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My Spring Salad with Eggs and Creamy Tarragon Dressing is a beautiful addition to any spring brunch or Easter table. It’s made with shaved asparagus, fennel, and radishes, crunchy pistachios, silky goat cheese, and jammy eggs. This spring salad is simple and delicious, with the emphasis being on wonderful fresh spring greens in two varieties, along with a a classic trio of seasonal veggies: fennel, asparagus, and radishes. My Spring Salad with Eggs and Creamy Tarragon Dressing is a beautiful addition to any spring brunch or Easter table.

You don’t have to be a prep school alum to appreciate a Raspberry Eton Mess ~ it’s a traditional British dessert made with meringues, berries, and lots of whipped cream. If you live in the US I’m going to bet you’ve never had a Raspberry Eton Mess, which is a shame, because this comforting gluten free dessert is easy to make, and drop dead delicious. The Eton mess takes its name from Eton College, an elite boarding school in England (Prince Charles and Prince Harry went there) but after that, the facts about this yummy dessert gets a little muddled. Raspberry Eton Mess ~ a gluten free British dessert recipe made with meringues, berries, and lots of whipped cream.

Add a nice shower of real Parmesan cheese, some fresh basil leaves, and you won’t miss the extra meat one bit. Be sure to add some type of herb which will brighten and add vibrancy to the meat. I like to serve these zucchini beef meatballs with regular or thin spaghetti, cooked just to the al dente stage, so there’s a great texture balance between the chewy pasta and the fluffy meatballs. I like to use my stand mixer with the paddle attachment to mix ground meat for meatballs and meatloaves

The Prettiest Pastel Cocktails for Spring ~ they’re in every color of the rainbow and almost too pretty to sip, but don’t let that hold you back, they’re perfect for your next spring fling. It gets its gorgeous lavender hue from Créme de Violette, a liqueur made from Alpine violets :) Made with rhubarb simple syrup (you can make it yourself! ) This tequila cocktail is made with grapefruit, orange, lemon juice, and Campari, lightened up with Italian orange soda. Lemon peel infused vodka is sweetened with simple syrup for a diy version of this Italian lemony liqueur.