Don Mauer
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Make this restaurant-worthy Cobb salad at homeAug 26, 2026 5:09 am - Thanks to this summer’s heat, Don Mauer’s been bingeing on salads. To change things up he decided, for the very first time, to make a Cobb salad at home.
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For a lettuce-free summer salad, go GreekAug 14, 2026 10:30 am - With the cyclospora scares this year, Don Mauer has been looking for lettuce-free salads. This Greek salad uses summertime’s abundant produce, quick-pickled onions, Wisconsin feta cheese and NO lettuce.
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It’s time to revisit the sloppy joeJul 22, 2026 4:48 am - When was the last time you had a sloppy joe? That long? Don Mauer updates his recipe from 1996, swapping in organic, grass-fed ground beef but keeping the secret ingredient: fresh orange juice.
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A macaroni salad so good you’ll think it came from the deliJul 08, 2026 5:12 am - When was the last time you had a delicatessen-style macaroni salad? For Don Mauer, it had been decades. This version has all the hallmarks of the classic: macaroni, bell peppers, onion, celery and a dressing both sweet and sour blended with mayonnaise.
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Want to make better pesto? Add spinachJun 24, 2026 5:30 am - This recipe for Simply Better Pesto won’t smack the taste buds with basil. Here the basil is tempered with spinach for a sauce that’s lighter in flavor, and simply better.
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Chef’s trick cuts the mayo — and fat — in summer ham and pasta saladJun 10, 2026 5:45 am - My go-to ham salad recipe uses a cup of mayonnaise. That’s 1,600 calories and 176 fat grams. Lately, thanks to watching cooking shows featuring Italian cuisine, I decided to make my pasta salad using cooled, starchy pasta cooking water and 25% less mayo.
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The best summer salads start with ‘authentic,’ quality olive oilMay 27, 2026 5:40 am - What makes extra-virgin olive oil authentic? Some imported olive oils may never have seen an olive grove. Here are some things to look for to ensure the high price you’re paying for EVOO is worth it.
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For a fresh take on Mom’s potato salad, add herbsMay 13, 2026 5:15 am - Mom’s potato salad was a straightforward recipe: cooked red-skin potatoes, diced celery and onion, mayonnaise, yellow mustard, salt and pepper. Easy. Over the years, I've learned a lot about making potato salad, and even though I might be following the ingredient list for my mom’s salad, my version is not the same.
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King Arthur gluten-free yellow cake mix a lucky findApr 24, 2026 9:25 am - Recent journeys testing boxed baking mixes landed me on another new-to-me product: King Arthur Flour’s Gluten Free Classic Yellow Cake Mix. How was it? Excellent, with a definite, authentic vanilla flavor, and it nearly melted in my mouth.
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Mom vs. Reese: Who has the best cornbread pie?Apr 08, 2026 5:28 am - I recently discovered Reese Witherspoon’s recipe for Corn Bread Chili Pie. It reminded me a lot of my Mother’s Corn Pone Pie. I headed for my recipe box and found my mom’s recipe from 1978. There were many differences between the two, but enough similarities to inspire this new best-of compilation.
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