1 medium head romaine lettuce, torn into bite-sized pieces, rinsed and spun dry
1/2 English cucumber or any waxless cucumber, deseeded if necessary
4 ribs celery hearts, leaves discarded if you like, sliced thinly (leave unpeeled)
the dressing, whisk all in a bowl:
~1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
juice of 1/2 lemon
4 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
salt and pepper if [...]
It’s not picture perfect, and I wish I could say I grew the basil that went into the pesto, and the tomatoes… but no. It was still perfectly yummy, and what’s important, it’s all mine — well, except for a couple of bites Paco took. My little ones don’t like this particular [...]
I’m not too fond of most Asian-style salads, because I find some things are usually “off” or the combination of tastes just screams WRONG! This is one exception to the rule.
1 package baby spinach, washed and spun dry
2 cups large shrimp, steamed, peeled and deveined
1 large ripe mango (Champagne mango if you can find it is [...]
1/2 cup julienned celery root
1/2 cup julienned carrots
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1/4 teaspoon salt
pinch of sugar
Toss everything in a bowl. Fast, easy, and healthy, you can serve this as a salad or a light craving-food-in-between-meals snack. You can also just run the celery root and carrots using the shredder attachment of your food processor. What could [...]