salad

the green and not so green.

Pecan Blue Cran Salad

03/14/2007 | 10 Comments | Topics: food., salad

I realize this salad repeats itself in restaurant after restaurant and home after home. It is a bit of a standby: mixed greens with candied pecans, blue cheese and cranberries. Sometimes pears sneak in to replace the cranberries, or sugared walnuts dance among the greens in place of pecans. It is a common thread to piece sweet and acidic, pungent and crunchy all in one plateful… [more]

Sizzling Goat Cheese Salad

03/05/2007 | 6 Comments | Topics: food., salad

I love default dinners (aka easy entrees) but I am also a sucker for easy, impressive salads. The reason this one appears on my weekly and weekend table is not just because it tastes good. But also because it is easy to make and can be made [hours or days] ahead of time. I promised you this recipe (from the kitchen of Ina Garten); this… [more]

Salad Dressing: Shaken, Not Stirred

02/19/2007 | 11 Comments | Topics: food., salad

“You do the hokey-pokey and you shake it all around— that’s what it’s all about!” Who danced to this wearing roller-skates? If you are going to shake it all around in your kitchen, by all means turn up the music (probably skip the wheeled shoes, though; no doubt bruises today would take longer to heal than when you and I were 12). Cooking smarter is a mantra with me, and… [more]

Walnut Grape Salad

08/15/2006 | Leave a comment! | Topics: food., salad

How does one describe a salad without mentioning all the ingredients in the title? Really I wanted to call this the Walnut, Grape, Blue Cheese, Sherry (or Port or Muscat) Vinegar and Oil with Mixed Greens Salad. All ingredients hold their place—most are equal in their delivery of balance and flavor. As in the to-be title, any number of vinegars can make an appearance in this dressing. I have… [more]