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Category: Salads

FIGS FIVE WAYS…BUT BETTER HURRY!

FIGS FIVE WAYS…BUT BETTER HURRY!

WE LOVE FIGS! FIG SEASON IS SHORT! HERE ARE 5 WAYS TO SERVE FIGS Figs, as a fruit, are such a delight! They come from the Ficus tree, part of the mulberry family. They’re soft, sweet, and full of tiny, crunchy seeds that make them…

FOOD IN A FLASH: GREEN GODDESS CHICKEN SALAD

FOOD IN A FLASH: GREEN GODDESS CHICKEN SALAD

Bottled Green Goddess Dressing and Rotisserie Chicken creates a Spring Salad that will take your breath away. This salad is a salute to Spring. Green Goddess Dressing—a mixture of mayo, sour cream, anchovies, lemon juice, garlic, parsley, and chives makes it creamy rich.  But the…

THREE OF SUMMER’S BEST SALADS

THREE OF SUMMER’S BEST SALADS

Color, flavor, and freshness for your table. These are our picks for three of Summer’s Best Salads. We’re using as many seasonal vegetables and fruits as we can get our hands on this summer. We’ve been entertaining with salads.  Not just your garden variety green…

Coronation Salad

Coronation Salad

There’s quite a bit of dish about this famous Chicken Salad. As Queen Elizabeth celebrates her 70th year on the throne, one salute we can all enjoy is her “Coronation Chicken”. This classic recipe has undergone multiple changes since its invention. However, all of them…

Crab Louis, The King of Salads

Crab Louis, The King of Salads

This incredibly easy salad is the perfect hot weather kick-off. As the temperature rises, and we look for ways to make both cooking and eating a breeze, Crab Louis (or Louie) is high on our list. The most seasonal of vegetables and sweet crab meat…

Thai Steak Salad with Fresh Herbs and Ginger Lime Dressing

Thai Steak Salad with Fresh Herbs and Ginger Lime Dressing

This salad looks like a picture of Spring.  It’s as tasty as it is beautiful to look at.  And healthy too!  It gives you half your daily servings of fruits and vegetables, the tomato being the fruit.  It’s also low in both calories and fat.…

DRUNKEN PORK STEW FROM FINE COOKING

DRUNKEN PORK STEW FROM FINE COOKING

What’s in a name?  Plenty! Drunken Pork Stew Proves it. I have to admit, it was its picture in Fine Cooking–and not its name– that made me want to cook this extraordinarily easy-to-make stew.  Tony Rosenfeld, who wrote “Savory Pork Stews”, says it’s “a quick…