I felt like a creamy sort of salad dressing tonight, but not the ubiquitous Ranch and I didn’t have much in the house in terms of blue cheese or anything. In thumbing through old cookbooks, I ran across a recipe for Green Goddess dressing that sounded good. I’d heard of it before but I don’t…
Salad
Tomato, Basil, and Onion Salad or Pasta
I’m not sure why but my basil never took off this year. I have parsley and oregano and rosemary galore, but no basil or cilantro–which I desperately need for my tomatoes! But my tomatoes are doing great and I grew a batch of red onions as well. I pulled some up, let them dry, and…
Spinach Salad with Seasoned Rice Vinegar
The simplest Spinach Salad ever–and healthy too! I love spinach salad. I am actually not fond of cooked spinach, although I try to fix it now and then because I know it’s packed full of good things. My mother used to serve cooked spinach with lemons that we could squeeze onto the pile of wilted,…
Savoy Cabbage “Relish Salad”
The Supper Book is definitely going on my wish list! I have been reading a copy I borrowed from the library and tried my first recipes from it last night. I’ve made sautéed apples for years, peeling, coring, and slicing apples, then cooking in a bit of butter until soft and sprinkling brown sugar on…
Avocado, Orange, and Sunflower Seed Salad
I love salads but get uninspired sometimes. But a couple of good friends of mine are always coming up with the most amazing combinations of things. When they came for dinner over the weekend, they brought a salad with: mixed greens mandarin orange sections chunks of avocado roasted sunflower seeds Topped with a delicious vinaigrette….