Salad Dressing

Irish Flag Salad

Here is a healthy and colorful salad to serve on St. Patrick’s Day. Irish Flag Salad 6 oz fresh baby spinach 2 medium pears, thinly sliced 2 medium oranges, peeled and sectioned 2 Tbs crumbled feta cheese 2 Tbs chopped pistachios   Dressing 3 Tbs canola oil 2 Tbs orange juice 1 Tbs lemon juice […]

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  March 14, 2012   2 comments

Commander’s Salad

Commander’s Palace is a restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana that was built in 1880. If you visit New Orleans, you must put this on your to do list, which I know is quite lengthy!  It is located in the Garden District of Uptown New Orleans (1403 Washington Ave, New Orleans, 70130), and is owned by the Brennan family. It has long been one of […]

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  February 22, 2012   1 comment

Spinach Salad with Orange Vinaigrette

A Stunning Salad I catered a luncheon yesterday and made a beautiful spinach salad.  Spinach is a really good green to use when you are doing a buffet because it doesn’t wilt as easily.  The colors in this salad are stunning.  You can substitute any kind of crumbly cheese, also I might add some toasted, […]

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  December 13, 2011   2 comments

Erotic Dressing

An aphrodisiac perhaps? I was going through some old recipes that I had cut out of the Los Angeles Times and on the back of one I found this recipe for something called – Erotic Dressing.  What kind of salad to you put it on?  What makes it erotic?  Does Nigella know about this?  Maybe it’s an […]

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  October 20, 2011   No comments

BLD’s Fresh Vegetable Salad

Too hot for Hemp seeds! Yesterday (October 13th!) it was 100˚ F in Los Angeles.  I already put my summer clothes away!  I saw this salad recipe in yesterday’s Los Angeles Times and thought I would try it.  I, of course, tweaked it.  I added 2 cups of cooked chicken and left out the Hemp seeds.  It […]

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  October 14, 2011   No comments

Indiana Farmhouse Dressing

A hundred year old recipe This simple recipe has been used for salads, cucumbers and cole slaw for over a hundred years in Indiana, and can be found in many handwritten family cookbooks. It has the advantage of being non-fat if you don’t add the olive oil, but still low-fat if it is added. Indiana […]

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  August 25, 2011   No comments

Hot Bacon Dressing

A real heart stopper, for many reasons! If you have never had Hot bacon dressing, you have been missing out on something incredible. Make sure to make an appointment with your cardiologist soon after consumption! This works very well on a spinach salad. Hot Bacon Dressing 2 oz Bacon Grease ¼ lb Red Onion, diced […]

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  August 10, 2011   No comments

Cajun Caesar Salad With Grilled Shrimp

Pasturizing a raw egg Since the following recipe has raw eggs in the dressing….. RAW EGG WARNING The American Egg Board states: There have been warnings against consuming raw or lightly cooked eggs on the grounds that the egg may be contaminated with Salmonella, a bacteria responsible for a type of foodborne illness. To Make […]

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  June 21, 2011   No comments

$5,000 Dressing & Taco Salad

Not-exactly-Mexican Mexican Food Mary Melton wrote an article in Los Angeles magazine about her love of not-exactly-Mexican Mexican food. “We kids ate a diet heavy on Cal-Tex-Mex—gringo-ized versions of tacos and enchiladas accompanied by chile con queso dip and rice cooked in tomato sauce. I learned early on how to prep a vat of “taco […]

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  April 4, 2011   No comments