I included all the ingredients in the recipe except celery which I forgot to buy. I assembled everything in advance except the squid which my husband wanted to add right after cooking. I served this over a bed of iceberg lettuce with some bread for a light dinner. I found eating this dish quite laborious,…
Tag: Salads
A Pantry and Fridge Salad
Let the substitutions begin… We are not smoked fish fans so I was glad to see the substitution of tuna and that is the fish we chose. Standing in the grocery store’s bean isle we were trying to figure out what white beans to choose when my husband said let’s just get garbanzo beans. So…
Cauliflower Tabbouleh
Shopping for the ingredients for this cauliflower tabbouleh I found this bag of cauliflower pearls which was begging me to buy. It just seemed so easy to open and pour and I didn’t have to wash the food processor. Sold! I followed the recipe as written except for the mint, my husband does not like…
Cowboy Caviar Salad or Side
I am still struggling to post in a timely manor. I do manage to cook and remember to take a picture, two out of three ain’t bad. This was a nice summer side dish that we served on Labor Day Weekend. To see what others thought head over to Cook the Book Fridays.
Spring Avocado and Berry Salad
Spring is in the air and fresh produce in season is multiplying by the day. This bountiful salad of red grapefruit, strawberries and avocados was a welcome change to our menu. The salad is seasoned with a dressing of grapefruit juice, lime juice, olive oil and salt and pepper. Now about the missing ingredients. I…
Ginger-Beet Salad Bowls
This week on Cook the Books Fridays, we are diving into salads. This multi-component salad is more work than I would normally go into for a salad but it was well worth the effort. As others have mentioned the dressing was the star. My husband made the quinoa in the rice maker which worked really…
Chickpea-Tahini Salad
This salad ticked a lot of boxes for me and my husband. We love chickpeas in salads or pureed in hummus. Dorie’s spin on this chickpea salad was a winner with us. This was a light dinner served with arugula and pita. There really hasn’t been a chocolate chip cookie that I haven’t liked and…
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