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No cooking whatsoever is the hallmark of this summery salad, which features fruit instead of veggies. This salad seems especially suitable for brunch, and pairs well with a loaf of crusty bread topped with fresh butter. Make sure the berries are bone-dry when added to the salad; otherwise, they’ll become mushy. Smoked fish doesn’t keep much better than fresh fish in the refrigerator, but you can store it in the freezer for up to 3 months at best quality (up to a year, if necessary). Thaw it, still in its wrap, overnight in the refrigerator.Learn to create cool, healthy, seasonal salads with these additional tips and recipes: Andrea Chesman cooks, writes, and teaches in Vermont, where she lives on a 1-acre homestead. She’s the author of many cookbooks, including Serving Up the Harvest and The Fat Kitchen. Buy her book 101 One-Dish Dinners now.
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This is a completely non-traditional burrito filling — a perfectly sane way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo when you are an Italian girl who didn’t taste her first Mexican food until she was old enough to be legally wed.More from RAMPS: The Cookbook:• Spring Herb Hunt• Pickled Ramps Recipe• Buckwheat Crepes Recipe with Ramps This excerpt has been reprinted with permission from RAMPS: The Cookbook, Cooking with the Best Kept Secret of the Appalachian Trail by Editors of St. Lynn’s Press and published by St. Lynn’s Press, 2012.
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