‘For the Love of Heirloom Tomatoes’ salad

This heirloom tomato salad is definitely for the lovers of tomatoes! It’s so simple, yet so delicious. It makes a perfect light dinner, or appetizer, served alongside some crusty vegan-buttered bread – at least it did for me.. I got it straight from the newest Food & Wine magazine (Aug 2009), and only had to [...]

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Hannah’s Potato Salad

I never liked potato salad in my pregan days, mostly since I hate both mustard and mayonnaise.  But my friend Hannah made some vegan potato salad for me a few years ago, and I fell deeply in love.  I’ve served this to carnies who thought it was the best potato salad they’ve ever had.  This [...]

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Spring Pasta Salad

Ok, I realize it would have been good for me to post this before Memorial Day, so you could take a tasty pasta salad to your holiday cook out, but I was out of town.  Sorry!  On the bright side, there are many summer weekends coming up when you can have some pasta salad on [...]

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Italian Herb and Tahini Salad Dressing

Fresh salad dressing is an easy way to impress your dinner guests, and the clean, fresh flavors always taste better than store-bought dressing, at least to me.  Italian dressing tastes great on salad obviously, but also works well on pasta salad.  You can keep it in the fridge for a few days after making it, [...]

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Wild Brown Rice Salad

This dish tastes great both while the rice is still warm, and the next day at room temperature! I love rice and veg, and having it like a ’salad’ is a wonderful variation. I love the raw veg mixed in, making it taste that much fresher – like Spring is on its way… You could [...]

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Carrot Tahini Salad Dressing

This salad dressing is inspired by the big salads at Yaffa Cafe in the East Village. Back in college my friends and I would go out to a bar and then (in truly New York style) go have a salad at Yaffa in the middle of the night. The salad consisted of romaine, [...]

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Cannellini and Broccoli Deliciousness

Ok, so last night I wanted to make a broccoli and white bean “salad,” but I wanted it warm considering the weather we’ve been having here in the midwest. So here’s the deliciousness that was created. It was so simple, and super quick (dinner within 15 minutes of first broccoli chop). I had made the [...]

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Classic 3-bean salad

Instead of serving up a fistful of WTF, here’s a dish that you can serve up next time someone asks, “where do you get your protein?” Three types of beans means three times the protein, or at least 3 times the variety. This “salad” served me both as a side to steamed veggies, as well [...]

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Spinach and Chickpea Dinner Salad

Contrary to popular opinion, a salad can be a very satisfying meal. One critical error that many people make is to treat the leafy greens as the focus, rather than the basis of the meal. A proper salad is not some lettuce with tomatoes tossed on top, but rather a mixture of vegetables, [...]

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Croutons

Nothing tops off a salad like some homemade croutons. It’s a great way to use up that two day old bread that’s starting to dry out. And they are very easy to make.
Ingredients:
4-5 1/2 inch slices of farmer’s bread
1 TBS mixed herbs, such as oregano, thyme, sage, rosemary
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp salt
1/4 [...]

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