Tag Archives: side dish
Cold Sesame Noodles with Cucumber
Need something to keep your cool while the weather stays hot? A cold noodle salad is just how to do it. Bracingly cool, Cold Sesame Noodles with Cucumber are just like take out, but you can make them at home. Keep your pasta on the firm side for this recipe, so it keeps its shape. […]
Middle Eastern Spiced Chickpea Salad
Looking for an easy, breezy recipe that you can pull out of your hat no matter what the summer may throw at you? This Middle Eastern Spiced Chickpea Salad was on our Fourth of July lineup and it knocked it out of the park. Still ready for a closeup on day two, what little we […]
Crab Pasta Salad
It’s just not a barbecue without pasta salad, and in the history of all pasta salads I have ever known, one stands supreme. Packed with umami before anyone even knew what that was, it still looms large in my memories of every summer long, long ago, way, way back when, in the seventies. We […]
Broccoli Salad With Peanut Dressing
Ahhh…. grilling season. With the warmer weather, more of the cooking and eating moves outdoors and who doesn’t love that? It’s not hard to think of something that sounds good. A steak? Some chicken? But what do you put with it? I made this salad for a side dish and loved it. The creamy […]
Grilled Corn and Nectarine Salad
Summer, where did you go? There were a few barbecues, some berry picking, a road trip or two, and then just like that – it was over. Not to fear. There are still plenty of nice, warm days ahead of us, and we know how to make the most of it. Capture those […]
Patriotic Potato Salad
Just in case you are still looking for something fun to bring to that barbecue this weekend, here is a fast, easy potato salad that will show some holiday spirit. Dressed with olive oil and a little vinegar, It is much lighter than traditional potato salad and is a great add-in to your […]
Roasted Broccolini
Get green with some roasted broccolini. We all know we need to eat more veggies, but leaving them uncooked in your fridge, or forgetting about them altogether, is not the way to do it. Next time you’re at the store, pick up some broccolini. Broccolini is a cross between broccoli and Chinese […]
Chopped Greek-Style Salad
We knew it couldn’t last forever. Summer is coming to an end. In a little more than a week we will be back in school and the lazy days of summer will be behind us. Before you get too sad, how about a simply amazing salad recipe? Something great to make or take to […]
Oh, Kale! – Searching for a lost Irish recipe
This was supposed to be a blog extolling the nutritional virtues of kale, and a shameless attempt for me to convince you to buy some frozen. Ever since discovering it among the frozen vegetables, it has had a place of honor in my freezer. This makes it fast and easy to add into all sorts […]