Best of the Month July 2013

A recap of my most popular blog posts of July 2013

This has been a good month for my blog.  I have made some cosmetic changes to by adding a picture header and a drop down menu bar to de-clutter my side bar.  I also finally got around to writing an 'about me' page.  It still needs work but I hope my readers will get a better sense of who I am. Last but not least I've started joining link parties to get my blog out there and to meet new people.  All of this has had good results and my blog has more views than ever.  I hope this continues.

In case you missed them, or are just curious here are my most viewed posts of July.

Light Wheat English Muffins

Light Wheat English Muffins:

Soft, flat buns full of nooks and crannies, English Muffins make a great breakfast or lunch sandwich even a great snack.

These were accepted to YeastSpotting.

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Mocha Graham Crackers

Mocha Graham Crackers:

The perfect sweet and crunchy, chocolaty snack.  With a kick of espresso.

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Mayonnaise-less Egg Salad Sandwich

Mayonnaise-less Egg Salad Sandwich:

An egg salad made with no mayonnaise.

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How to Roll a Spring Roll

How to Roll a Spring Roll:

A tutorial showing how to roll a spring roll (also called a fresh roll or summer roll).

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Sambar

Sambar:

An Indian vegetable stew made with lentils and vegetables in a tamarind broth.  Served over rice.

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Enjoy.

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Mayonnaise-less Egg Salad Sandwich

An egg salad made with no mayonnaise.

I'm back.  Vacation is nice but it is always great to come home.  I came down with a cold at the end of my vacation so I'm glad that I have plenty of recipes (from earlier) to post while I recover.

I find that I search, online, for mayonnaise-less recipes a lot.  I don't mind mayonnaise, in moderation, but my husband hates it.  This recipe came about one weekend when we didn't have much food in the house.  I had some eggs, Greek yogurt, and celery (and of course some bread).  I'm not usually a fan of egg salad, but I really enjoyed this.  It's important to alter recipes to your taste so I added hot sauce and that was a great decision. 

Ingredients:

5 hard boiled eggs, chopped
1/2 cup celery, diced
1/2 tsp dried minced onion
1/4 tsp dried dill
1 tsp sriracha
1 tsp mustard
2 Tbsp Greek yogurt
a few dashes lemon juice (or one lemon)
salt and pepper, to taste

In a medium bowl mix yogurt, mustard, sriracha (or hot sauce of your choice), lemon juice, and salt and pepper.

Stir in the eggs, celery, onion, and dill until covered with sauce.  Adjust seasoning to your tastes and serve on good bread.

Makes 2-3 servings.  Green onions would be a great addition, so would pickles.  Enjoy.

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