I never get tired of salads! Chopped salads, grilled salads, grain-based salads … if ever a city was made for salads, it’s San Diego
Category: Salads & Sides
How to Make Homemade Croutons
Homemade croutons are super easy to make, and even easier if you save stale bits of bread and baguettes in your freezer. And with a savory crunch that’s light and fresh, nothing elevates your Caesar salad faster than homemade croutons
Asparagus Risotto with Lemon
Summer in San Diego often means gray skies and early morning mist, and even when it clears up in the afternoon, a morning mindset of chilly weather sets my mind to comfort food
Roasted Asparagus
It’s been a week since I’ve been home from Paris, and I have yet to turn the oven on. Maybe it’s the heat, maybe it’s the jet-lag, or maybe it’s just sheer laziness (we’ve been eating more than our quota of rotisserie chickens)
Easy Dijon Vinaigrette
Summer is here! (Actually, it’s always summer here in San Diego, but I won’t rub that in.) With summer comes picnics, summer concerts in the park, lots of beach days and BBQs, and that means one thing
Seafood Rice Salad
Seafood and San Diego go hand in hand. It’s impossible to live miles from the coast without stumbling upon a fish shop stacked to the gills with scallops, shrimp, crab legs and all manner of filets. Are we spoiled? Well … yes, but you already knew that since we’re lucky enough to live in San […]
Gluten-Free Health Bowls
Left overs are a favorite around here. No cooking, new flavor combinations, less waste – what’s not to love?
Watermelon and Goat Cheese Salad
Last weekend we hosted a BBQ for my cousins, and naturally I wanted to impress with a wide array of salads and sides, not to mention my homemade chocolate ice cream.
Bacon, Avocado & Corn Salad
Fresh sweet corn, creamy avocado, plump tomatoes and smoky bacon. What’s not to love about this salad, adapted from Gaby Dalkin’s new book, Absolutely Avocados?! This is a great recipe for your end-of-summer BBQs. So if you love avocados and you love a good cookbook, be sure to whip up this recipe before summer comes […]