Category: Salad
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…