It sounds strange but this Orange and Olive Salad is the best tasting salad–and pretty to look at, too! It came from Alice Waters’ The Art of Simple Food. Oranges, red onions and black olives with a simple vinaigrette. I’ve since seen it in many different forms in different cookbooks but I like her simple…
Side Dishes
Baked Potato Soup
At its simplest, baked potato soup is just chopped baked potatoes in chicken broth and milk with some cooked onions as well. Cooking some bacon and then cooking the chopped onions in the bacon grease adds lots of flavor. Add some herbs, maybe some cheese and hot sauce. Put small bowls of toppings out for…
Sweet and Sour Little Onions
Every Thanksgiving my mother makes creamed onions, which are delicious and a wonderful treat. But heavy. I saw this recipe for sweet and sour onions in Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy and thought they might be a healthier alternative. I made them last night and let me just say they are not just…
Lidia’s Red Cabbage and Bacon Salad
I bought a red cabbage the other day to add to a chopped salad but that leaves plenty left for other things. I originally thought to braise some but opted instead to try this red cabbage and bacon salad from Lidia’s Italy in America. It’s pretty simple, other than the work of slicing the cabbage,…
Caramelized Nuts for Salads
Perk up your green salads with these caramelized nuts. I’ve made these with walnuts and pecans, depending on what I have opened. Last night it was walnuts. This recipe is from The Food Nanny, a great book with good recipes and good menu ideas, essentially assigning a category to each day of the week with…