Category: Salads
Tuna & Green Bean Salad
| September 6, 2011 | Posted by Cheeks under Recipe, Salads, Side Dishes |
Here’s a quick salad to toss together in those late summer days when the produce is bountiful, the vegetables crisp, the sun sinking lower into the sky, and the thought of turning on the stove is less of an abomination. Because you need the stove, if only ever so breifly. But, trust me, it’s worth it.
Three-Bean Salad
| August 18, 2011 | Posted by Cheeks under Recipe, Salads |
AKA, Five Bean Salad; Marinated Bean Salad; or, for those into the whole brevity thing, Bean Salad. It’s a straightforward salad of vinegary, tangy beans, briney olives and sharp onion that combine into a fresh & refreshing, protein-packed and low-fat side dish worthy of any barbecue around. Its tartness is the perfect counterpoint to…
Spicy Shrimp & Toasted Corn Cobb Salad
| August 12, 2011 | Posted by Cheeks under Main Course, Recipe, Salads |
Cooking Light, you rarely lead me astray. I have a weakness when it comes to reading food magazines. I get drawn in by glossy, close-up food photography/porn, and I often tear out recipes based more on the photograph than what’s in the recipe list. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, in a case like this,…
Classic Broccoli Salad
| August 3, 2011 | Posted by Cheeks under Salads, Side Dishes |
This salad is an icon, ladies and gentlemen. You don’t have to worship the picnic or backyard barbecue to recognize it. I think most Americans have eaten plenty of this classic sweet veggie salad in their days. Any deli or supermarket probably has a soggy vat of this stuff sitting in the display case, beckoning…
Crab “Neptune” Salad
| July 15, 2011 | Posted by Cheeks under Appetizers, Leftovers, Main Course, Make-ahead, Recipe, Salads |
Oh, how I love this salad. It’s a staple of my favorite, favorite, best-ever summer dinner (or at least the favorite of this here moment): COLD SUPPER. Sounds good, don’t it? Despite a boring name, and a totally adaptable and non-consistent definition, cold supper were my favorite words growing up. OK, some of many favorite…
Raw Asparagus Salad
| June 20, 2011 | Posted by Cheeks under Recipe, Salads, Vegetarian |
Ugh. This one was a bust, friends, and I’m not talking about boobs. It sounded so promising – lemon, parmesan, asparagus ribbons all melded togteher in a crisp, refreshing, flavorful salad. Alas, it was not to be.
Peach-Glazed Pork Chops with Feta Salad
| May 19, 2011 | Posted by Cheeks under Grilling, Main Course, MEAT, Salads |
Like the dinner itself, this post is quick. What with an impending summer thunderstorm heading in and a vintage motorcycle to sell before the Bulls playoff game on Tuesday (seriously), I didn’t have time to waste. So, the pork chops that were going to either be brined with herbs and brown sugar, or teriyaki-marinated and…
Balsamic Steak Salad with Grilled Vegetables
| May 2, 2011 | Posted by Cheeks under Grilling, MEAT, Recipe, Salads |
A week of South Beach phase one down, and I have to say….it’s not that bad. A might be wide-eyed, staring at the screen in shock right now, because (admitting it is the first step to atonement) I whine about the diet. A lot. A LOT a lot. Anytime he eats Easter candy in…
Spanish Chickpea Salad
| March 17, 2011 | Posted by Cheeks under Appetizers, Recipe, Salads, Side Dishes, Vegetarian |
Like the country itself, I went through a HUGE tapas phase about 5 years ago. Having just moved from a smaller town to a bigger city, I was agog at all the new kinds of cuisine, ethnic restaurants, all night diners, and myriad other options that presented themselves at every meal time. Trying them all…
Reduced-Fat Potato Salad
| March 4, 2011 | Posted by Cheeks under Recipe, Salads, Side Dishes, Vegetarian |
Way back when, I filled out an online form to be a “recipe tester” for Cook’s Country magazine, imagining that all of these beautiful, delicious recipes would pour into my inbox; I’d scientifically test them out and provide meticulous feedback to the editors on taste, texture, technique; they’d laud my contributions with laurels, banquets, and…
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