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Heartland Wedge Salad

May 30, 2011 By 34 Comments
wedge salad recipe

Did you have a good Memorial Day weekend?  We had a great weekend with friends, good food, and good company.  The weather was perfect and we spent the evening eating outside and listening to the children play.  It was very Norman Rockwell if I do say so myself. This wedge salad is one of those things that is so simple and so delicious that you cannot believe that you did not think of it yourself.  One of my absolute favorite restaurants in the world is The Peninsula Grill in Charleston, … [Read more...]

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Grilled Pepper Salad

May 12, 2011 By 16 Comments
grilled pepper salad recipe

Tonight I am teaching a class at the Sacramento Bee on Building a Better Blog.  If you are local, I would love if you stopped by!  It should be a fun class and I would be thrilled to see you there.  The people at Sac Connect have been incredibly supportive of me and this blog and I am truly grateful for them.  Come on out and learn some things about blogging. I am so beyond tired as I type this that I can barely see straight.  We were on the East Coast this weekend and air travel is not … [Read more...]

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Tortellini Salad with Artichokes, Tomatoes, and Olives

May 8, 2011 By 12 Comments
tortellini salad recipe

I love going to a restaurant and eating something that I love and recreating my own version at home.  This tortellini salad is something similar to what they serve at The Cheese Board in my hometown of Linwood, NJ.  I am not sure exactly how they make theirs, but this is pretty darn close. Mine might even be better. I made this when I was playing around with different kinds of sweeteners.  I tried using sucanat, but I did not like that it did not dissolve, so I prefer to use honey.  White … [Read more...]

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Mixed Greens with Berries and Glazed Almonds

March 7, 2011 By 25 Comments
mixed greens with berries and glazed almonds recipe

As soon as the weather starts to warm up in the least bit, all I want to eat is fresh and crispy salads.  We got teased a few weeks ago with spring like weather and this is the first of the salads that will be making many appearances at my dinner table.  As much as I like a simple salad lightly tossed with olive oil and lemon juice, I also really like a fancy, girly salad.  This salad screams ladies who lunch or bridal shower. I never, ever buy salad dressing.  I always make it myself and … [Read more...]

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Mixed Greens with Pomegranate Lemon Dressing

October 12, 2010 By 21 Comments
mixed greens with pomegranate lemon dressing recipe

The very nice people at POM Wonderful sent me a case of delicious and healthy pomegranate juice to enjoy.  My children loved drinking it and I liked cooking with it.  Pomegranate juice is sweet and tart at the same time and I though that it would be perfect base for my salad dressing.  I was right.  I really love a simple mixed green salad for lunch or to start a meal.  I also think that a simple salad like this is a spring board for a dinner salad.  Add a protein, like a piece of grilled … [Read more...]

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