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Monika from HipCooks graciously allowed me to post the recipe for the delicious potato salad we made in our cooking class last weekend.
So give it a whirl, it tastes great, is super quick and easy to make but is definitely a crowd pleaser!
New Potato, Green Bean, Basil and Pine Nut salad
This salad is a perfect for barbecues and potlucks. Plus it is simple and quick to make!
Serves 6
Ingredients:
You know those foods that are healthy as long as eaten in moderation? Like avocados, for instance, they are great for you – healthy fats, fiber, vitamins, all sorts of good stuff. But once you have about 6 in one sitting, sadly it is probably not so good for you… The same holds true for peanut butter.
Yet I’m really somewhat obsessed with eating lots anyhow. I put peanut butter on my toast pretty much every morning (I eat the same thing basically every day for breakfast – whole wheat toast, peanut butter and sliced banana, delicious!) or I have peanut butter as a snack on a sliced apple or a rice cake. I even had a bonding moment with a friend a while back when we both realized we would eat peanut butter straight out of the jar, by the spoonful. Say what you will, but you just can’t beat it!
According to my husband Brice, one of the best things about having a cook at his fraternity house in college was that she made great dessert. No, he sadly wasn’t a dessert lover back then either. It was that the college girls, I guess myself included, were much more inclined to stop by. Their cook Jody in particular made some really delicious baklava. Making this Mediterranean dessert was much more fun than just eating some cookies out of a box (though she did make awesome chocolate chip cookies too, I remember), so whenever it was made, all the girls were excited to head to the Delta Sig house. Sure, the boys thought it was for them, but truth be told, it was merely the thought of that tasty baklava.