Salad Dressing
Bullock’s Tea Room Lemon Poppy Dressing
A Blast from the Past This old time favorite salad dressing from the Bullocks Department Store has been published in the Los Angeles Times many times over the years. Bullock’s Tea Room Lemon Poppy Dressing 3/4 cups sugar 1 tsp dry mustard 1/3 cup vinegar 1 1/2 Tbs onion juice 1 cups oil 1 […]
Continue ReadingWild Rice with Dried Apricots & Toasted Pecan Salad with Port Vinaigrette
A Lovely Ladies Luncheon… I catered a party for my absolute favorite ladies yesterday. It’s an annual luncheon and I have done it for about 5 or 6 years. (…but who’s counting!) Anyway, one of the things I made was a rice salad that had lots of dried and fresh fruit in it. I changed […]
Continue ReadingVermouth Dressing
Vinegar-free Dressing There can be no doubt, in my mind anyway, that the most quintessential salad dressing is vinaigrette. This simple combination of oil and vinegar along with seasonings like mustard, herbs, salt and pepper is universally loved and lends itself to an infinite number of variations. It is much more French than what is known […]
Continue ReadingLa Coupole Salad
A Taste of Paris Here is a salad from La Coupole in Paris, which is located in Montparnasse. With a list of former regulars that includes Man Ray, Aragon, Picasso and Hemingway, this brasserie is a Parisian institution. With seating for 450, the dining room is France’s biggest. La Coupole Salad Serves 6 1 large […]
Continue ReadingNew Mexico Chopped Salad
Poblano Chile Peppers I love making different summer side salads. Here is one that has poblano chilies. Poblano peppers are one of the most popular peppers grown in Mexico. The poblano is a relatively mild chile pepper originating in the State of Puebla, Mexico. Dried it is called an ancho chile. While poblanos tend to have a mild flavor, occasionally […]
Continue ReadingSalad Sevillana
Here is a great Summer salad. Salad Sevillana Serves 4 Use the extra dressing with boiled potatoes or green beans to make an instant salad later in the week. 1 cup olive oil 1/2 cup red wine vinegar 1/4 cup chopped onion 1/4 cup sugar 1 1/2 tsppaprika 1 tsp dry mustard 1 tsp salt […]
Continue ReadingOriginal Green Goddess Dressing
The Gift of a Goddess I thought that it would be particularly fitting to start off March with something green. Green Goddess is a salad dressing that is named for its green tint. They say it originated at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco in 1923, when the hotel’s executive chef wanted something to pay tribute […]
Continue ReadingPomegranate Dressing
I made a salad the other day for an event and the dressing seemed to be a crowd pleaser. It was mixed baby greens, blue cheese, toasted almonds, pomegranate seeds and pomegranate vinaigrette. [amd-zlrecipe-recipe:298]
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