Here’s another easy Ranch dressing to go this BLT Chicken Salad. In fact, I didn’t have buttermilk so I created a substitute with 1 teaspoon of vinegar in 1/3 cup milk. Just stir it in and let it sit for 5 minutes or so and you’ll have some slightly curdled buttermilk-like base for dressings. You…
Salad
Spinach, Orange and Strawberry Salad
For Easter brunch, we squeezed a bunch of oranges and made mimosas. I purposefully squeezed extra orange juice and used some for basting the ham. I had extra and remembered seeing a salad dressing made with orange juice. As it turned out, it was for a spinach salad with strawberries, daikon radish, and oranges. That…
Buttermilk Ranch Dressing From America’s Test Kitchen
We all tend to like the Ranch dressings in restaurants but then when I buy a commercial Ranch dressing we are disappointed. It just never has quite the taste we like. I went back to a homemade version to go on a steak salad I was making for dinner with the last of the Montreal…
Chinese Chicken Salad
With the warmer weather, we are coming up on the time when a salad for dinner sounds really good. The combination of warm meat and cool greens with a spicy sweet dressing really hits the spot for me. I’ve been making my way through older recipes and remaking some so I can take pictures and…
Broccoli and Cauliflower Salad
Sweet, salty and crunchy. One of my favorite combinations. Last night I added some sliced radishes from the garden to this broccoli and cauliflower salad. The broccoli was all from the garden too. I love this time of year! I’ve made this with and without bacon. I like the taste of the bacon but it’s…