Category: Salads
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Fried Potato Salad
A nice alternative to the traditional mayo based potato salad I’ve made in the past, is something my dad used to make when we were kids – a fried potato salad tossed in a homemade vinaigrette dressing. I don’t think the Greek community would get upset if I said that a good vinaigrette dressing to…
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Memories of Panzanella
In previous posts, I have often shared parts of my childhood while growing up in Australia. I was four when we moved to Australia from Brazil, and the first little town we lived in was a place called Moonee Ponds. Like most small towns, it had one main street — and ours was Puckle Street.…
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Skirt Steak Salad with Bandiola Steak Essence
It was another one of those crazy days and also the beginning of a harried week. I hadn’t had a chance to go shopping over the weekend, so provisions were low. As I drove home I was thinking about what to make for dinner so I wouldn’t have to make a pit stop at my…
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Mediterranean Pasta Salad
A friend of mine was getting married over the weekend, and to save money she wanted to prepare much of the food herself. She managed to get everything done without getting too overwhelmed by keeping her guest list down to 50 people. The reception was actually a huge BBQ cookout that took place in her backyard. She offered many of…
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Always Room for Potato Salad…
As the warm season approaches, our minds drift to fun filled long weekends, planned vacations and family get-togethers…it won’t be long before many of us pullout our grills and park them in their permanent place in our backyard, where they will continue to work hard all summer long. Beside your Uncle Bob’s famous burgers or your Auntie May’s…
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Delicious Chicken Salad
Some days you jump out of bed in the morning and just seem to go from task to task…until you finally sit down at 9pm and say, “where did the day go?” Well, today was one of those days. Aside from having a sick dog the last few days and worrying about making her something that she…
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Greek salad…with a breaded twist
I love a good Greek salad…unfortunately, it’s hard to find a good one at most restaurants because the dressing tends to be too “vinegar-y”, or too oily, or not salty enough or just too soggy….So, most of the time, if I want to really enjoy a good one, I make it at home. One little…
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Chinese Chicken Salad
I was planning to make this salad to celebrate the Chinese New Year earlier this year, but alas, life got in the way and I did not get the chance. I was given this recipe by a good friend of mine named Mai. Knowing that I am a huge collector of recipes and that I am always…
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Hail Caesar! …Salad That Is
The original Caesar salad is attributed to restaurateur, Caesar Cardini, an Italian born Mexican, who allegedly tossed his first salad in 1924. Cardini, along with his brother Alex, were living in San Diego but ran a restaurant just across the border in Tijuana to avoid the restrictions of Prohibition. According to his daughter Rosa, the…