Warm Braised Beet Salad with Beet Greens and Yogurt Dressing is a wonderful example of using the entire plant from top to bottom. Ever since I tasted the Warm Beet Salad with Mushrooms and Yogurt Sauce at Dressing Room restaurant in Westport, CT, a few weeks ago during a photo shoot, I haven’t been able to…
Salads
Healthy Light Salad Recipes, highlighting seasonal fresh produce
Indian Watermelon Lime Salad Recipe
Recently, a friend of mine hosted a homemade Indian luncheon at her home. I am a big fan of Indian cuisine, but have never been treated to such a feast as this. She made a vegetarian meal consisting of six dishes and homemade Indian bread. There was chickpea curry, stuffed eggplant with spices, potato curry,…
Strawberry Spinach Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing Recipe
A few weeks ago, a few of my friends and I co-hosted a Spring Ladies’ Luncheon for our church. We used to serve sandwiches and salad for these luncheons, but found that all the salad would be gone in a flash, leaving a platter full of sandwiches nearly untouched. So, over the years, we have…
Egg Free Greek Potato Salad Recipe
Egg free Greek potato salad is a lighter, healthier potato salad. My oldest son returned home from his first year of college last weekend, and I’ve been a little off kilter this entire week. It feels like I’m a day or two behind…perhaps it was the five loads of laundry that he deposited on the…
Asian Napa Cabbage Carrot Salad Recipe
Today, I am sharing a simple recipe for Asian Napa Cabbage Carrot Salad that I threw together as a way to use up the ends of some napa cabbage I had leftover in my refrigerator. I hate throwing away food (my friends can attest to that as my refrigerator is always full of little…
Chopped Salmon Arugula Walnut Salad with Honey Wasabi Vinaigrette Recipe
The salad recipe I am sharing with you today has been on my mind ever since I took my first bite at a local pan-Asian restaurant. I met a friend for lunch at this Asian fusion restaurant one day and she said she always orders the Chopped Salmon Salad with Wasabi Vinaigrette, so naturally I had…
Avocado Grapefruit Salad Recipe
Avocado Grapefruit Salad is easy, healthy and delicious. This salad is an example of the theory of food combining. Food combining is supposed to improve digestion and absorption of nutrients. Food Combining Theory Recently, I read an article entitled “The Most Powerful Food Secret” by Donna Gates, author of The Body Ecology Diet: Rediscovering Your…
Detox Beet and Pink Grapefruit Salad Recipe
Detox Beet and Pink Grapefruit Salad is perfect for days when you want to eat light and clean. With the holidays behind us and 2012 in full swing, everyone seems to be ready to hit the reset button and renew their vows to eat healthy. There are an abundance of detox diets, juicing diets, and…
Fresh Berry Green Salad with Pomegranate Meyer Lemon Salad Dressing Recipe
Last week, I made this Fresh Berry Green Salad with Pomegranate Meyer Lemon Salad Dressing for a Ladies’ Church Luncheon. Every year, we have this luncheon just before Christmas and it’s always a festive occasion to catch up with so many wonderful women. I always try to make a festive looking salad for this luncheon…
Preparing for Hurricane Irene – What I learned {Greek Salad with Tomato, Cucumber, Peppers and Feta Cheese}
This past week after the earthquake on the East Coast, and in anticipation of Hurricane Irene, everyone was busy stocking up on food, gas and supplies, before hunkering down for the impending storm. As the countdown began before Irene would hit, things got a little crazy. People started getting antsy as supplies ran low. A…
Warm Roasted Corn Salsa Recipe
This Warm Roasted Corn Salsa is wonderful eaten by the spoonful, as a salad, on top of grilled fish or chicken, or with tortilla chips. I just got back from our summer family vacation and have missed all the fresh produce from the weekly CSA Boxes (fortunately, I was able to find some vegetable loving friends…
Zucchini Carpaccio Salad with Avocado Pistachios and Pistachio Oil
This simple but elegant presentation of Zucchini Carpaccio Salad with Avocado, Pistachio and Pistachio Oil highlights fresh zucchini in season. As many of you know, I bought a share in a CSA (“Community Supported Agriculture”) this growing season, which means I pick up a box of local vegetables each week, full of whatever is ripe…
Korean Bean Sprout Salad Banchan
This simple recipe for Korean Bean Sprout Salad “Banchan” is a great addition to any meal. This summer, I’ve been a bit obsessed with the little Korean side dishes called Banchan that accompany traditional Korean meals. Perhaps because it’s been so hot lately, or that I opt for simple quick dishes in the summertime, these…
Korean Spicy Cucumber Salad Banchan
Korean Spicy Cucumber Salad is a quick and easy side dish that goes well with almost any summer dish. If you’ve ever eaten at a Korean barbecue restaurant, you’ve probably had the pleasure of being presented with numerous little side dishes, called banchan. This cucumber salad is just one of many you can easily prepare…
Quick Kohlrabi Kim Chi Salad Recipe
Quick Kohlrabi Kim Chi Salad is an easy healthy accompaniment to dinner. In my most recent CSA Box #4, I was given a Kohlrabi, which I have only eaten raw once before. With hot summer weather here, turning on the stove is one of the last things I feel like doing these days, so a…
Quick Vegetarian Napa Cabbage Kim Chi (Kimchee) Recipe
Quick Vegetarian Kim Chi Made With Napa Cabbage And Scallions From My CSA Box. My latest CSA box included a large head of Napa Cabbage or Chinese Cabbage, and a nice bunch of scallions, perfect for trying out a quick version of kim chi using a recipe from Jenny Kwak’s Dok Suni, Recipes from My…
CSA Box#2 Recipe: Snow Pea, Radish and Scallion Salad
This simple Snow Pea, Radish and Scallion Salad highlights in season farm fresh produce at its peak. In my last CSA box, I received an assortment of salad greens, spinach, bok choy, garlic scapes, radishes and strawberries. I made moreSwiss Chard and Garlic Scape Pesto, Stir-Fry Noodles with Bok Choy, and Korean Spinach Salad “Banchan,”…
Korean Spinach Salad Recipe
This Korean Spinach Salad “Banchan” is the perfect summer side dish. Last week, I picked up my first CSA box (Community Supported Agriculture), which contained baby arugula, lots of salad greens, spinach, scallions and fresh picked strawberries. The strawberries were so sweet and fresh that the boys just ate these out of hand. I made a few arugula…
Arugula Tomato Salad and Arugula Roasted Beet Goat Cheese Salad with Lemon Dressing Recipes
This summer, I decided to join a Community Supported Agriculture group (“CSA”). A CSA allows consumers to buy local, seasonal produce directly from a farm. The way it works is simple: the farm offers a certain number of “shares” to the public. Consumers buy a share and are then the recipient of a box of…
Warm Mushroom Spinach Salad with Fresh Arugula Flowers and Chives
Recently, I wandered into one of my favorite local restaurants, Farmer’s Table, to see what local produce they had in stock. Not only does Farmer’s Table serve a farm-to-table menu, but they also carry fresh local produce from their own farm as well as other local farms. Recently, Farmer’s Table was reviewed by the New York…
Roasted Corn Avocado Black Bean Salsa
Roasted Corn Avocado Black Bean Salsa is delicious served as a dip, with tacos, or as an accompaniment to grilled chicken or grilled fish. Salsas are a favorite during the hot summer months. I always look forward to the first harvest of local corn at our farmer’s market. Although I love corn on the cob,…