Satisfying and cooling summer recipes from my family treasure trove.
Tag: salad
The salad I eat almost everyday
This is what I pack for lunch when I go to work. Crispy vegetables, creamy dressing, crunchy topping and a bit of flavorful protein.
Jicama and Corn Slaw with Avocado
This was the very first recipe I ever posted on this blog. The name of the post was “Dinner July 31st, 2010” and also included instructions for making chipotle black beans and frying sweet plantains. I’m reposting this jicama slaw because, 8 years later, I’m still making this salad every summer. Also, the original post…
Beet Salads with Preserved Lemon (simple, hearty and fancy variations)/ Oven Coven
Back in May, my friend Maria sent out an email to a group of women that began… “Greetings Bombshells: Wanna be part of my living right project? It is tender young grape leaf season in my backyard! Time to make dolmades! I’m also calling it my Living Writer project, because man, one needs to balance work with…
Green Salad with Shell Peas, Macadamias and Mint / Farmshare Cooking Week 5
I know that I am supposed to be offering a recipe that can be taken to a big July 4th picnic and consumed by your entire family or social group…. or something grilled… or an iconically American dish. Sometimes, my life just does not follow the holiday food schedule. I thought I had barbecue…
Kerthy’s Spinach Salad with Strawberries, Bacon and Spring Onions/ A Hedonist’s Guide to Strawberries
Here is one of my very earliest food memories. I was 3 or 4 years old (I know because we moved a lot, and this happened at the house I lived in when I was 3 or 4). It was a sunny, hot day, and my mother had set up the sprinkler so that could…
Cashew Dill Lemon Dressing/ Farmshare Cooking
Here is what I have been making out of the food that I have received from my farmshare for the last few weeks. Click on the hyperlinks for the recipes. I am hoping that some of you have similar vegetables to cook up! If you just want to find the recipe for Cashew Sill…
Ruby Salad with Feta and Spicy Pepitas
This salad lured me in visually. I have recently joined the ranks of pinterest users. I know that I am late to the party. No one will ever accuse me of being an early adopter of technology or social media. Anyway, I have been making up for lost time and thoroughly enjoying all the pretty, pretty…
Smokey Buttermilk Dressing for Crisp Romaine Salad
In the summer, my girlfriends and I are fairly regular customers at Flatbush Farm and Bar(n). They have great cocktails (I recommend The Garden Snake and also the Sidecar). They have Lem (an awesome bartender and all around great fella). Most importantly (to me), they have really good food. My girlfriends and I do not…
Cooling Kohlrabi and Apple Salad
This crunchy salad is dressed with yogurt, mint and tangy Middle Eastern seasonings. There is something very familiar about this salad, but it took me a while to place it. I have mentioned before that I spent my early childhood in a house with no junk food. When I was little (kindergarten) I attended a…
Big Sis Little Dish 