Here are my delicious salad and side dish recipes for you to try:
Easy scallion cakes (green onion cakes)
Scallion pancakes are really delicious – savory and tangy with a little bit of crunch from the fried bits. And they are relatively easy as well, they just take a little bit of time.
Recipe: tangerine and watercress salad
This recipe for a tangerine and watercress salad adapted from Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken is everything you want in a salad: tangy, sweet, crunchy goodness with enticing colors and a hint of dijon warmth.
Sliced buttered radishes
We've been on a warm buttered radish kick lately, serving them up every couple of days on top of a slice of fresh baguette and topped with a bit of crunchy green salad. Mmmm. If you've never tried these, give it a go. . . it's the simplest side dish you'll ever make:...
Spicy pickled vegetables
Here's a quick recipe for pickled vegetables for you to play around with. I'd been making a batch of pickled red onions every couple of month ever since I found Monica Bhide's recipe in a magazine last year and finally started playing around with it to mix up the...
Quick and easy summer appetizer
Need a dressy appetizer for a summer potluck? Here's a ridiculously fast and delicious dish to throw together: shrimp and avocado salsa. There's no cooking involved, so it's perfect for the heat of a summer kitchen . . . but save it for the indoor parties, since it's...
Snow covered berries
Here's a fun and festive sweet-tart recipe my parents have been enjoying for the last month. I'm glad they decided to share! Grandma Juju recommends serving in a cut crystal bowl . . . Enjoy! Snow covered berries Heat two cups of sugar and two cups water till sugar...
Warm asparagus salad
A summer recipe for grilled asparagus salad with toasted pine nuts, crispy prosciutto, and salty parmesan. Mmm.
In a pickle
Most recently, my universe wanted pickled red onions.
It started one afternoon when Kid Two and his Buddy sat here after school and ate an entire jar of baby dill pickles and a one of cornichons for their snack.
Photographs and memories and potato salad
Awkwardly slow-dancing to “Nights in White Satin,” bar hopping on Bourbon Street, and really, really, irresponsible adult chaperones. Food often evokes memories, of course. But in this case the memories were so elusive, and the food item so rarely cooked, the recollection took months to surface. It’s all the power of potato salad.