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Category Archives: Salads
Baked Peanut-Lime Tofu, Coconut-Cilantro-Lime Rice, and Peanut Green Salad Bowls
This recipe is a variation of one I saw in the NY Times Cooking Section. It uses lots of flavorful, fresh ingredients to make a delicious combination. If you don’t want to assemble all the parts, the tofu is great … Continue reading
Posted in Mains, Salads, Sides
Tagged Asian foods, LiMeS, Peanut Butter, Tofu, Vegetarian
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Lebanese Cabbage Salad
One of my favorite sides when ordering from a delicious restaurant in LA and Glendale called Carousel is a lemony, garlicky cabbage salad. I stumbled across a recipe that says it came from someone’s Lebanese mom, so it seemed like … Continue reading
Farro & Arugula Salad (the title doesn’t do it justice…)
Going down the rabbit hole of reading a Food & Wine email, to reading the entire article, to reading comments in the post, an Ina Garten fan brought me to a recipe for farro salad that looked delish. This is … Continue reading
Miso, Sesame and Peanut Butter Soba Noodle Salad
My husband recently went fishing, and thought that he came home with black cod. I quickly jumped online to find a yummy miso black cod recipe–only to discover that what he brought home wasn’t actually black cod. Regardless, I made … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian foods, Carrots, noodles, Peanut Butter, Vegan, Vegetarian
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Favorite Watermelon Salad
We were lucky enough to spend the Fourth of July in Lake Chelan at the Foster lake house. It was a week of fun in the sun, in the water, and with extended family. We attended the neighbor’s Fourth of … Continue reading
Carrot, Garbanzo & Golden Raisin Salad with Tahini Dressing
For Rosh Hashanah, I was tasked with bringing a side. And because I wanted it to be dairy free, I looked at Smitten Kitchen’s recipes for vegan dishes and came across this carrot salad. It was such a hit that … Continue reading
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Tagged Beans, Carrots, Gluten Free, Lemons, Vegan, Vegetarian
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Tomato Basil Salad
For my first Mother’s Day, my mom and dad bought me an Alice Waters’ cookbook – The Art of Simple Food. I’ve been reading it to learn new techniques, and picked up a few tips: (1) cook with what is … Continue reading
Zucchini, Burrata, and Basil Pasta Salad
First and foremost, apologies for the significant time between posts. As many of you know, I’m pregnant, and being pregnant has reverted me back to child-like eating and little desire for cooking (it doesn’t help that just standing in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Beans, CHEESE, Italian Foods, Lemons, Pasta, Vegetarian, Zucchini
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Curry Slaw
For the Fourth o’ July, we were asked to bring a slaw-ish side. While the traditional mayonnaise version is delicious, we decided to go a little less traditional and make a curry slaw inspired by a restaurant in Napa called … Continue reading
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Tagged Carrots, Gluten Free, Lemons, SPICY, Vegan, Vegetarian
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BLTA Salad with Caeser-Ish Dressing
Patrick requested a light and tasty dinner, so I decided to make some creamy dressing and toss it with a BLTA salad. This dinner was light and delicious with a Caesar-ish dressing — although I must admit, didn’t yield many … Continue reading