Cooking Method: Mixing

Radish Crostini with Lemon Cheese Spread

Radish Crostini with Lemon Cheese Spread makes a great hors d'oeuvres for a party. It's light, lemony and very refreshing.

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 15 mins
  • Yields: 4 Servings

Mixed Green Salad with Strawberries & Pecans

This Mixed Green Salad with Strawberries & Pecans is my new favorite salad. I used a hard boiled egg slicer to cut the strawberries, which makes it fast and easy.

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 10 mins
  • Yields: 4 Servings

Radish and Jicama Salad

This Radish Jicama Salad, which is a very fresh tasting Spring salad, is loosely based on a recipe from Real Simple magazine. I changed a few things. Instead of red onions, I used 2 green onions and I left out the cilantro. I despise cilantro!

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 15 mins
  • Yields: 4 Servings

Army Navy

The Army Navy, a World War II era cocktail, first appears in print in David Embury's The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, and Embury described it as a Gin Sour that uses orgeat instead of simple syrup, which is almond-flavored syrup from Italy or France. 

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 5 mins
  • Yields: Makes 1 cocktail

Arugula & Belgium Endive with Balsamic-Glazed Prosciutto

This Arugula & Belgium Endive with Balsamic-Glazed Prosciutto is really good. All the ingredients and flavors balance well together and truly complement one another. The Balsamic-Glazed Prosciutto would be very good on chicken!

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 10 mins
  • Cook: 10 mins
  • Yields: 4 Servings

Roasted Shrimp and Vegetable Salad with Chili Lime Dressing

This is probably one of the most beautiful salads I've ever made. I love all the colors of the rainbow. This Roasted Shrimp and Vegetable Salad with Chili Lime Dressing is so healthy, fresh and you can make it ahead or eat it warm from the oven.

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 10 mins
  • Cook: 20 mins
  • Yields: 4 Servings

Kale and Broccoli Slaw Salad

This Kale and Broccoli Slaw Salad is something that I copied from Trader Joe's. You can add shredded cooked chicken to make it more of an entrée. Kale is much better if you massage the dressing into it. You can make it ahead and let it sit with the dressing.

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 10 mins
  • Yields: 4 - 6 Servings

Ramos Gin Fizz

The Ramos Gin Fizz, aka Ramos Fizz or New Orleans Fizz, is a cocktail which consists of gin, cream, egg white, soda water, orange flower water, fresh lemon juice, fresh lime juice, and sugar (or simple syrup). It is meant as a breakfast drink. As a fizz, it is served in a collins glass with no ice.

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 10 mins
  • Yields: Makes 1 cocktail

Blue Cheese Pecan Dip

I recently had Trader Joe's Blue Cheese Roasted Pecan Dip. It is outrageously good and very addictive. Here is a version you can make at home if you are unlucky enough to not live near a Trader Joes.

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 10 mins
  • Yields: Makes about 1 cup

All That Fizz

A popular drink in the 1970s, All That Fizz is a gin lovers Whiskey Sour. Light and refreshing, this easy to make cocktail is unusual in that it is dry shaken first and then shaken with ice. A top off of club soda puts the "fizz" in All That Fizz. While this drink's base alcohol is gin, a smoky coating of Scotch on the inside of the glass along with a frothy egg white are welcome flavors reminiscent of a Whiskey Sour.

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 5 mins
  • Cook: 10 mins
  • Yields: Makes 1 cocktail