Salads

I was never a watermelon fan growing up.  Mainly because I wore braces and during that time in my life. there weren’t seedless watermelons around.  As an adult I use to occasionally enjoy a slice or two, but not often.  Then someone made a savory salad from seedless watermelon, and I was sold.  I recently …

I vaguely remember this being on the regular meal eating rotation when I was growing up.  I, also, had forgotten about it until last summer when we were visiting my sister and her family.  My brother-in-law, made a version of it and suddenly childhood memories came rushing back.  Needless to say, I came home and …

We eat a lot of salad.  I hardly ever share the recipes over here, as I usually am tossing together ingredients, splashing on some olive oil along with fresh citrus or vinegar and then serving it.  Some of these salads are mind blowing such as this one that was created last winter using a bunch …

Did you know that October is Healthy Pasta Month?  Not that I need a reason to celebrate eating pasta, but I am excited to be taking part in the celebration with Dreamfields Pasta.  I cannot wait to share this recipe for Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Butternut Squash Pasta Salad recipe with you, which we are Fall-ing in Love with. …

I have been taking advantage of being home, and finally getting around to making some favorite recipes to share.  I originally had intentions of sharing something sweet.  It was almost ready; then our ice cream maker decided to quit.  I wasn’t going to share this recipe for a classic potato salad for another week or …

Our farmer’s market haul was full of springtime last weekend. Loads of strawberries, green garlic, french radishes, red springtime onions, and asparagus. Oh, did I mention the asparagus? Sweet, tender stalks that barely need to be cooked. This recipe for Springtime Asparagus Salad is a favorite of ours that we enjoy very often come April …

We were recently re-introduced to an old favorite salad of ours, the Caesar Salad.  It is one of those recipes, that I occasionally think about and even order at some random Italian restaurant while traveling, but I haven’t made one in forever.  Let’s thank Bon Appetite for providing me with the inspiration as one of …