Category: Salad

  • Cucumber Salad with Sour Cream or Yogurt

    Cucumber Salad with Sour Cream or Yogurt

    I am growing the most fantastic cucumbers this year. I bought the starts from the local nursery so I’m not sure what variety these are but I remember that they are a Japanese variety. They are at least a foot long and not too full of seeds. Really fantastic.  I did seed the one I…

  • Cucumber Salad with an Asian Twist

    Cucumber Salad with an Asian Twist

    The cucumbers this year are fantastic! I need to make sure I note which variety I used because they are really good, long and thin, not a lot of seeds and not all prickly on the outside. Some sort of Japanese cucumber I think. I have a few cucumber salad recipes I repeat a lot,…

  • Ultimate Taco Salad Recipe

    Ultimate Taco Salad Recipe

    I never make taco meat just to have a taco salad but it sure is a great way to use up the leftovers a day or so after having tacos.  I like to use a little Catalina salad dressing on mine for a Catalina Taco Salad. It just adds a nice sweet touch. My kids…

  • Asian Chicken Salad: Freshman In the Kitchen Book Review

    Asian Chicken Salad: Freshman In the Kitchen Book Review

    I saw a review of this book, Freshman in the Kitchen: From Clueless Cook to Creative Chef, and since I have a daughter about to leave for college I actually wrote and asked for a review copy, a first for me.  Max and Eli Sussman were kind enough to hook me up with their publisher…

  • Chicken Salad Sandwich: Simple is Good

    Chicken Salad Sandwich: Simple is Good

    Sometimes the simplest dinners are so good!  I had barbecued some chicken leg quarters the other night, after marinating them in the best chicken marinade.  We had one leg quarter left over.  Last night for dinner I turned it into chicken salad for some great sandwiches. Pull the skin off the chicken and pull the…