Chicken Salad with Sesame Tahini Dressing

What Can I Say? I’m Crazy About These Kinds of Meals. Those of you who’ve been following me for years know how I feel about salads. They’re at the top of my list of favorite things to eat. Now I’m not talking about lackluster sad green salads with a slice of a bad tomato thrown […]
Roasted Beets with Anchovy Dressing

Let’s Hear it For the Love of Beets! Beets, you either love them or you hate them, there doesn’t seem to be much middle ground on this subject. I always chuckle when I hear people say they taste like dirt because all I can think is that while I’m not aware of ever having actually […]
Roasted Fennel, Zucchini, and Clementines with Tomatoes and Feta

Not Your Typical Roasted Veggie Meal. At All. Here is a pretty simple pan of roasted vegetables and clementines – 2 bulbs of fresh fennel, 1 zucchini, 1 red onion, and 3 clementines are the basic ingredients. But this ended up being so much more than that. Not that a simple tray of roasted vegetables […]
Blood Orange Salad with Creamy Whipped Dressing

Could Be My Last Orange Salad of the Season – So Let’s Go Out with a Bang. Well, citrus season is winding down, so this is probably one of my last orange salads until next season. I will still make an occasional salad using navel oranges that are available year round, but other fruits and […]
Beet, Orange, and Blue Cheese Panzanella

How’s This for a Beautiful and Oh-So-Delicious Salad? I’m back with another panzanella. It’s obvious I cannot ever eat too many of these bread salads. Put one of these in front of me once a week and I will happily gobble it down. Plus, the colors in this one are so spectacular it becomes even more […]
Cornbread and Chipotle Panzanella

Leftover Cornbread Makes a Great Bread Salad. I had a big slab of leftover cornbread and was in the mood for panzanella, so why not? I knew I needed to treat the cornbread differently than I normally treat the bread in my classic panzanella because it is so crumbly. I cut it into cubes and […]
Royal Corona Bean Salad with Preserved Lemon and White Anchovies

So Easy and So Very Delicious. I cooked up a pot of Rancho Gordo’s Royal Corona beans and used some of them to make this salad. I’m a fan of all Rancho Gordo beans, but these are my favorites. It’s so wonderful to have a pot of cooked beans on hand when you get to […]