Bok choy has crunchy stems and crinkled, spinach-like leaves. Small heads of bok choy are called baby bok choy. Of the baby bok choys, regular baby bok choy is whiter in colour, while Shanghai bok choy is a uniform green … Continue reading
Category Archives: Green Salads
Pomegranate and Feta Salad combines pepitas, baby greens and baby spinach in a red wine vinaigrette. Pepita is the Spanish culinary term for the pumpkin seed. They are available in most bulk food stores and a more reasonable (and I … Continue reading
Pomegranate season has arrived at the grocery store. The pomegranate is an ancient fruit originally from Persia (Iran). Of late, it has been attributed with anti-oxidant properties, but I use it because it is delicious. Bacon Pomegranate Mushroom Salad combines … Continue reading
Fried Green Tomato Salad is a combination of red ripe tomato slices placed on panko crusted fried green tomato slices and topped with greens that have been dressed in a spicy lemon vinaigrette. There is so much in this recipe … Continue reading
What luck….I happened to have a ripe avocado and a ripe Bartlett pear at the same time. Together with a lemon vinaigrette they make a Two Pear Salad. An avocado comes from the tropical avocado tree, but as the fruit … Continue reading
I like to incorporate fresh fruit when I make a green salad, especially a spinach salad. I still have some of those delicious wild blueberries which partner well with Brie. Bacon is often served with a spinach salad. However, it … Continue reading
There is fresh basil growing in my garden and fresh radishes at the market. The watermelon is still coming from the States, but Watermelon and Radish Salad is something I like to enjoy all summer long. I switch over to … Continue reading
Much to my delight, the Farmer’s Market is starting to harvest the first of it’s fresh produce for this season. This week, there were new peas, radishes and the first picking of the strawberry crop. I know what you are … Continue reading
Celery is often dismissed as a vegetable made mostly of water, but it’s actually a good source of potassium, magnesium, calcium and vitamins A, B, C and K. Besides that, it is available year round and all parts of it … Continue reading
About ten years ago, Portabello mushrooms seemed to be the fashionable ingredient of the day. Portabello mushrooms are just grown up cremini mushrooms and cremini mushrooms are the original parent of today’s white mushroom. Mushrooms are commonly classified with vegetables, … Continue reading