This dish is basically Call Me Maybe in salad form. Nothing makes me happier. Ingredients: Watermelon Corn cut off the cob Sliced mint Feta (optional) Salt as needed Use a simple dressing like this: 3 tablespoons EVOO 2 ½ teaspoons balsamic vinegar ¼ teaspoon soy sauce ½ teaspoon kosher salt
Category Archives: Salad
Quinoa with Tomato, Olives, Feta, and Mint
How did Steve Jobs go from the guy who lived in his parents’ garage to the guy that changed the world? No seriously, I would love to find out. American Airlines was playing a documentary about him on my flight the other week, and we landed in Boston before I could find out his secrets. [...]
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Spring Asparagus Salad
Who is that amped up guy behind Mad Money? Does he record that show every day? I mean seriously, he is going to blow a gasket. I get hyper too sometimes but at least I’ve started diluting my coffee with half regular/half decaf beans. He really needs to chill out. Don’t ask me how I [...]
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Cucumber Salad
I pretty much assume that Greek yogurt is an ok substitute for mayonnaise. I know that makes me a complete psycho, but seriously, try it out. It adds all the creamy moisture (two of my least favorite words, one after the other) that mayo adds without any of the greasy, pore-and-artery-clogging backfires. Before I get [...]
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Simple Salad Lunch
Last weekend, after a night of revelry, my girlfriend (let’s call her Fessica) and I wanted to order late night delivery. Normally, when confronted with this situation, I would have been on the Pizza-&-Fries-Train faster than you can say Baba Ghanoush. But for some inexplicable reason, I was demanding Caesar Salad with uncompromising fervor. This [...]
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Curried Chicken Salad
I spent literally 27 hours watching football yesterday. I woke up this morning feeling like some jock had given my brain a swirly. That particular breed of football overdose is the direct result of having six Patriot-obsessed brothers and one TV. I had to spend a few extra minutes on Suri’s Burn Book this morning [...]
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Grapefruit and Watercress Salad
Whilst trying to jam my big toe in the aforementioned iron-door-of-dream-company, I got pretty friendly with two amazing ingredients: Sriracha and Fish Sauce. It’s not like I had never used these things before (confusing double negative: check). I’d always dumped Sriracha in my Pho, and I knew fish sauce was a key flavor in a [...]
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Chickpea Salad
Does anyone on Planet Earth have a good way to cut up a mango?? I was utterly baffled today in the kitchen. I vaguely have this distant, foggy memory of my aunt, who is Venezuelan, showing me how to do it back in like 1935. But my tiny brain remembers that her mango was cut [...]
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Tomato and Green Bean Salad with Basil Dressing
So work has been crazy/hectic/what-have-you lately. Couple that with a few lazy dog-days off and you get a baker’s dozen of blogless days. Which has probably been refreshing for most of you. The good news is, spending so much time at work has introduced me to my latest food obsession: creamy basil dressing. It’s ridiculously [...]
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Pea Salad with Basil and Shaved Pecorino
Why is it that pea season is so dang short! Fresh peas are so ridiculously delicious but I feel like I only see them for a few minutes before they’re gone. If you go to the bathroom in late May, you might miss pea season. Is there somewhere that they DO have a season? I’m [...]
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