Salads get a bad rap. They’re frequently thought of as diet or rabbit food. So I’m trying to make more of an effort to make salads exciting. And add things to add interest, color, texture and taste to what might otherwise be boring greens. Last Tuesday for SCL I made this grilled vegetable salad. YouRead more
This is a great recipe to keep in your back pocket. It’s really simple to throw together and makes for a great, fuss-free salad dressing. I love the salty-sweet-sesame flavor. Definitely a keeper! Asian Sesame Salad Dressing Makes about 1 cup (serves 15) Adapted from MyRecipes.com 3/4 cup canola oil 6 Tbsp white wine vinegarRead more
A few weeks ago when Sister (I really do refer to her as “sister” in real life) and Chris were visiting we went to the beach and visited Dogfish Head Distillery and Pub. I got a salad topped with a crab cake (which was delicious!), but the star of the meal was the basil vinaigrette.Read more
This is the perfect dish to serve when a regular salad sounds boring, but you still crave something light, fresh and nutritious. If you’re like me fish sometimes feels fussy and hard, but in reality fish cooks up really quickly and can be prepared very simply to let the flavor really shine on its own.Read more
Sometimes salad is boring. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of salad. I love all the things you can do with it, and it’s really delicious on a hot day. But every once in a while it just gets boring. This salad dressing is for those times. The blueberry makes it slightly sweet.Read more
For Tuesday’s SCL dinner (in addition to the macaroons), we had a nicoise salad. I wanted to do something a little more elaborate since we had a simple ‘Fresh’ Pea Soup to go with it. I found this recipe in Taste of Home the April/May 2012 issue. Veggie Nicoise Salad Serves 6 Adapted from TasteRead more
A Wesley Seminary class came to Seekers for a field trip and I was asked to cater and talk about what it was like growing up in the community. I decided on a Roasted Vegetable Minestrone from the Pioneer Woman. However I didn’t want to deal with the pasta because I was afraid it’d getRead more
For week 5 of SCL, I decided to go with an Asian theme. Mostly because I wanted to do all my grocery shopping at H-Mart which seems to be significantly cheaper. I didn’t want to do a rice dish because I didn’t want to deal with taking rice cookers to church. My one regret withRead more