Category: Salad
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Simple Salads – This with a Thai Inspiration
I have lately been into the simplest of salads. Tonight I made Pad Thai and mixed up a simple tomato and cucumber salad to go with it, using rice vinegar and sugar in the dressing to give it an Asian twist. Someone commented on an earlier post about using a food chopper for things like…
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Asparagus, Bacon and Soft Boiled Egg Salad Recipe from Around My French Table
This recipe came from Around My French Table: More Than 300 Recipes from My Home to Yours. I’ve seen soft boiled eggs on top of various things before, including asparagus but had not gotten around to trying it. The other night I was home alone for dinner and felt like cooking but not like creating…
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Iceberg Lettuce with a Simple Cream Dressing
I had done an earlier variation of this dressing that Jacques Pepin has in his Fast Food My Way cookbook. This one, from The Supper Book: 10th Anniversary Edition, starts with cream but uses more vinegar and adds sugar for a sweet touch and leaves out the salt and pepper. I used half and…
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Spinach Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing and Sugared Walnuts
Thanks again to The Food Nanny Rescues Dinner for this delicious salad. It was a bit hit with the Spaghetti and Meat Sauce. I meant to take pictures as it was such a pretty salad too, but I totally forgot. She had strawberries in hers, which aren’t in season now but would taste great. I…
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Carrot and Cilantro Salad with Mandarin Oranges
Okay, when I see the same basic idea in three different places I figure it’s time to try it. This is so simple, you don’t need any measurements. Basically it’s the simplest carrot salad with grated carrots, olive oil and lemon juice. Plus a pinch of salt if you’d like. That alone was delicious but…