This is a riff on a farmer’s salad from a local catering company here in Denver. Every time leftovers showed up after a customer meeting at our office, people rush to the cafe and scrape the bottom of the bowl with enthusiasm usually reserved for […]
This salad is all about color and texture! Time to bring in the full rainbow of crunchy veggies and top it off with chewy rice noodles and tangy-salty-sweet vinaigrette. Just three steps here: Chop veggies. Saute shrimp. Shake up that dressing and drizzle drizzle drizzle. […]
Let’s keep it simple today: hearty grains, colorful veggies, and a light toss with super-basic dressing. Yes please. Farro Grain Salad is a good wintertime side when produce isn’t at its peak and it’s still brisk out. I love that you can take it to […]
Happy New Year friends! 2016 is off to an appropriately late start with good friends & Irish coffee. However you celebrated, I hope you’re enjoying a relaxing start to the new year. Usually I couldn’t imagine waxing poetic about a salad, but these colors are […]
Let me tell you about the Maisano family. My mom is from a Sicilian family of eleven, with nine kids across eighteen years. Nearly all of them had their own children, and now many of those children have their own families, and we even have a […]
Candied pecans + blue cheese + dried cranberries make a colorful holiday salad that hits all the right notes of sweet, salty, and crunchy without being heavy. It takes less than ten minutes to throw together and it’s a refreshing change from the dozens of […]
This is my favorite salad using the Asian Turkey Meatballs I posted last week – it’s got great crunchy texture, lots of flavors, and only takes a couple minutes to toss together. Salad as it should be! The meatballs try to steal the show here, […]
