Fun fact: I overestimated my ability to consume cherry tomatoes when I planted my garden. I purchased about 8-10 red and orange cherry tomato plants and two Roma plants. Remember, this garden is for two people. As the Farm Guy Next Door and I were putting up tomato cages he kept asking, “how many more?”…
Category: Salads
Warm Roasted Sweet Potato & Brussels Sprouts Salad with Maple Dijon Vinaigrette
The best salads, in my opinion, don’t include lettuce. And don’t even get me started on roasted vegetables. Show me a pan of those, and there’s a good chance I’ll eat the entire sheet pan single handedly. <– that’s not a joke. This salad boasts tender, sweet & savory roasted vegetables, sweet cranberries, crispy chickpeas…
Curried Cauliflower & Chickpea (or chicken!) Salad
This recipe definitely isn’t your tried and true, tattered recipe card, kind of recipe. Instead, this one is a “push you out of your comfort zone” kind of recipe! It is so unexpectedly delicious, I think you’ll be surprised at how much you like it. If cauliflower or chickpeas aren’t your thing, definitely try it…
Quinoa Greek Salad with Garlicky Lemon Vinaigrette
Let me give you a quick low down on this recipe:1. I can’t keep letting you pronounce quinoa incorrectly. Growing up, my sister used to correct my grammar and spelling incessantly, so I can’t help that I’m now hyper aware of things like pronunciation. So, back to the topic at hand: quinoa = keen –…
Curry Chicken Chopped Salad with Lemon Tahini Dressing and Crispy Chickpeas
I swear I tried to make the recipe name shorter…but there are so many important elements to this recipe that needed to be in the title! I’m a big fan of tahini–I mean BIG fan. In the last year, I’ve experimented with tahini in baked goods, dressings, sauces, etc. and I’ve not been disappointed. It’s…