6 nutty nice Recipes

cucumbers, thinly sliced, seeded and peeled, rice vinegar, sugar, dark sesame oil, salt, green onions, chopped, unsalted dry-roasted peanuts, chopped

all-purpose flour , for regular cookies or 2 cups self rising flour, for thicker cookies as in my photo, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, butter, softened, light brown sugar , packed, granulated sugar, eggs, at room temperature, pure vanilla extract, semi-sweet chocolate chips (2 cups), coarsely chopped walnuts (optional) or 3/4 cup pecans, lightly toasted (optional)

popped corn, pecan halves, unblanched whole almonds, cashews, macadamia nuts, butter, granulated sugar, corn syrup, salt, minced gingerroot, baking soda

green and red leaf lettuce, spring mesclun mix (any variety of young greens will do: mustards, arugula, kale, amaranth, perilla, raddichio, etc)., fresh lovage leaves, fresh oregano leaves, fresh sage leaves, fresh thyme leaves, fresh marjoram leaves, young dandelion leaves, young fireweed and/or river beauty (epilobium species) shoots, snips yarrow, edible flowers , as available (nasturtiums, fireweed, begonia petals, borage flowers, violas, pansies, etc. please be certain that a particular species is edible before ingesting!), snipped chives, light olive oil (fresh flaxseed oil is a nice, nutty substitute), a dash lemon oil , if available (can be omitted), a few dashes good quality apple cider vinegar, lighter variety balsamic vinegar, water, a dash umeboshi plum vinegar, minced shallots, minced garlic, chopped chives, chopped lovage leaves, ground celery seed, dry mustard or 1/4 tsp of whole grain fresh mustard, red pepper, ground fenugreek, nigella seeds (can be skipped if unavailable), nutmeg, turmeric, a very tiny hint cinnamon