Archive for the 'Salad' Category



BBQ Chicken Sandwiches-Southern Style

Whenever I ate bbq sandwiches I always ate them Southern style…that is topped with cole slaw.  I didn’t know I loved my sandwiches bbq style until we lived in the south. I found a recipe over at picky palate that I knew I needed to try.  I changed up the slaw recipe to more my [...]

Fusilli alla Caprese

My version of Fusilli Caprese is based on Giada’s recipe.  I added more tomatoes, basil, and cheese to my version, and Giada’s recipe recipe doesn’t have the crushed red pepper in it.  I think it needs that little bit of heat, otherwise the dish is lacking something.  I made the dish without the crushed red [...]

Turkey Bruschetta Sandwiches

Tired of the same old turkey sandwich? Here’s one way to liven it up! This recipe makes enough to top 2 sandwiches. You can use this bruschetta for just about anything…it’s delicious! Instead of turkey you can use grilled chicken, or leave off the turkey and you’ll have a wonderful bruschetta caprese sandwich. Ingredients: 1/2 [...]

Buffalo Chicken Salad with Cilantro-Cotija Dressing

Buffalo wings are delicious, so why not make a salad around those familiar flavors? We created this Latin-inspired take on the traditional combination of buffalo wings and blue cheese dressing. The parsley and blue cheese of the traditional dressing are replaced with cilantro and cotija cheese, a crumbly cheese often used to top Mexican dishes, [...]

Nana’s Potato Salad

My mom makes really good potato salad. She doesn’t have a recipe…it’s all in her head and she uses the taste as she goes method. I’ve tried to approximate her recipe. My version is really good…not quite Nana’s but maybe with practice and some tips from Nana I’ll get it some day! This is a [...]

Greek Pasta Salad

This recipe comes from one of my favorite cookbooks: Stop and Smell the Rosemary. This pasta salad is delicious and a definite crowd pleaser. You can keep it vegetarian or grill up some chicken and top the salad with the grilled chicken. It’s also a great picnic or potluck dish as it can sit at [...]

Dilled Potato Salad with Asparagus

Originally I was going to make Dilled Chicken Fricasse with New Potatoes and Asparagus for dinner, but -s decided he really wanted to smoke chicken legs. I really needed to use up the asparagus and potatoes, and since the dill in our garden is exploding, we needed to use some of that too. So I [...]

Taco Meat

I found this recipe at A Year in the Kitchen. It was really good, just a too salty for our tastes, so next I’ll reduce the amount of salt. Recipe below has the adjusted salt amount. Use the spice mixture to flavor ground beef, ground turkey, or chicken, and then you’ve got great flavored meat [...]

Beef with Sun-dried Tomatoes and Feta

It’s Thursday, and time for another crock pot recipe. I found this recipe at a great food blog dedicated to crock potting. I changed the cut of beef to top sirloin, since we can’t get tri-tip in our neck of the woods, and I also changed the cooking time. It was pretty good, and everyone [...]

Seoul-ful Chicken with Minted Cucumber Salad

These recipes are adapted from recipes in the April 2008 issue of Cooking Light, and they are both delicious! Very bold refreshing flavors that make for a tasty summer meal. Seoul-ful Chicken Ingredients: 1 lb. chicken breasts 1/4 cup soy sauce 2 tablespoons dark sesame oil 1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger 1 tablespoon honey [...]




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