This recipe was a series of, “Hmmmm… I wonder what would happen if I did this…?” Luckily, the cooking gods blessed me and at each experimentation step everything worked out. I’m always amazed when my random thoughts turn into edible recipes but I guess that’s pretty much how ALL recipes come to be. Someone thought of throwing a collection of things together and then eating that collection of things.
Man, I make cooking sound like poetry. 
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You know what’s really fun? Listening to your husband try to say fun new words like muhammara and za’atar. To be fair, it wasn’t until a few days ago that I even read the word muhammara let alone ate it or said it out loud and za’atar is a little funky with that apostrophe.
It’s mu (like in mud) ha (like in hum) mar (like in mark) a (like in uhhh) and za (like the end of pizza) a (this is silent… don’t say it) tar (like the black sticky stuff).
I’m not a linguist folks. I just like words. And food. Always food. 
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There are a few dishes my mom made that just remind me of being a kid. This chicken salad is one of them. 
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I’m having a thing with mayo lately. I just can’t get enough. It’s weird because I NEVER liked mayo as a kid. I would use mustard on my sandwiches because I couldn’t stand mayo.
So it’s weird that I want to put it on All. The. Things. 
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There are a lot of great recipes for veggie burgers out there. This one from Minimalist Baker is one of my favorite. And while I prefer to make my own food rather than get store bought, sometimes I just want to take the easier route and go to the store and get what I want in like two minutes.
Which is the position I found myself in the Monday before the 4th of July. 
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