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Category: salads
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Our Winter Share from Clark Farms Carlisle included a beautiful head of organic purple cabbage. Cabbages, especially the purple variety are great nutrient dense foods, excellent for reducing inflammation. After the past few weeks of holiday eating and indulging, this salad was a great way to incorporate some more, shall we say, nutrition-friendly foods into…
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We love Brussel sprouts. We love them roasted, steamed, pan-fried, and raw. We love them the day they are cooked, and we love them for leftovers. I know you may not share our enthusiasm, but bear with me. I’m used to finding Brussel sprouts in our local grocery store, but they always are in a…
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If Thursday’s meal has made you feel the need for something a little more light or healthy, this post is for you. Our Clark Farm Winter CSA Share this week included some crisp and beautiful Napa cabbage. We also received some carrots and with that, a slaw was born. Flavored by a sauce made with…
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When the weather starts to turn toward summer (finally!), we gravitate toward salads for our main course. Tonight, I assembled Lidey Heuk‘s Orzo Salad which, by-the-way, makes a ton so would be a good candidate for bringing to a summer gathering. The addition of fresh herbs – I used a combination of mint and parsley…
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This is another David Tanis creation and, paired with his Green Bean and Cherry Tomato salad, it is classic picnic fare. While I love potato salad, I’m not a fan of the mayonnaise-y kind. The tang of mustard in vinaigrette along with some classically French herbs, tarragon and chives, make this French-style potato salad perfect,…
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Professional Chef and cookbook author, David Tanis, writes a monthly food column for the New York Times and recently featured this colorful green bean and tomato salad in a May column about French picnic foods. Combining fresh and simple basics like just-ripe cherry tomatoes and green beans, the addition of the dressing, an amalgam of…
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Recently, G. Daniela Galarza of the Washington Post posted an article (16 Tinned Fish Recipes for Near Effortless Meals) on making use of tinned fish. It intrigued me because I had not considered using tinned fish for anything much at all – tunafish being my go-to. This week, in an effort to expand my repertoire,…
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We’re gearing up for the Fourth of July cookouts, and this salad from Jacques Pépin is exactly the kind of summer salad that can be transported without the worry that mayonnaise-based sides bring, and is flexible enough to be a make-ahead – something that gets better with time. This Tabbouleh Salad recipe is found of…
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I’ve been a fan of Ellie Krieger, registered dietician and nutritionist, since finding her on the Saturday cooking marathons on our local PBS channel. Combining good basics of nutrition with accessibly creative cooking is an art form. This recipe, which was recently published in the Voraciously column of the Washington Post, takes full advantage of…
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Ann Maloney is a Washington Post Recipes Editor and Food Reporter focused on, in her words, “quick and easy home cooking.” Honestly, what’s not to like here? Her recipe for Quick Lentil Salmon Salad is adapted from Cooking Light and comes together in about the same time as it takes to cook the lentil. It…
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