Fresh Zucchini Rice Salad
This fresh zucchini rice salad salad uses seasonal summer ingredients found at our local famers markets along with with brown and wild rice. We use Southern Illinois Cahokia Rice in…
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Use Local Ingredients for this Greek Inspired Salad
Mediterranean flavors and simplicity are at the heart of this Greek inspired salad. The recipe combines capers, tomatoes, cucumbers, and onions with creamy feta cheese and briny capers. This salad…
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Smoked Old Fashioned
Each week, Chili and I showcase a cocktail on our live broadcast, The Davises Eat. This year, we have been virtually traveling the U.S. – something that came from the…
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Creamy Potato Leek Soup
The French Vichyssoise, the Scottish Cock-a-Leekie soup, and the Welsh Tattie and Leekie soup have two things in common: potatoes and leeks. Potato leek soup is found in many cultures…
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German Potato Salad – Kartoffelsalat mit Speck
I grew up calling this recipe “German potato salad”. As I’ve learned more about German regional cuisine, I’ve realized they, too, have many ways of making potato salad. I’ve also…
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What is Hygeia Salad Dressing?
Do you know what Hygeia salad dressing is? Neither did I until I saw it referenced in several salad recipes in a 1910 cookbook and went on a hunt to…
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Gurkensalat – German Cucumber Salad with Dill
I grew up eating this cucumber salad with creamy dill dressing never knowing that it has a strong connection to my German heritage.
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Warm Green Bean Salad with Mustard Dressing
One of my favorite things about doing cooking demonstrations at the Murphysboro Farmers’ Market is creating something on the fly with ingredients the vendors provide. This warm green bean salad…
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Cabbage and Flower Sprout Slaw
My favorite summertime side dish is cabbage slaw and I have a new favorite vegetable to add – flower sprout! Slaw is one of the most versatile sides I know….
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Grilled Ceasar Pasta Salad
One of my favorite things about doing cooking demonstrations at the Murphysboro Farmer’s Market is arriving, gathering up goodies, and coming up with a recipe somewhat on the spot. It…
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Wilted Lettuce with Hot Bacon Dressing
Wilted lettuce was my daddy’s favorite salad. He was definitely one who believed adding bacon make everything better. In this case, adding more bacon makes wilted lettuce even better! We…
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Sous Vide Steak Salad
I was immediately smitten when sous vide circulators appeared on Food Network’s Iron Chef in 2010 because I had never seen one before. At that time, home-use circulators weren’t on…
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Peanut Chicken Salad
Every time I go to the bookstore, I pick up a cookbook or two from the bargain bin section. This is why I have more cookbooks than I need ……
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Basic Sweet and Sour Vinaigrette
Salad dressing is one of the things I learned to make early in my life. This vinaigrette is what my grandma and mom would “whip up” for every type of…
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Vegetable Beef Soup
Waste not, want not. I learned this lesson well! Every time I make Italian beef, I use the leftover broth to make vegetable beef soup. It’s a great way to…
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Chili’s Favorite Hot Chili
Chili has been a staple in my life for as long as I can remember. Every September, as soon as the temperature hit the mid 60s, my dad would whip…
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Leftover Mashed Potato Soup
Are you tired of eating Thanksgiving leftovers? Most of mine went into the freezer … which is great because I’ll be hungry for it all again in about … next…
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Potato Leek Soup
I grew up on potato leek soup; a traditional Scottish dish. My family recipe has been passed down from traditional Scottish grandmas … and grandpas … for at least 4 generations that I…
