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101 Simple Salads, #25
Ridiculously good. This is another salad I would like to eat every day for the rest of my life. As you can see, I added some pinto beans to this salad even if the recipe didn’t suggest it. I’ve been eating these salads for my lunch and wanted to round out the [...]
Thu, August 6 2009 » from the kitchen, healthy me » 1 Comment
101 Simple Salads, #3
I really like cucumbers and red onions and I go waaaaaaay back (in fact my dad’s favorite sandwich is peanut better and red onion – i know, it explains a lot of things, about both of us) but I’m no so big on dijon mustard. I was really unsure about this salad [...]
Wed, August 5 2009 » from the kitchen, healthy me » No Comments
101 Simple Salads, #10
today i made a salad which included a type of green – arugula. i am again using tomatoes from my garden. i only planted 3 plants this year: 2 larger variety (champion and best boy tomatoes) and 1 cherry tomato plant. i have learned this gives us more than enough tomatoes for [...]
Tue, August 4 2009 » from the garden, from the kitchen, healthy me » No Comments
101 Simple Salads, #13
i feel perhaps i might be cheating by choosing another salad which contains fruit. but i currently have a refrigerator full of ripe strawberries and tomatoes from my garden so i decided to use what i had on hand. it was delicious and i would have loved to have served this over [...]
Mon, August 3 2009 » from the kitchen, healthy me » No Comments
101 Simple Salads, #4
after the way yesterday’s salad swept me off my feet, i had high expectations for this salad and ended up a bit disappointed. this is not to say this salad was bad, it just wasnt’ as scrumptous as i had hoped it to be. i think perhaps some of the problem was [...]
Sun, August 2 2009 » Uncategorized, from the kitchen, handy dandy ideas, healthy me » No Comments
