17 posts categorized "Salad"

Curried Apple Slaw: February 8, 2012
Categories: Farmers' Market Find, Salad, Season: Winter
Gray skies, brown grass, bare trees. Even in a low-snow winter, they leave this girl pining for fresh, green and crisp. Never mind that there are already green shoots pushing up from bulbs that have rightfully earned several more weeks...

Creamy Hummus Salad Dressing: September 15, 2011
Categories: Condiment, Salad, Season: Anytime
My favorite lunch these days is a bed of lettuce topped with whatever veggies we have in the refrigerator. Lately this has included cucumbers, peppers, green beans, and of course those excellent tomatoes. I often throw on a few crumbles...

Sushi Rice Salad: July 27, 2011
Categories: Entree, Picnic Food, Potluck Dish, Rice, Salad, Season: Summer
This time of year when we often take our meals with us -- to the pool, the park, or even to the back porch -- I'm a big fan of those all-in-one-bowl meals. Sushi is perfect for the summer weather,...

Asparagus and Cannellini Bean Salad: June 13, 2011
Categories: Farmers' Market Find, Picnic Food, Potluck Dish, Quick Meal, Salad, Season: Spring
I haven't been at all creative in the kitchen lately. In fact, I've barely been in the kitchen lately. The end of school year activities, along with overlapping sports seasons (soccer/baseball/softball/swimming) have left my head spinning with very little time...

Warm Garlicky Lentil and Potato Salad: January 11, 2011
Categories: Beans, Entree, Potato, Potluck Dish, Quick Meal, Salad, Season: Winter, Side Dish
Several cultures have a tradition of eating legumes on or around New Years' Day. In the South, it's tradition to eat black-eyed peas for good luck. In Italy and Brazil, lentils are thought to bring luck. One theory is that...

Lemony Potato Salad: June 30, 2010
Categories: Farmers' Market Find, Picnic Food, Potato, Salad, Season: Summer
There are so many things I thought I knew before I had children. Like how to raise well-behaved ones. You know, ones that would be polite, and kind, and generous with their siblings. Without being nagged reminded. And yet I...

Olivia's Warm Goat Cheese Salad: June 16, 2010
Categories: Farmers' Market Find, Out of the Mouths of Babes, Quick Meal, Salad, Season: Anytime
As you know if you have been reading this blog for a bit, I love nothing better than to cook with our children. Not with them as an ingredient, of course, but with them in the kitchen with me. Just...

Vietnamese Cucumber Salad: June 14, 2010
Categories: Farmers' Market Find, Picnic Food, Potluck Dish, Salad, Season: Summer
We had an exhausting weekend, running here there, and everywhere. I charted it all out because I was afraid that I would forget to show up somewhere, or bring the necessary gift/equipment/snacks, or worst of all, forget to pick up...

Fennel-Orange Slaw: February 17, 2010
Categories: Farmers' Market Find, Salad, Season: Winter
In the winter, I gravitate towards soups and casseroles, dishes that warm me to the core. But those dishes have a soft texture, and after a while I am craving a bit of crunch. I know that cole slaw is...

Roasted Beet, Cucumber, and Feta Salad: November 10, 2009
Categories: Farmers' Market Find, Potluck Dish, Salad, Season: Autumn
There are lots of ways to divide the world. You know, those who love cats and those who don't; those who wear turtlenecks all winter and those who won't. But lately, I've been thinking about those who love beets and...

Peach, Tomato, and Mozzarella Salad: August 20, 2009
Categories: Farmers' Market Find, Peach, Picnic Food, Potluck Dish, Quick Meal, Salad, Season: Summer, Tomato
As I have mentioned before, one of our favorite summer meals is tomato and mozzarella salad. Of course we wait until really good tomatoes are available at the farmers' market (or in our garden!) and use the best mozzarella we...

Lentil and Feta Salad: July 2, 2009
Categories: Entree, Feta, Lunch Box, Picnic Food, Potluck Dish, Salad, Season: Summer
Sometimes a combination of simple tastes adds up to more than you would expect. This salad is one of those dishes. It has very few ingredients, but somehow the flavors work extremely well together. The chewy earthiness of the lentils...

Minted Bulgur with Tomato and Roasted Chick Peas: May 28, 2009
Categories: Bulgur, Entree, Lunch Box, Picnic Food, Potluck Dish, Salad, Season: Summer, Tomato
I have been wanting to include more grains in our meals so when I heard a discussion about bulgur on NPR's Splendid Table, I was intrigued. Janet Fletcher, who writes for the San Francisco Chronicle, traveled to Turkey and delved...

Asparagus with Shallot Champagne Vinaigrette: May 19, 2009
Categories: Appetizer, Asparagus, Farmers' Market Find, Picnic Food, Potluck Dish, Salad, Season: Spring, Shallot
I love this time of the year at the farmer's market. Every time I go, there is something new making its appearance for the season. When I first saw asparagus there a couple of weeks ago, I nearly did a...

Egg Salad with Tarragon and Shallots: April 13, 2009
Categories: Egg, Entree, Farmers' Market Find, Lunch Box, Picnic Food, Quick Meal, Salad, Season: Spring, Shallot
Now that Easter has passed and our eggs have been decorated, hidden, and found, we have a refrigerator full of eggs. Fortunately, we all like egg salad. We found a delicious recipe in the Gourmet Cookbook a few years ago...

Creamy Turnip Slaw: March 16, 2009
Categories: Carrot, Farmers' Market Find, Picnic Food, Salad, Season: Winter, Turnip
Turnips are bountiful at farmer's markets and in Community Supported Agriculture shares in the winter. So much so that within the span of 10 days, not one, but two friends gave us turnips because they couldn't eat them as fast...

Avocado, Red Onion, and Feta Salad: February 25, 2009
Categories: Avocado, Farmers' Market Find, Feta, Onion, Salad, Season: Winter
Although we often find tasty treats at the farmer’s market in the winter, the colors usually mirror the season, with brown mushrooms and dark greens. There is only an occasional jolt of orange from a squash or a red apple,...