Salads
Crispy cool salads, holiday meal salads, picnic-in-the-park salads, party salads and dinner-on-a-platter salads. We have all the salads! For something with a twist but still crispy and crunchy, try this Tuscan Kale with Creamy Avocado or this grilled baby romaine Deconstructed Caesar. This Harvest Salad adds some breathing room on Thanksgiving yet has just enough treats to make it feel indulgent.
If you are feeding a crowd, be it a picnic or a party, try this Texmati Rice and Grilled Veggie Salad, My Big Fat Greek Salad or Firecracker Cole Slaw. And man do I love one platter salad feast meals. They are easy to make ahead yet stunning to serve. Check out this vegetarian SuperFood Salad or the grilled Southwestern Grilled Shrimp Cobb Salad, full of surprises! They make stunning presentations and really wow the crowd!
Pot Lucky: Salad Palooza Edition
Oh my! Oh my! Oh my! The Salad Palooza is the mother of all Pot Luckys! What a feast! What a gathering! What fierce women bound together by emulsified vinaigrettes! Ok, there were other things to unite over and celebrate. And this GNO (Girls Night Out) took things...
Wonder Woman/Superman Superfood Salad
Are you still coming off that turkey coma from last week? Did you feast yourself silly?? Be honest – how many slices of pie did you do? This year we have the rare gift of an extra week between Thanksgiving and Christmas. So here’s a dish that will ramp up your...
Harvest Grains Salad with Oven-Dried Tomatoes
When I find something that will change your life – FOREVER – I must share. I’m not such a fan of pre-seasoned packages, like those dried bean soup mixes loaded with some heavy doses of sodium, but I recently stumbled across this beauty at Trader Joe’s. It’s...
Farm Stand Roasted Potato Salad
Having a German grandmother exposed me to vinegar-style potato salad from an early age. Don’t get me wrong, we had our share of mayo-based summer spuds too, but I developed a taste for the briny acidity and mustard of German-style potato salads at a very early...
Deconstructed Grilled Caesar Salad
About a zillion years ago, I opened New World Grill, a great little American bistro tucked into New York City’s theater district. We had what I still consider today to be an acid test Caesar salad. It was served in a pre-chilled bowl which was kinda fancy for a...
Meet Katy
Well, hello there! I’m Katy. And I’m all about Palate & Passion & Purpose. I’ve spent my whole life weaving together a passion for food, entertaining, and enjoying family & friends with a purpose for improving the lives of others. There’s no better way to live with purpose than to break bread with others. See how that all came full circle? And…I was lucky enough to make a career out of doing so!