Less is more. I find this is often true with recipes and ingredients, and this recipe has a short ingredient list with big flavor and texture. Kohlrabi is in the Brassica family along with cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and Brussels sprouts, and is a rather amusing looking little devil. It has a subtle, earthy flavor, andContinue reading “Kohlrabi & Walnut Salad”
Category Archives: Vegetables
Salade Nicoise
A Salade Nicoise is a classic French salad named after its birth city of Nice (pronounced neese). I have always loved it for sentimental reasons, but it’s perfect hot-weather fare because every ingredient can be prepared in advance and kept cool, and then you simply assemble the plate. It’s crunchy and salty and zippy, andContinue reading “Salade Nicoise”
Endive & Avocado Salad
This is one of my favorite winter salads (or spring, or summer, or fall) because it can be chopped and whisked together in minutes and has a short ingredient list: endive, avocado, olive oil, Dijon mustard, vinegar, lemon juice, salt & pepper. My affection for it has increased since it is also raw, and asContinue reading “Endive & Avocado Salad”
Sweet Potato, Green Apple & Celery Salad
Here is a perfect dish for trumpeting Spring: crunchy vegetables, bright lemon juice, spicy grated ginger and sweet honey – like a deep breath of fresh air after a long winter. I stumbled upon this recipe on Food52: I stopped on this one when I read ‘raw sweet potato’, intrigued, and made it that afternoon. Yum!Continue reading “Sweet Potato, Green Apple & Celery Salad”
Cucumber Salad with Smashed Garlic and Ginger
Happy new year! I really enjoy this time of the season, the lull after the holiday excitement, and the refocusing on the new year ahead. The weather is cold and bright here, so I see this zesty, fresh salad as a nice accompaniment to January: crisp, spicy and comforting. Red onions get a bit melbowed byContinue reading “Cucumber Salad with Smashed Garlic and Ginger”
Fresh Lima Beans
Looks can be deceiving: this is the Lima Bean story. If you see them in the market or store, they are completely unassuming: But what sneakily hides inside these flat pods is a treasure. They are one of the legumes that requires shelling, like soy beans (edamame) or fava beans, which is another way ofContinue reading “Fresh Lima Beans”
Bok Choy, Carrot & Apple Salad
This is a perfect salad! Five ingredients and the only work required is some matchstick dicing, (which can be quite a calming task) grating and squeezing. The ginger and lemon juice mellow each other and result in a lovely dressing, bright and spicy, tossed with the crunchy, snappy fruits and vegetables. This is basically allContinue reading “Bok Choy, Carrot & Apple Salad”
Sweet Potato, Pear & Bacon Soup
I love when a soup like this comes together! I found myself with a handful of sweet potatoes and a few juicy Bartlett pears, both which needed action before being past their prime. When I discovered a recipe for a sweet potato, pear & bacon soup, I happily plucked some bacon from my freezer andContinue reading “Sweet Potato, Pear & Bacon Soup”
Spring Potato Salad
My thoughts this week are drifting to Spring’s arrival on Friday. It was a great winter for cooking, lots of new recipes, lots of tinkering with past ones, but the sun’s angle has shifted, clocks have been changed and the snow is finally melting a bit. So this week as I gaze at fingerling potatoes,Continue reading “Spring Potato Salad”
Parsnip Soup with Leeks, Apples, Pecans and Nutmeg
‘Tis the season to embrace the season. We are in the deep winter now. Here in New England, we are buried in snow, with snowbank peaks and valleys higher than our heads. By these involuntary or voluntary means, it’s time to slow down, reflect a little more often and cozy up. It’s also a greatContinue reading “Parsnip Soup with Leeks, Apples, Pecans and Nutmeg”
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