Tomato Cucumber Salad
It’s so easy to overlook a simple salad. For all those home gardeners or Farmer’s Market shoppers, this is for you! At some point in the summer, we all end up with an overabundance of our fancy, heirloom tomatoes and…
Category: Salads
Street Corn Salad/Elote
I’m sure you’ve seen, or at least heard of, the Mexican street vendors—the ones selling hot corn-on-the-cob on a stick? It’s quickly rubbed with mayo, then rolled in Cotija cheese, sprinkled with lime juice, and topped with a bit of…
Tropical Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon Tortilla Chips
The biggest issue with this dish is when to eat it! Is it a dessert? Appetizer? Snack? All three work, but I think the best is a quiet summer afternoon on the porch with a chilled beverage of choice. Tropical…
Poached Shrimp for Lots of Things
Like tossing into a salad, putting in a tea sandwich with cucumbers, as a retro shrimp cocktail appetizer, or to serve as an appetizer with toothpicks and a favorite sauce or dip 🙂 The recipe and accompanying photo is from…
Homemade Ranch Dressing
I had a rather unfortunate accident with a new immersion blender yesterday. Â Ranch dressing EVERYWHERE, and very little left in the bowl. Â Ranch dressing on the counter, down the doors, all over me, on the floor, on the backsplash! White…
Raw Apple-Fennel Salad
Ever eaten raw fennel? Time to start! And here’s a fabulous recipe to start with: Raw Fennel and Apple Salad. It’s easy to make and it’s shockingly good. I say shockingly because everyone I coerce into trying it has been…
Blue Cheese Dip
I haven’t posted many appetizers—I’ve always been a bit appetizer challenged. I am much more focused on side dishes, main dish and dessert! This holiday season, I tried three of Ina Garten’s appetizer recipes from her most recent cookbook, How Easy is That? Two…
Poached Pear Salad
Poached Pear Salad is ideal for any fancy meal and also be good for a light lunch when paired—peared! now there’s a joke in the making—when paired with a sandwich or quiche, baked potato or flat bread, pizza or a…