salad

• October 6, 2015

  Fall Harvest Salad with Maple Vinaigrette

  I’d really like to say that this salad represents a fall Michigan harvest, but I used avocado, so I can’t. Instead, it represents what I had in my possession as far as produce goes and wanting to make a salad for company at the last minute. However, it does have apples and toasted pumpkin seeds…

• August 13, 2015

  Cucumber Melon Summer Salad

  Before I get into tonight’s delicious summer recipe, I need to do a plug for our CSA. Did I tell you we joined a CSA this year?  CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture — and is basically an association between members of the community and a local farm where you buy into a share of…

• May 20, 2015

  2015 Spring Garden Update & Wilted Spring Garden Salad Recipe

  I suppose it’s time for a 2015 Spring Garden Update. I feel like this has really been an ideal spring for gardening. The snow stopped in a timely fashion. We’ve had a few hot days, plenty of rain and generally weather on par for the season. I started my tomato seeds (and a few others)…

• March 22, 2015

  Fried Goat Cheese Spring Salad

  Tonight’s dinner truly sprang from a desire to use up the rest of a goat cheese log that I had. After some perusing on Pinterest, I found this recipe for Crispy Fried Goat Cheese and thought it sounded delicious! Then, I realized that I had recently had this sort of fried goat cheese, and it was…

• August 20, 2013

  Bruschetta Salad

   Tom has been on a bit of a health kick recently, and he has told me that he wants to start eating more healthfully.  Since I am usually the one cooking dinner, that meant I had to think through my usual menus and try to cut out some of the recipes that call for a…