It’s the latest trend in our house. I make different vinaigrette’s, they taste great and last for about a week. We eat a salad with almost every dinner so this comes in handy! The best part is that the recipe is super flexible so you could add different vinegars or ingredients to turn out a [...]
Archive for the ‘salads’ Category
Basic Balsamic Vinaigrette
Posted in salads, side dishes, tagged balsamic, vinaigrette on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Roasted Vegetable Orzo Salad
Posted in Vegetarian, salads, side dishes, tagged orzo, pasta salad, roasted vegetables on August 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This past weekend we hosted a salad party. No, it wasn’t lame. And yes we did feel less guilty about eating the desserts. Now that those two questions are out of the way I have to really praise the creativity of what people brought! A Mediterranean chickpea salad, an orzo salad with balsamic vinaigrette and [...]
Walnut Cranberry Chicken Salad
Posted in chicken, salads, tagged chicken, cranberry, salad, walnut on October 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I had a few chicken breast left over after making a chicken caesar salad last night. I needed to find a recipe with the following requirements: low hassle prep and clean-up, few ingredients and tasty (of course).
Jackpot! Smitten Kitchen’s chicken salad recipe was just what I was looking for. I had all of ingredients all [...]
Walnut Goat Cheese Salad with Roasted Red Peppers
Posted in Vegetarian, dinner, salads, tagged cheese, goat, leek, mushroom, pepper, red, roasted, salad, tart, walnut on September 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Recently James and I have been thinking about being vegetarian. Not that we’re going to stop eating meat right away, but we’re beginning to learn and understand the benefits — both personally and environmentally — of eating less meat.
The goal isn’t necessarily to become a vegetarian, just be more aware of what we eat and [...]
Caesar Salad with Chicken
Posted in dinner, salads, tagged caesar, chicken, grilled, salad on September 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This blog is on a roll! I missed cooking and writing so here we go — day number two!
Not much to say about caesar salad other than we all know that it’s fabulous.
Ingredients
Salad and Dressing
Iceberg lettuce
5 cloves crushed, minced garlic
1 raw pasteurized egg
1 T. dijon mustard
1 T. lemon juice
1 T. worcestershire sauce
4 T. red [...]
Buttermilk Baked Chicken, Cumin-Coleslaw and Cottage Cheese Pasta
Posted in chicken, dinner, salads, side dishes, soul food, tagged baked, buttermilk, cheese, chicken, coleslaw, cottage, cumi, pasta on May 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The chicken and coleslaw come from Everyday Food: Great Food Fast By Martha Stewart Living. This is an excellent cook book with quick, easy recipes based on foods that are in season. The pictures are beautiful and the recipes delicious.
The cottage cheese part of this post is a family recipe that comes down from, I [...]
