When this pandemic began and we never knew what we might or might not find on the shelves, we coped emotionally around here by pulling out old favorite recipes, especially ones that used food we had on hand.

Now that things have settled down a bit, we spend a lot of time in our new recipes, plotting what to make next.  Here’s the gem we tried this week: Crunchy Chicken Salad. It includes most of the ingredients in my favorite McAlister’s salad, so it’s a cheap(er) way to get my cranberry-and-almond fix.

Oh, and as for old foods, somebody around here always requests BYU Mint Brownies for her birthday. It took a month to finally get out of the house and deliver them to her. But that’s an old recipe we never get tired of. Just gonna drop the link in here so you can make a batch if you need to, or gaze at the picture, or . . .