Today I am posting a cold pasta salad. This recipe is perfect for the warmer months to come and it makes large use of Swiss chard in its pesto, so it is perfect for those of you who receive a CSA box…
Salads
Shaved Fennel Salad with tuna and beans
Today I am presenting a new take on an Italian summer classic: tuna and bean salad. This dish is a delicious and simple summer lunch that is typically put together by mixing canned tuna, canned beans…
Chickpea salad with green olives
Let’s give this a try. In the past year and a half, I was quite busy and I imagine I will keep being quite busy. I have a little one who is turning one next week and I keep wondering where the last…
Easy Cucumber salad
Today I am choosing a simpler than simple recipe. However, simple things sometimes are the best! And cucumber salad is great. So simple yet so delicious! Cucumber salad PolaM CC BY-NC-ND To get the…
Rye berry salad
I got back from Miami and I found summer waiting for me here in Minnesota! So it’s time to cook some of those summer dishes that have been waiting for a while in the pantry. This one is a rye &hell…
Tandoori chicken salad
How to add a bit of flavor and fun to a simple chicken salad? Add a bit of spices! The other day I did just that and made a salad using diced chicken, mixed greens and tandoori paste. It turned out…
Stone Fruit Panzanella
This Stone Fruit Panzanella is a sweet twist on the Italian bread salad, using pound cake instead of regular bread and stone fruit instead of tomatoes.
Tomato Salad
Good tomatoes are not always easy to find, but when you do, it’s party time! Tomato salad. These words alone make my mouth water. It could be because of the memory of its sweet tartness. Or just…
Russian Vinegret Recipe: A Colorful and Nutritious Beet Salad
If you show a Russian these two ingredients: beets and green peas and ask him/her to tell you what dish comes to mind, undoubtedly you will hear “vinegret” (pronounced vinaigrette). One of the long…
Olivier Russian Potato Salad
Olivier Today is Christmas Day in Russia. Russian Orthodox calendar is 2 weeks behind the secular calendar and so all religious holidays are observed later than in the rest of the Christian world.…