My husband and I love blueberry season! Blueberry pancakes, fresh blueberries on your cereal or blueberries topped with yogurt, it’s all delicious. With the Northeast in mind, where blueberries are abundant and hazelnuts are very popular, I came up with this salad using fresh lettuces out of the garden. The honey in the dressing gives [Read more...]
Many people ask me for salad recipes when most of the time I simply throw together what I have on hand. I typically stick with a theme, such as Asian or Mexican, but this time I started with leftover “Greek Lemon Chicken” (search for this yummy recipe on this site). I had fresh lettuce out [Read more...]
Asian lettuce wraps are so delicious, full of flavor and can be very healthy. This is the perfect time to make them with the abundance of fresh herbs, lettuce, green onion and jalapeño growing in our gardens or available at your local farmers market. It’s also light, fresh and almost a no cook meal on [Read more...]
I created this salad for one, it’s what I had for lunch, with a couple spears of asparagus, an egg, lettuce and spring herbs. My small planting of asparagus gives a few spears a week, not enough to make it a meal but it’s perfect for this salad. Notice I said to use cooked asparagus, [Read more...]
By golly I think I did it! I have been experimenting with Vietnamese spring rolls for over a year and I think I finally figured it out. My wrappers used to fall apart and tear, then my sauce was never to my satisfaction. So, when my Uncle and I went to a Vietnamese restaurant recently, [Read more...]
Artichokes are still in season and we have been enjoying them weekly. I created this yogurt dipping sauce for the artichokes instead of using melted butter. Or try dipping other veggies in it such as grilled asparagus. I also use it as a salad dressing. I just mix the ingredients in the salad bowl, add [Read more...]
The other night we had some friends over to celebrate my husband’s birthday. He loves lasagna, which is perfect for a crowd, and wanted a berry cobbler for dessert. I wanted to make a spring salad, something different. My friend, John, has an organic farm in Kentucky, grows wonderful produce and sent back a variety [Read more...]