Warm Thai Flavored Potato Salad
This salad was a bit of a mish-mash but certainly has possibilities. I think the best advice I can give if you make it is to let the...
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Oct 26, 2018
Autumn Bento Salad
Roasted Beets, Marinated Chickpeas, Chorizo Meatballs and Homemade Sourdough-Chorizo Oil Croûtons, on a Bed of Chopped Turnip and Carrot...
Oct 2, 2018
Red Wine Poached Figs with a Salad of Bitter Greens and a Walnut Oil Dressing
Not my best photo of a rather pretty little dish one which would be, I suspect, rather more suited to a cheese course than served as an...
Sep 24, 2018
Warm Beets and Lentils with Lavender Mustard Vinaigrette
L. is not a fan of lentils, labeling them boring and uninteresting. I miss them and have been wanting to reintroduce them. I thought that...
Sep 5, 2018
Tomato Salad with Horseradish Vinaigrette
This is a beautiful salad, perfect for the last sweet, sun-kissed summer tomatoes. The horseradish adds a tiny bit of a kick, the basil...
Aug 8, 2018
Creamy “Remoulade” Vinaigrette
I have made this in the past with a homemade mayonnaise, loosened with a little extra mustard and lemon juice but, what with today's...
Aug 8, 2018
Herbed Cannellini Bean Salad with Tuna, Garlicky Rye Croûtons and a Creamy “Remoulade” Vinaigrette
A not particularly attractive, not especially healthy, really, really delicious salad. Ain't that the way life always works...This salad...
Aug 5, 2018
Spicy Sweet and Sour Peanut Dressing
My mother had a recipe that she used to make all the time when I was in high school, given to her by a former colleague, for a spicy...
Aug 5, 2018
Sweet Potato Salad with Barley Couscous, Crispy Chickpeas and a Spicy Sweet and Sour Peanut Dressing
On paper this seems like a complicated salad because there are quite a few elements involved (and by the way in the image the sweet...
Jul 26, 2018
Corn-Edamame Succotash
I was not a huge fan of succotash growing up because texturally the traditional lima beans did not agree with me. There is a mushiness to...
Jul 26, 2018
Beet, Blackberry and Purple Perilla Salad
I made this a few weeks ago and served it on a bed of baby arugula; it turned out to be an interesting summer salad. L. felt that it...
Jul 5, 2018
Charred Cauliflower and Bulgur Wheat Salad with Cumin-Lime Vinaigrette
I don't particularly like cauliflower so, when I started craving it, I decided to listen to my body rather than to the demands of...
Jun 8, 2018
Cannellini Bean Salad with Seaweed Oil and Preserved Lemon
This is an easy salad to assemble. All it requires is opening some cans and a tiny bit of mincing and pulsing. The delicate issue is...
Jun 4, 2018
Garden Goddess Dressing
This is a lovely dressing for spring/summer salads. I served it with butter lettuce and avocado salad - pretty light greens, a nice...
May 27, 2018
Carrot, Daikon and Radish Slaw with Tahini
Sunday is now the day when I put together our meal with what I have to hand; a small challenge that I have set myself for my own...
May 25, 2018
Spinach Salad with Avocado, Poached Eggs, Flowering Chives, Warm Honey-Mustard Dressing
This is a truly scrumptious salad, pretty and easy to make. I recommend making it with proper spinach rather than baby spinach because...
May 7, 2018
Fattoush Salad
This is a really nice salad - crisp cucumbers, perfectly ripe tomatoes, herbaceous back notes, a nice tangy dressing and the added bonus...
May 7, 2018
Weiss Wurst with Warm Purple Potato Salad...
...AKA what your son decided he wants for dinner after seeing the sausages at a specialty store on Sunday instead of the squid he...
Apr 15, 2018
Escarole Salad with Warm Anchovy Dressing and Rye Croûtons
This was supposed to be a fennel salad. Fennel is assertive - both in texture and flavor - and stands up really well to bold flavors so I...
Feb 25, 2018
Cucumber and Daikon Salad
This is a light, crisp and refreshing salad that goes well with Thai or Vietnamese flavors and which also, if needed, tones down some of...
Jan 19, 2018
Roasted Romaine Wedges with Feta, Sun Dried Tomatoes and Capers
This is another dish that you can modify according to what you have in your fridge - anchovies would work, as would Parmesan, or walnuts,...
Oct 17, 2017
Baked Tomato Salad with Basil and Sun-Dried Tomato Dressing
I had end of season tomatoes that didn't taste like much that I wanted to use but this is actually a good mid-winter salad, something to...
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