Recipe: Chicken-apricot salad
I'm looking forward to this weekend so much it's not even funny. Not just because it's the 4th of July - a holiday I love more than most because it's my Daddy's birthday - but because I will have my...
View ArticleNana Recipe Wednesday – Nana’s tuna and apple salad
Hey everyone, sorry I’ve been a bit MIA…..this trend may well continue for the rest of the week, with the exception of today’s Nana recipe. I’ve been a little down in the dumps, truth be told. Why? I...
View ArticleRecipe: Aunt Pam’s famous macaroni salad
Yay, summertime is right around the corner! Time for picnics, BBQs and delicious goodies like macaroni salad. This recipe is a family favorite, invented by our Aunt Pam. It's tasty and easily...
View ArticleRecipe: Tortellini salad with artichokes, tomatoes and olives
I love going to a restaurant and eating something that I love and recreating my own version at home. This tortellini salad is something similar to what they serve at The Cheese Board in my hometown of...
View ArticleRecipe: Roasted eggplant tortellini salad
This is absolutely, positively, hands down the best pasta salad I have ever had. Don't let your Memorial Day guests eat bland, mayo-laden macaroni salad! Try this incredibly fresh recipe that has all...
View ArticleRecipe: Orzo and asparagus pasta salad
I did two things this holiday weekend. Ok, I obviously did more than just two things but the two things of any intrest are the orzo pasta salad I made for a family get together and a thought I had.
View ArticleRecipe: Quick, healthy Greek potato salad
I selected this non-traditional potato salad recipe for the SacFoodies potluck because it’s a healthy and delicious twist on a classic potato salad (and it also happens to be one of my favorite client...
View ArticleRecipe: Spicy shrimp curry Thai peanut orzo salad
Awhile back Mr. S. and I made a little weekend getaway to Seattle. It was wonderful. I loved the people, the sights and the food...Sweet Baby Jesus, I loved the food! Paseo, Cascina Spinasse,...
View ArticleRecipe: Great-grandmother Murphy’s potato salad
There are potato salads, and there are potato salads. This is, undoubtedly, the latter. It is italicized and underscored, highlighted and bolded. It’s the type of potato salad that would wear white to...
View ArticleRecipe: Green bean potato salad with red onion and thick-cut bacon
One thing that I forgot all about was humidity. I forgot how much hotter it makes everything. I forgot just how cranky it makes me too. I am so hot that I do not even feel like eating. You know I...
View ArticleRecipe: BLT pasta salad
A few things happened on the way to this salad. 1) We picked our first tomatoes from the garden. 2) I picked up my “pork share”, which included 2 slabs of unsliced bacon. 3) I was in possession of...
View ArticleRecipe: Orzo salad with feta, olives and bell peppers
How do you feel about the idea of doing something that scares you in order to promote personal growth? I kind of hate that concept... But sometimes I'm glad I did the scary thing afterwards. This week,...
View ArticleNana Recipe Wednesday: Japanese chicken salad
Oh crap, it’s Thursday isn’t it? Sue me. I got all screwed up with the holiday this week. Well Nana didn’t forget you and neither did I. I just simply got my days messed up. So listen, how do you...
View ArticleRecipe: Curried chicken salad with comice pear and pomegranate seeds
Curried chicken salad with comice pear and pomegranate seeds Makes about 6 1/4 cups (8 servings) Chunks of creamy comice pear contrast nicely with the crunch of cashews and pomegranate seeds. Make...
View ArticleRecipe: Egg salad sandwiches
Egg salad sandwiches Prep time: 10 minutes Makes 2 sandwiches This recipe is from a terrific new cookbook, "The Fresh Egg Cookbook," by Jennifer Trainer Thompson (Storey, $14.95, 184 pages paperback)....
View ArticleNana Recipe Wednesday: Classic potato salad
I have to tell you the truth Readers, there just isn’t a potato salad that even matches up to this one–not even close. Now listen, I’ve had some decent potato salads at delis and at restaurants, and...
View ArticleRecipe: Roasted cauliflower and orzo salad
Well it’s about stinkin’ time! I don’t know about you but the moment winter begins I patiently wait for summer to return. Don’t I enjoy the holidays you ask? Sure, but wouldn’t they be so much better...
View ArticleRecipes: Warm new potato and asparagus salad
Warm new potato and asparagus salad Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 5 minutes Serves 10-12 as a side dish You can do much of the slicing and dicing for this side dish ahead of time. Boil the...
View ArticleRecipe: Feta and basil orzo salad
By Lisa Page Serves 4, but easily doubles, triples and quadruples! Ingredients: 1/4 cup olive oil 2 Tb fresh lemon juice 1 1/2 tsp minced garlic 1/2 tsp oregano 1/2 tsp salt more if needed 1/8 tsp...
View ArticleRecipe: Orzo pasta salad
It was not my intention that this little dish be my first post after such a long absence, but I need to bring a dish to my daughter's class picnic today so this is what I'm bringing. Easy, no fuss,...
View ArticleRecipe: Grinder potato salad
Grinder potato salad gets its name from the addition of peppers and sliced salami, like you'd find in a grinder sandwich.Start to finish: 45 minutes, plus chilling Serves 10 If you'd prefer a creamy...
View ArticleRecipe: Mediterranean potato salad goes well with barbecue
When I first was asked to prepare a potato salad for 90 people, I hesitated a bit, mainly because my preconceived idea of a potato salad did not make me very enthusiastic. Then I looked into few...
View ArticleRecipe: Sweet potato salad with bacon
This recipe will serve 6 hungry cavemen/cavewomen. Ingredients: This recipe is my own concoction 3 to 4 medium-sized white sweet potatoes, peeled cut into 3/4-inch chunks 1 cup Paleo Mayonnaise (recipe...
View ArticleRecipe: Orzo salad with pesto and feta
The Olympics are over, the State Fair has come and gone and now the kidlets are getting ready to go back to school (I'm excited about that, them not so much). Doesn't it seem like summer just flew by?...
View ArticleRecipe: Orzo and broccoli salad
Tiny orzo pasta cooks quickley making it ideal for salads when you don't want to spend lots of time hovering over a stove.Prep time: 15 minutes, plus 1 hour chill time Cook time (for pasta): About 10...
View ArticleRecipe: Italian Russian potato salad
Here's another recipe from the table of my Italian friends. This potato salad is called a "Russian salad" when it's served as part of an Italian meal. You'll notice that while it has potatoes, it...
View ArticleRecipe: Chicken salad, Burma style
Serves 2 as light lunch, 4 as appetizer This refreshing salad is a perfect choice for leftover cooked chicken. It works as a light lunch or an appetizer. This recipe is adapted from one in Naomi...
View ArticleRecipe: Spicy curry chicken salad
This past weekend I was at a party and my buddy Eric and I happened to get in a conversation about food. He mentioned that he had been making curry chicken salad fairly frequently lately. My first...
View ArticleRecipe: Scott Drewno’s chicken curry salad
Scott Drewno's Chicken Curry SaladMakes about 2 pounds of salad (8 servings) It begins with a store-bought rotisserie chicken, so this salad comes together fast after a little chopping. At the Source...
View ArticleRecipe: Kale-potato salad one more way to learn to love this green
Love it or hate it, kale is catching on everywhere. Suddenly, diners and cooks are discovering this ancient green veggie, a descendant of wild cabbage. Kale haters complain that the curly leaves are...
View ArticleNana Recipe Wednesday – Potato salad with almonds
I know that Nana’s classic potato salad is the bestest best ever, but this guy is pretty good too. In fact, I think he’s way better if you let him sit overnight and ruminate about life. Why is potato...
View ArticleRecipe: Warm parslied new-potato salad
Warm Parslied New Potato Salad. Makes about 6 1/2 cups (Serves 6 to 8) Stephanie Witt Sedgwick, a free-lancer for the Washington Post, says all-American potato salad – loaded with mayonnaise, sour...
View ArticleIn The Kitchen With Mom Monday – Loaded potato salad
I think we can all agree, there's just nothing like Mom's home cookin'. It just tastes better, doesn't it? For that reason I've asked my Mom to submit some of her favorite recipes for me to share with...
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