This is an adaptation of a good idea in Bon Appetit rather than a recipe. The idea is to deconstruct a delicious Italian sub sandwich and transform it into a salad (i.e. emphasizing the salad ingredients and reducing the bread). So keep in mind what would be in a delicious sub sandwich, and use whatever Read More …
Text to follow I served this Israeli salad with Jerusalem-style “Mixed Grill” Chicken to use up a cabbage in our refrigerator. This is an adaptation of a recipe in Jean Nathan’s book The Foods of Israel Today. The one unusual ingredient in it is ascorbic acid which I had on hand in the form of Read More …
We had a head of cabbage in the refrigerator and Carol challenged me to come up with a suitable cabbage salad to accompany some Japanese beef curry. Here is the basic idea of what I made based on a recipe in Nancy Singleton Hachisu’s book Japanese Farm Food. Just do everything to taste, and use Read More …
Christmas Eve dinner this year was a Cold Poached Salmon , baguettes, Linzer Torte, and a variety of salads. One of the salads was a Sicilian cauliflower salad based on a recipe from www.filippoberio.com, which was very good. 1 head of cauliflower, cored and cut into small florets ½ cup extra virgin olive oil 2 Read More …
Our recent tour of Morocco introduced us to Moroccan “salads”, which are vegetable dishes typically served at room temperature rather than salads as we usually think of them in the US. Bowls of various Moroccan salads are frequently served at the beginning of meals. We learned how to make this very popular salad at a Read More …
This is an adaptation of a recipe in Bon Appetit magazine which had a good way of cooking shrimp for a cold salad or cocktail. Shrimp needs to be cooked just enough (not overcooked!) and this method works very well to avoid overcooking. This made a very nice dinner for 2 persons with a piece Read More …
We frequently eat Salade Nicoise, usually with good quality oil-packed canned tuna. I had seen an article on cooking tuna sous-vide in oil and decided to use that for the tuna part of the salad. That involved sprinkling the two sides of the tuna with kosher salt and letting it dry brine in the refrigerator Read More …
This recipe is an inspiration which turned out well. The same basic idea can be done with a variety of ingredients, but this was done with some ingredients we had on hand. Quantities are about right for 3 adult servings. Amanda thought this was like a fajita turned into a salad. 1 lb. steak, marinated Read More …
Amanda has wanted some Hawaiian Macaroni Salad, so we made a batch to go with Huli Huli Grilled Chicken Wings . This version is adapted from Cook’s Country, and has a number of noticeable features. First, the macaroni in a Hawaiian-style salad is supposed to be softer than we would normally cook macaroni. Second, the Read More …
This tasty and easy salad is adapted from Nancie McDermott’s book Quick & Easy Thai. Like many Asian salads, there is no oil in the dish, so this is quite low calorie. I made it with chopped peanuts (vs. dried shrimp) so that I did not have to go to a specialty grocery for any Read More …