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@melissalara01 couldn't you just gargle with it and spit it out? Sounds good to me as I always go for a mug of very salty hot water for a gargle at the first signs of a tickled throat. Kicks the cold out completely or lessens its intensity. I'm going for the foursome next time! Thanks for the tip.

Ammonia works on glass and stainless steel pans. Fill with straight ammonia or as straight as you can given the volume of the pan, let sit even overnight to dissipate the fumes, then scrub with an old (but cleaned) toothbrush and a few toothpicks to get in the grooves. Use the soaking liquid to mop a floor.

Also, for oven racks that can't go through the self-clean cycle on your stove, put them in a garbage bag, pour in a cup or two of ammonia, tie closed, put outside on the lawn or driveway, or as I do in the bathtub. Leave overnight. Next day, everything hoses off, maybe with a little help from another recycled toothbrush. It's cheaper than oven cleaner and is a great cleaner for walls and floors.

Soak your old toothbrushes in straight ammonia or Clorox to sanitize, then put in the flatware section in your dishwasher.

Dog treats cut with a bone cookie cutter. Bags of granola or trail mix.

Thanks, eaguk, for the link. Yes, I did read that some violets are more fragrant than others, and that some actually have more of a vegetable flavor. I'm going to chalk this experiment up to our having a long stretch of rainy weather and no sunshine. I notice this happens with strawberries. They get nice and plump with a lot of rain, but without sunny days as well, they're tasteless.

Most of the baked goods that say Easter to me are rich, buttery, sugary and and eggy breads that are a treat after weeks of serious fasting. Hot cross buns, yeast doughs, that sort of thing.

I'm including this link to Martha Stewart's Bird's Nest Cookies because you were specifically looking for cookies.
http://www.marthastewart.com/256139/birds-nest-cookies

A friend and I were just talking about new Easter sides today. She is thinking about roasting halved radishes. I told her to leave a tiny bit of stem on them which I thought would be cute. I've made thinly sliced radishes sauteed in a little butter. Really good. In either case, they mellow out and turn a lovely shade of pink. Spring radishes are particularly delicious this way.

Also, scalloped potatoes are a classic side with ham if you want to change up the mashed. You could do a cheater version by boiling potato chunks, slice fairly thinly, mix with lots of white sauce (they really soak it up), bake in a greased casserole until bubbly and brown around the edges.

Please consider savory options. Cheese straws, or blue cheese and pecan crackers, or these goldfish crackers from a well-known blogger.

http://smittenkitchen.com/2011/03/whole-wheat-goldfish-crackers/#more-7210

Don't forget dog biscuits. Folks who don't want a sugary treat for themselves will gladly pick up a bag of "bones" for their best bud.

Never refrigerated either. My dad made me a nifty little rack, looks like a miniature clothes-drying rack, that perfectly sits on top of my stove. Before that I used chopsticks between stacks of boxes or books, but the cats would get up on the dining room table and bat at the strands until they were all down and broken!

I've heard of people using a clothes hanger with the cardboard tube and hanging it someplace safe. If you do hang the pasta, it will dry, so make sure there's something to catch it if it dries and cracks at the fold-over point.

We have a local place that makes peanut butter, and you can get salt-free smooth or chunky. He might eat apple or banana slices with a little PB or PB and a homemade chocolate dip.

Sweet smoked paprika has a bacon-y taste to me. Maybe use in a coating for oven-baked chicken fingers.

Maybe honey or maple on the chicken, or as a dip for a change-up, so he doesn't get bored. Sauteed carrots with honey/maple.

I'm with Boobird with baked sweet potato. Slices or wedges with a spritz of lime juice and a sprinkle of cumin (and maybe some of that smoked paprika, too).

@BitchinFixins I just did a search on milk and cream because I was going to suggest ganache for banana dipping. Seems that cream and full-fat milk have a lot of naturally occurring sodium. Your recipes may not use cream, but your suggestion of ice cream could be potentially off limits. Most raw food has sodium already present (I think celery is particularly high). Not sure whether OP means NA or NaCl. Also not sure what OP means by salt restricted either. Just what is already in the foods and not sprinkling on more?

Roast a chicken or the parts he likes, shred the meat off the bone, bag in individual serving portions with gravy. Good over bread for a hot open-faced sandwich, over a microwaved baked potato, or over buttered noodles. You could even bag up some cooked egg noodles or spinach pasta as well.

Use the bones to make a quick stock and combine with drippings to make gravy, augmented if necessary with chicken Better Than Bouillon.

If you Google "avocado chocolate pudding," you'll get lots of hits. I made one recipe that called for a banana which was too pronounced a flavor. Second time, I only put in a 2-3 inch piece. I used Dutch processed Hershey Dark Chocolate powder and honey. You certainly could substitute agave. All my taste-testers thought it was pretty close to a dairy chocolate pudding. My brother dubbed it Chococado Pudding!

Two friends with a common Italian last name of Merlo, pronounced like the wine.
Crossword puzzle clue often is "Apt name for a cook," and the answer is either Stu or Stew. And I do know a Stew, BTW, from Stewart.

Now, if you get into pet names, I bet this will open up considerably! Had a friend who named her two cats Saki and Sushi. Another friend named her Dachshund Spargel which means asparagus in German. A guy I know raised a steer for meat one year and named it T-Bone.

Friends found three orphaned ducklings one spring and raised them in a kiddie pool until they were big enough to be released back into the wild. I said "What did you name them -- Huey, Louie, and Dewey"? They said, "No, Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner"!