Food & Recipes, Seafood, Uncategorized, Veggies |
It’s still summer here in Florida, so we are grilling when we can: thus Wild Rice and Shrimp Salad. This was a great lunch. The wild rice made it, so we didn’t feel like we were missing out on bread. The shrimp were big and tasty, coming off the grill. A...
Beef, Food & Recipes, Salad |
Right now, we are all still on the COVID lockdown, so no one is going to restaurants, but the craving for Beef Thai Noodle Salad was strong. I looked around and decided I would feed my yearning for spicy cabbage and rice noddle salad at home. I had a decent supply of...
Food & Recipes, Salad, Side dishes, Veggies |
So summer is coming and its time to make coleslaw. I wanted some thing with a bit more zing and decided that my summer coleslaw will be cabbage and radish coleslaw with chile lime vinaigrette. This is a bit of a copycat recipe for the Mexican radish slaw that my local...
Chicken, Food & Recipes, Salad |
Everybody in my family loves a big plate of chicken salad, I swear one of my stepdaughters can eat her body weight in curry chicken salad. Knowing any chicken salad I make will not go to waste I often experiment with new versions. My new creamy arugula chimichurri...
Food & Recipes, Veggies |
Wilted Swiss Chard Salad Sheet pan dinners are all the rage right now, and my Wilted Swiss Chard Salad with Roasted Potatoes and Cipollini Onions is a sheet pan salad that goes with anything from a simple baguette to a big ribeye. Thyme and garlic combine in this...
Food & Recipes, Main Courses, Pork, Salad |
Roasted Sausage and Mushrooms with Watercress Salad Sometimes a dinner party meal can look like a fancy spread but is really just a simple watercress salad that can be pulled together any night of the week. It’s all about presentation! This is a dinner that I have...
Food & Recipes, Salad, Seafood |
Who can resist shrimp and peaches in the summer? My husband and I love a nice summer date night meal that involves a simple grilled protein and light sides. It’s just too darn hot in Florida at this time of year for pot roast. This salad is a perfect illustration of...
Food & Recipes, Salad, Veggies |
We like green beans especially the tiny French haricot verts kind, they are crunchy and bright. We are also frequent Brussels sprout consumers; they are one of my favorites. With summer coming cooked veggies are less appealing so I decided to mix my green beans and...
Food & Recipes, Salad, Side dishes, Veggies |
Its spring break!! I stopped at the fruit and vegetable market for the basics just to get us through week before we go out of town for a few days. Then I saw this massive bunch of rainbow chard, I could not resist it was so pretty. I really did not need it but I...
Chicken, Food & Recipes, Salad, Veggies |
Giving my family a chicken salad for dinner can backfire on me, I get the look. You know the look, the one that says I am going to push the lettuce around my plate until I can bolt from the table and hit the chocolate bars. Thus I am always working on ideas to make...
Food & Recipes, Main Courses, Pasta, Salad, Seafood, Veggies |
Christmas is over and we have all been very naughty around here eating lots of cookies, cakes and cheese. I don’t even want to know the average daily calorie intake of the members of this household; it might make me take up starvation as a hobby. Just kidding I love...
