Category Archives: Salads

Radish, Cucumber, Onion & Chickpea Salad with a Lemon-Parsley Dressing

Posted on September 10, 2007 by

Frankly, given how often I make this, it’s hard to belive it hasn’t made it to the blog before now. This is one of my favorite dinner salads. We make it in spring, when the first radishes appear, along with … Continue reading →

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Red Leaf and Basil Salad with Emerald Beaut and Moyer Plums and a Fig-Balsamic Vinaigrette

Posted on August 26, 2007 by

As I have all these Emerald Beaut plums to enjoy, I thought I’d better get on to finding other ways to enjoy them besides out of hand as a snack. So, as a result, here is a green salad with … Continue reading →

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Tabbouleh a la Kiki

Posted on August 21, 2007 by

A couple weeks ago when I ran into my friend Keith on a Saturday morning, we got talking about food – not hard to do when you’re standing in the farmers’ market with an excellent food photographer and overall foodie … Continue reading →

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Corn, Tomato and Black Bean Salad with a Lime-Chipotle Dressing

Posted on July 10, 2007 by

We’ve been making salad for dinner. Given the heat, we’ve been making salad for dinner a lot. Last week, for instance, we managed to not turn on the stove for five consecutive days. It’s fair to say that I have … Continue reading →

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Chickpea and New Potato Salad with Shallot-Mint Dressing

Posted on June 18, 2007 by

I’ve always been puzzled by the heaviness of most potato salads.  It’s a summertime food, but the traditional mayonnaise-laden potato salad rarely reflects the freshness, herbaciousness and lightness I think summertime foods should have. So though this is a potato … Continue reading →

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What You Missed at the Market

Posted on June 16, 2007 by

I woke up at 6:40 this morning.  Thinking I’d time my arrival at the market with the 10 a.m. Chefs at the Market demonstration (this week, Mike Shackleford of Trelio in Clovis), I took my time getting ready, installed some … Continue reading →

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Yellow Beans with a Chipotle Dressing

Posted on July 13, 2006 by

When you start looking around, it turns out that there are surprisingly few recipes for yellow beans out there. Now, I suppose you can do all the same things to yellow beans that you might do to green beans, but … Continue reading →

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Black Beluga Lentil Salad with Slumped Cherry Tomatoes

Posted on July 12, 2006 by

Sometimes the in-between state, the half-cooked state, is better than the raw or the well-done. Cherry tomatoes are perfectly good uncooked, but at that point, most of them are a blast of sweetness and not much else. A quick turn … Continue reading →

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Fennel-Red Onion Salad

Posted on June 12, 2006 by

No long story here; just a good idea that worked well. This was one of the answers of What to Do With Fennel, which we had ended up with a lot of in the house. In this salad, sweet-crisp slivers … Continue reading →

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Carrot-Beet Salad with a Leek-Lemon Vinaigrette

Posted on May 30, 2006 by

Last week, when I was making the carrot-beet cutlets, I thought a carrot-beet salad might be good – and nice to look at, too. Both vegetables have an earthy sweetness; in this recipe, carrots’ milder tone help counter beets’ dark … Continue reading →

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