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This salad. To die for! 

Soft dough base with jalapeno jack, chopped romaine, grilled chicken, avocado, red grape tomatoes, salsa, sour cream and ranch dressing.

All fresh and local ingredients at the red grape in Sonoma California! An awesome restaurant just off the…

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A summer staple in Central Italy is the Tuscan bread salad Panzanella, a classic example of cucina povera (peasant cooking), transforming stale bread into a flavorful dish with fresh tomatoes, basil & anchovies.…

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Picnic perfect! A garden salad with fresh borlotti or cranberry beans, cherry tomatoes and cucumbers goes great with everything from fish to grilled meats or eaten by itself with toasty bread & a wedge of pecorino (sheep's milk cheese).

(All the produce for this salad is grown in our organic farm with homemade red wine…

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Radish & cucumber salad a is simple 5-minute summer salad! Fresh from the garden, our radishes are crisp & peppery, perfectly complimenting the cool cucumbers. We added a little chive because they were ready to be picked, with a drizzle of olive oil, salt & pepper -you're ready to…

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Leftover Vegetables = Great Salads!

 

Chinese influence in Thai culture can be found everywhere, including Thai cuisine. This  simple Thai salad features a Chinese sausage, lap cheong. This type of Chinese sausage is a hard, slightly sweet pork sausage similar in texture to Italian pepperoni and can be found in any Chinese market. I’ve even…

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Roasted Butternut Squash Salad



1 medium-large butternut squash, seeded and cut into thick 1 -inch slices

salt & pepper

8 tablespoons of olive oil

1/4 cup red wine vinegar

1/2 medium red onion, sliced paper thin

1 clove of garlic, sliced paper thin

handful of fresh oregano

pinch of red chili flakes



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Green beans, runner beans, french beans or fagiolini - whatever you call them they are in-season on our farm! If you read our last post you know we are eating them damn'near daily! Here we pick them while they are still young & tender - not the huge knobby tough beans I was used to before. And don't even get me started on the difference between fresh picked beans and the soggy, salty ones I was force-fed to eat as a kid...from a can!! (No wonder so many kids grow up hating vegetables). Now… Continue

Roasted Sweet Potato & Hazelnut with Cranberry Salad,is great If you are entertain any guest .

This salad complements any main meal , you can served roasted sweet potato hot or cold the smoke paprika add the smoke taste .

The Roasted Hazelnut adds a crunch, bite into juice cranberry & spice taste of the rocket & sweet red onion , then toss…

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Ingredients



3 cooked chicken breasts, chopped-I buy an already cooked chicken from the grocery store!!



1 or stalks celery, chopped- about 3/4 cup



2 green onions, chopped



1/2 cup seedless grapes, halved



3/4 cup dried cranberries



1/2 cup of toasted almonds



3/4 cup salad dressing, such as Miracle Whip- or here is a trick, just add 1 tsp of icing sugar to regular mayonnaise.… Continue

One of my favorite fruits has got to be the peach. Not only do they taste great, but they are also one of the most versatile fruits!



A great salad is only as good as the ingredients you put in it, so be sure to pick the best peach for yours. If you’re not sure how, just remember that good-quality peaches will be fairly large, firm to slightly soft, and have a yellowish or creamy color. A lot of people think that “good” peaches have a red blush, which is true to an extent, but it is… Continue