If I wasn’t already married, I might call this marry me salad. When my husband first tasted this he was more enthusiastic about a salad than I have ever seen him, and made the bold statement, “This is my new favorite thing!” I will admit it is perfection and my new favorite fall combo. If […]
1000 Calorie Salad
Everyday Taco Salad
When I was in high school I always loved when it was taco salad bar day. I loved the combination of temperatures of warm meet and crisp cold greens, drizzled with a good amount of ranch dressing and tortilla chips for scooping, this was my favorite. This also tended to be my preferred taco night […]
Eggplant Cutlet with Fennel-Herb Salad
The eggplant, or the mighty aubergine, is one of those vegetables, I mean fruit — nope it’s a berry, you either love it immensely or hate it intensely. I wager if you fall into the latter category you have probably had some pretty mushy bad renditions of this delightful purple orb. Eggplant should be silky […]
Jeweled Winter Squash and Bitter Greens Salad
This is the first installation of my 1000 calorie salad series. To be completely transparent, this is missing one very important component…protein, but that can be easily added. What’s a 1000 calorie salad? It all started with my good friend Joe…he pinned the term for any salad that is an entire meal in itself. There […]