included in the name, it had better deliver fragrance. I’m glad Rise Up Lilac Days has a wonderful fragrance at least.