Category Archives: Salads

Fast, easy and healthy salad recipes.

Beautiful salade lyonnaise.

I’m finding frisee, the curly endive with a mildly bitter taste, at farmers’ markets now, and this classic French salad is the perfect use for it. Continue reading

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Spring salad with peas and mint.

This salad recipe practically shouts spring, with now-in-season peas (three ways), radishes and mint. An easy lemon salad dressing adds great flavor. Continue reading

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Roasted carrot and red pepper salad.

Roasted carrots and red pepper combine with cumin and an easy tahini dressing to make an unconventional salad: no lettuce required! Continue reading

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Lovely Easter side dishes.

Here are 6 great recipes for enhancing your Easter brunch or dinner, with healthful and seasonal side dishes your family will love. Continue reading

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Wonderful spring recipes.

The calendar says spring; the weather, not so much. Here are 6 great spring recipes to inspire you to eat seasonally, from pasta to salad to dessert. Continue reading

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Roasted sugar snap and shallot salad.

Here’s a fresh new take on salad, which skips the lettuce and instead focuses on a few vegetables, both raw and cooked, in a simple dressing. Continue reading

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Fabulous wild rice salad with chicken.

I love a really hearty salad for dinner, one with roast chicken, perhaps, and some grains for structure … and, of course, cheese. Continue reading

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The Clara Project: Simple, beautiful orange-avocado salad.

This simple salad combines winter’s best produce: creamy avocado and sweet-tart orange; a little drizzle of good olive oil is all it takes to bring it all to life. Continue reading

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Awesome ways to use roast chicken.

Store-bought roast chicken (if you’re not in the mood for roasting your own) can star in a whole range of easy meals that are perfect for this time of year. Continue reading

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Winter salad with butternut squash and arugula.

This seasonal salad was inspired by a recent lunch at Jean-Robert’s Table in Cincinnati. Try this wintery combination of sweet butternut squash and peppery arugula. Continue reading

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