Category: Salad

  • Broccoli and Cauliflower Salad Redux

    Broccoli and Cauliflower Salad Redux

    I’ve made another broccoli and cauliflower salad recipe several times and everyone loves it.  For the recent grad party, I wanted a larger salad and found this one in Desperation Entertaining!, a great book for party recipes. This recipe has no cheese and the dressing is not as sweet. I like them both; they’re just…

  • Sweet and Sour Cabbage Salad Recipe

    Sweet and Sour Cabbage Salad Recipe

    So it’s been a month since I’ve posted.  What can I say?  Two kids off to college, a garden producing enough to let me make pickles and can tomato sauce, and a regular job as well!  I’ve been busy. This salad from Marion Cunningham’s The Supper Book will hopefully make up for my absence.  I…

  • An Everlasting Meal by by Tamar Adler – Cook Book Review

    An Everlasting Meal by by Tamar Adler – Cook Book Review

    I saw An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Graceby Tamar Adler mentioned online and it sounded intriguing.  Economy AND Grace in food. It’s not only a lovely book to read, but is full of great ideas about home cooking. The first idea I took from it was about roasting vegetables ahead of time and…

  • Buttermilk Honey Salad Dressing Recipe

    Buttermilk Honey Salad Dressing Recipe

    My kids like Hamburger Helper. I’ve rarely cooked it for dinner, but when they were younger I would use it on the rare babysitter nights and then later on the rare “on your own” nights once they were old enough to cook safely. I did play around with some hamburger helper-like mixes for a while…

  • Rice Salad with Chicken, Black Beans and Feta

    Rice Salad with Chicken, Black Beans and Feta

    During the summer especially, I like having a salad or two in the fridge to serve as side dishes for dinner or a main dish for lunch.  A good friend served this Rice Salad with Chicken, Black Beans and Feta when I was over at her house for lunch and shared the recipe. As she…