baby kale caesar salad recipe | writes4food.com

Baby kale caesar salad.

When I spotted a bin full of beautiful purple and green baby kale at the farmers’ market recently, the farmer and I agreed it would make a terrific caesar salad. And it did. Of course, you could use the traditional romaine lettuce, or do a mix of baby lettuces and salad greens like arugula. Don’t be afraid of the anchovy or raw egg — both are essential to caesar dressing. Give this a try while greens are still in their adorable baby stage. Get the recipe!

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Beautiful roast chicken salad in a jar.

This recipe is an old favorite, clipped from a Williams-Sonoma catalog a bajillion years ago. We’ve made it for dinner a number of times, and then I hacked it as a salad-in-a-jar, which is perfectly lunch-able. The roast chicken and tart apple play beautifully with the spicy pecan dressing. Get the recipe!

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Classic tomato sauce for canning or freezing.

At an organic food conference last spring, I heard about a new-to-me process for making homemade tomato sauce using ripe summer tomatoes. It’s a wonder! This three-part recipe for tomato sauce is super efficient — and delicious! Get the recipe!

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tomato salad dressing made in the sunshine | writes4food.com

Fresh tomato salad dressing.

As if summer tomatoes aren’t sun-kissed enough: This easy tomato salad dressing is doubly so. Mix chopped tomatoes, herbs and other good stuff in a tall jar, pop on the lid and set it in the sun for a couple of hours. This dressing is super easy and versatile, too! Get the recipe!

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easy lime vinaigrette salad dressing recipe | writes4food.com

Easy lime vinaigrette.

This lime vinaigrette is my go-to salad dressing for spring, perfect on just a pile of backyard-grown butter lettuce leaves. Get the recipe.

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how to make quick fresh tomato sauce

Easy fresh tomato sauce.

If technology was really as good as it could be, you’d be smelling the wonderful tomato-garlic aroma coming from my kitchen through your computer screen as you read this post. But since computers don’t (yet!) have …

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