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 comes together very quickly using locally sourced, fresh ingredients. A very good friend shared this recipe with me; he made me promise to never, ever…
I grew up eating this cucumber salad with creamy dill dressing never knowing that it has a strong connection to my German heritage.
A combination of sweet grilled corn and spicy jalapeños with an herbaceous creamy dressing, this salad is perfect as a side dish for your next backyard bbq.
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 is a perfect example of “off the cuff cooking” – using what you have to create a new dish. Enjoy the recipe! Read on below…
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 ate this as a side dish in the summer at least once a week and it is one of my family’s favorites, too. The bacon…
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 the market … that took a few years. Even the first ones were around $500 and definitely out of my budget. As with any new…
A simple combination of vegetables, sugar and cider vinegar, this colorful salad recipe is the perfect addition to potluck or picnics. The recipe was given to me by a close family friend about 10 years ago and it’s been a favorite ever since. It’s also healthy … baring the sugar, I suppose … but an…