Simple go-to side dishes for this season

OK, folks, I’m back! I’m going to start out slow and post the simplest recipes I can think of that I keep making each week. Kale Salad with Meyer Lemon Ingredients Kale (any kind will do – you can use whatever looks best or whatever comes in your veggie box) Lemon (Meyer is the nicest, [...]

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Meliza’s Delicious Homemade Ranch Dressing

I think Meliza originally found this recipe in O magazine. It’s delicious! When I made it, we had a whole bunch of smoked salmon that we had made and screwed up because we followed a recipe for a brine that made the salmon taste more like a salt lick than the delicious smoked salmon we [...]

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Grandma’s Potato Salad, with a Twist

This post has been on hold since July when things got hectic because that guy Dan proposed to me and then we launched straight into wedding planning. Fortunately, September is a good month for barbecues, and this potato salad is fantastic for barbecues! (Picture will be added later – I forgot my camera at someone’s [...]

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Black Rice Salad

I went apricot picking over the weekend, so I decided to use a bunch of them in a black rice salad. I’d had a delicious black rice salad at a cooking group dinner, but could not get a hold of the recipe or the chef, so I figured it out myself. Black Rice Apricot Salad [...]

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Citrus, Avocado, and Pistachio Salad

This refreshing salad is yummy. That is all. Salad Lettuce (ideally, a small head of butter lettuce, or 1/2 bag of pre-washed arugula) 2 navel oranges, peeled, sectioned, and sections halved 1/2 large avocado or one whole small avocado handful of pistachio meats (maybe 1/4 cup) Dressing 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 to 1 tsp pepper, [...]

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Dan’s Favorite Cucumber Salad

Inspiration Dan loves cucumber salad, like the kind you would get at a Japanese restaurant. Whenever we make it, he has to scurry away to a computer to get the ratios of dressing ingredients to cucumbers. I thought I’d take this opportunity to write down exactly what we do so that we don’t have to [...]

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Healthy Pesto Dressing/Dip

The original version of this recipe came from my friend Marsha, who is a raw foodie. So, for any other raw foodie friends, omit all of the cooked stuff and viola! This recipe kills two birds with one stone. It’s a great way to make use of a whole bunch of basil AND to disguise [...]

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