This “creamy” dressing is made by making a puree of pistachios with grapefruit juice. Bring out a green color in your dressing by adding a few spinach leaves to the mix.
Grapefruit Pistachio Salad Dressing
Ingredients:
Juice of one grapefruit
2 handfuls of pistachios
small cube of fresh ginger (about 3/4 inch)
1 T orange blossom honey (or other honey)
1 or 2 T rice vinegar
3 [...]
Feast your eyes on this beauty! I did not make this lovely and delicious salad. You can have it yourself at The Tin Table at the Century Ballroom on Capitol Hill. It’s made with arugula, roasted golden beets, grana padana, and sherry vinaigrette. To me, a restaurant’s salad is the litmus test for the rest of the menu. This well-excecuted [...]
In a hurry. Gotta eat your greens. Grab this! It’s insanely easy, it’s tasty, and it’s portable. Win/win/win.
Tostada Salad “Sandwich”
If I hadn’t been in such a hurry I probably would have added some spices like cumin, oregano and mild chili powder.
Ingredients:
2 tostada crisps
About 1/2 cup refried beans
A handful of mixed salad greens
1 small Roma tomato, sliced
Slices of avocado
Spread the refried [...]
This is a double leftover salad. I really liked it except for that squash! Texture and size of the pieces were too odd with the pleasing crunch of the rest of the salad. It was a fun idea, though, and pleasing to execute: scooping acorn squash out with a melon baller. I wonder what other salads [...]
My husband scares me sometimes. Last night we were both doing our own thing in companionable silence. Out of the blue I asked, “What’s that white thing called…?”
And he said, “Jicama?” Uh, yes. Actually, that’s exactly what I was thinking about. How does he do that?
Anyway, my friend Ammi invited me over for a delicious dinner of tortilla [...]
Did you know that empanadas can be quite easy to make? Goya brand makes empanada pastries that you just fill with something (such as shredded chicken, mixed veggies, spicy beans, etc), fold up, and fry. It’s one of my family’s latest favorite meals, and I’m fond of how quick it is.
I made this salad to be an [...]
Our lives are not always living cookbooks. What kinds of odd concoctions do you assemble for yourself if nobody’s there to dine with you?
This salad was, as usual, born of speedy necessity. During naptime I was making a snack tray for a toddler playdate, then realized I hadn’t eaten lunch myself yet. Let’s just say the [...]
This is the first of 100 “real” salads to come. I’ll list the ingredients and any unusual preparation instructions, but this is mostly a documentation of ingredients rather than actual recipes. It’s meant to amuse and hopefully inspire you. I hope you’ll sometimes come away from the blog wanting a salad. I’m very open to your salad ideas and feedback!
Pizza Sidekick Salad
Pizza [...]