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!
My Big Fat Greek Salad
I created this salad earlier this summer – in part because it is so tasty (of course), and in part because it is a starch that is hearty and filling without being potato salad. Yawn. Plus that whole mayo aversion thing I got going. It made its first appearance at...
Rustic Tuscan Panzanella Bread Salad: Best-Ever Bread Salad with Peak of the Season Tomatoes
This time of year when the tomatoes are hanging ripe and juicy, heavy on the vine I am often reminded of two lively ladies from London whom I met styling Panzanella Bread Salad at the Today Show for their River Café Cookbook. Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers set up shop...
Salad Days of Summer: Farm Fresh Summer Squash & Arugula Salad
How is it exactly that "Salad Days" has gone from meaning green and naïve (Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra) to the more current American connotation of being at one’s heyday or pinnacle? So American, right? Wait long enough and it can mean whatever you want. ...
Firecracker Cole Slaw – a Side with More than a Little Sass
Okay, Okay, Okay!! I heard you already. I have been getting a lot of requests for the Firecracker Cole Slaw that got a fleeting mention at the end of the burger pot lucky post. I guess it’s time. This is a recipe adapted from my very first menu at New World...
Summer Grilling: South of the Border Texmati Rice & Grilled Veggie Salad Bowl
Sponsored by RiceSelect It was a perfect confluence of events. I was invited to a dedication at a local yacht club, complete with naval officers and Girl Scouts, and asked to bring a side to share. I had just loaded up with fresh corn, heirloom tomatoes, peppers...
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!