Autumn means fall and winter squash begin to pile up at the market. Pumpkins, butternut squash, and delicata squash are among my favorites. Pumpkin and butternut squash are great for soups, but delicata is my pick for salads, like this Delicata Squash Salad with Kale. Can You Eat the Skin of Delicata Squash? One of the big reasons I love delicata squash is that yes, you can eat the skin. None of that time-consuming peeling is necessary at all. (Yay!!) This makes it uber-easy and quick ...
Simple Vegan Chickpea Salad with Olives
In summer, when it's way to hot to cook, and almost too hot to eat, I go for a chickpea salad. I have a few I like to make, but right now this chickpea salad with olives is my favorite. It refreshes me perfectly. This Chickpea Salad is Easy and Quick I often have cooked chickpeas on hand - since I cook up a batch most weeks. So this salad comes together in around 15 minutes, depending on what all I add to it. Here's a list of what I typically include, with a couple options. Main Ingredients for ...
Moroccan Citrus Salad with Quinoa
Moroccan citrus salad of oranges and kalamata olives dressed in a spicy vinaigrette. Add peppery arugula and quinoa for a vegetarian main dish. Citrus is at its peak right now, and brightening hearty winter salads is one of the best ways to use it. Like this Moroccan Citrus Salad that I love to make all winter, or this Sumo Citrus Salad with Cauliflower, Olives and Feta. As note: This recipe was originally posted in January 2012, and updated January 2020. Why Use Citrus Now Variety Grapefruit, ...
Best Traditional Greek Salad
This is the best time of year to make a traditional Greek salad, so if you're looking for your next salad, this is it my friends. All of the ingredients are in season at their peak flavor, and easily found at grocery stores and Farmers Markets. For bonus points, this might also be one of the easiest salads you'll make this year - and for the win, one of your most popular. Seriously. Make it for dinner, a pot luck, or a picnic. It travels well and is best made a little ahead of time. (And if ...
Sumo Citrus Salad with Cauliflower, Olives & Feta
I have 2 things for you today! First up, a Sumo citrus salad loaded with roasted cauliflower, kalamata olives, scallions, raisins, cashews and feta. It's dressed with a bright, orange-citrus vinaigrette. Second, a roundup of more than 20 roasted vegetable dishes for easy dinners that I posted on Parade's online magazine, Parade.com. It's Week 3 of my Vegetarian Meal Plan series. Citrus Salad Time Wintertime means citrus is at its peak, and the stores are full of citrus you only see a couple of ...
Mushroom Powder for Health: Roasted Mushroom Vinaigrette + Warm Cauliflower Salad
Have you tried Mushroom Powder? One of the best things about blogging is having the opportunity to test drive new products for you guys. Granted, sometimes I get emails from people wanting me to post about their fabulous sunglasses, or cross post about selling real estate, but sometimes you strike gold. And this is one of those times. I’m talking about mushroom extract powders from FreshCap Mushrooms. Mushroom Healing Properties Mushrooms are totally on trend right now. And for good reason. ...
Vegan Asparagus Salad with Potatoes and Lentils in a Lemon Vinaigrette
A spring vegan asparagus salad, hearty enough for a meal, loaded with asparagus, potatoes, lentils, radishes, sugar snap peas, and mint - all dressed with a bright lemon vinaigrette. Spring wakes slowly here in the mountains. After relishing the explosion of spring for decades just outside San Francisco, I'm adjusting to a more tentative, gentle springing forth. I see four fuzzy buds one day on a bush when walking Paprika, and the next day another two gather up their nerve to join them. ...
Mediterranean Cauliflower Salad with Crispy Chickpeas + Miso Dressing
Perfect clean eating dinner. Warm cauliflower salad with crispy chickpeas, sun-dried tomatoes and Kalamata olives, all tossed in a miso dressing. Do you have certain ingredients you always go to? The Italians, IMHO, have this nailed. Tomatoes, pasta, garlic, basil, and Parmesan. Those five ingredients can make several days of meals for me. Nothing against this winning combination, but I have my own favorites I often go to year-round. Cauliflower. Sun-dried tomatoes. Kalamata olives. ...
Smashed Roasted Beets with Goat Cheese Dressing + Menu Ideas for Next Week!
What kind of menu planning do you do? Are you the super efficient type who carefully plans the week’s menu over the weekend, creating itemized shopping lists before heading to the market? Do you whip up some condiments like bread crumbs or an aioli sauce, bake some bread, or maybe chop out some of the prep on Sunday afternoon so you can have quick healthy meals during an over-scheduled week? Or are you like me? Standing in front of the refrigerator at 6:30pm, shocked to find ...
Grilled Fattoush Salad
Grilled fattoush salad with grilled peppers and zucchini, tossed with tomatoes, cucumbers, green onions, and chickpeas dressed in buttermilk-yogurt dressing. I attended The Yoga Expo this past weekend in Santa Clara. It's a big yoga and meditation day traveling around the country, with a stop scheduled for Vancouver, BC as well. There are also exhibitors for everything from crystals to homeopathy and juices in a pill form. If you decide to go to one of them, and I do recommend it, here's my ...
Italian Peach Panzanella Bread Salad
This Italian peach panzanella is a bread salad with peaches, tomatoes, red onions, basil, mint, burrata, and garlicky ciabatta for a quick summer salad. One of the many things I love about Italian food is its simplicity. Most Italian dishes don't have a ton of ingredients, allowing each ingredient to shine. A good example is panzanella salads. And just so you know, the word panzanella sounds a lot fancier than it really is -- it just means a bread salad. Panzanella bread salads, native to ...
Crunchy Kale and Apple Salad with Thai Peanut Butter Dressing
Crunchy winter salad of kale, Napa cabbage, apples, and honey roasted peanuts all dressed in a fabulous Thai peanut butter dressing. Some salads are all about the salad, and the dressing is just along for the ride. But sometimes, the salad is all about the dressing. This is one of those. The unassuming sauce you see in the jar is a peanut butter dressing, and may look a little drab, but trust me - looks can be deceiving. This party girl bursts with flavors of soy sauce, lime juice, ...
