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Arugula Salad with Tomatoes and Mozzarella
Think of this as a springtime warmup to the full-on Caprese salad ahead. In a few months, we’ll be slicing thick slabs of heirloom tomato to layer with buffalo mozzarella, juice pooling across the...
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A Gardener’s Garden Salad for Springtime
I love green salads. A crisp, lemony romaine salad? Smoked salmon and tomatoes nestled into creamy, dill-dressed greens? An arugula salad with grilled potatoes and blue cheese? Yes, please. You...
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Sorta-Caesar Salad
Well, the nice thing about this endless Seattle gloom is that the lettuce isn’t bolting. When I first moved to Seattle, J and I lived in a tiny house, and one of the first things we did was put in a...
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Kale and Avocado Salad with Black Garlic (or Roasted Garlic) Vinaigrette
When I moved to LA in the late ’90s, I was pretty sure of two things. First, that I was going to love graduate school. And second, that I–born and raised in Northern California–would hate living in...
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Honey Mustard Salad Dressing
It’s easy to get into a salad rut when summer is doing its thing in the garden and salad-making is so easy. Greens, veggies, vinaigrette, boom, salad. But a salad can be so much more, and just a few...
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Raw Broccoli Salad with Raisins and Walnuts
So here’s a nice secret that I’ll tell you more about tomorrow: I haven’t cooked a thing all week. We arrived home late tonight after lucking out both with the ferry times and the three sleeping...
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Green Salad with Watermelon, Feta, and Mint
A friend sent me an urgent email the other day. “Make this salad,” he instructed.“I like that salad,” I told him. “But have you tried this one?” He re-sent the original link. I saw his point, and...
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Grilled Kale Salad with Ricotta and Plums
I have been having a bit of a love affair with this salad this summer.We met casually, in a friend’s back yard. I couldn’t stay away from it, and then I couldn’t stop thinking about it. Our friends...
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Savoy Cabbage Salad with Apples and Walnuts
Today J picked the apples from our three backyard trees. It’s been a good year for the apples, and box after box came inside. Red, crisp, sweet. Hundreds of apples. The big girls posed proudly for...
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Road Food, or, Quinoa Salad with Crunchy Veggies and Avocado
What food do you take travelling? Airport and roadside offerings are universally dire, as far as I can tell, so we usually try to think ahead and pack food to sustain our family on travel days. Today...
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Green Salad with Roasted Winter Squash and Apple
It’s high time for a salad around here. I came home from our trip to a fridge full of winter squash, and I’ve been roasting my way through it ever since. One batch I quite liked was a sugar pie pumpkin...
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Winter Salad with Oranges and Oil-Cured Olives
I always find a brightly-colored salad to be uplifting in wintertime. Lettuce may not be not a winter crop, but …Continue reading »
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Summer Crunch Salad with Creamy Avocado and Herb Dressing
Once upon a time, there was cream, or sour cream, or at least plain yogurt. But in recent months, as …Continue reading »
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