Cooking Method: Mixing
The Gooden Salad
There is a restaurant offering The Gooden Salad, named after a local school in Sierra Madre, CA. It is a delicious combination of grilled chicken, lettuce, hearts of palm, avocado, corn and blue cheese served with ranch dressing and a drizzle of BBQ sauce.
By - Prep: 20 mins
- Yields: 4 Servings
Pineapple Salsa
This Pineapple Salsa has vibrant colors and tropical flavor. It's great to use on fish, pork or chicken.
- Prep: 20 mins
- Cook: 10 mins
Chopped Salad from The Luggage Room Pizzeria
The Los Angeles Times printed the recipe for this chopped salad from one of our favorite restaurants, The Luggage Room Pizzeria in the 1934 Del Mar Train Station in Pasadena, CA. The pizza is done in a wood burning oven and is phenomenal.
- Prep: 20 mins
- Yields: 1 Servings
Cinnamon Honey Butter
My daughter, Grace made this Cinnamon Honey Butter. Its uses are endless. You can put it on toast, pancakes, waffles, muffins, bagels, cinnamon rolls, biscuits, popcorn, etc. I should have taken a picture before everyone descended on the jar!
- Prep: 10 mins
Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Almonds & Blood Oranges
I went to my local farmers market. There are several food trucks that park there. I bought this amazing Brussels Sprouts and Blood Orange salad. I immediately came home and recreated it.
- Prep: 30 mins
- Cook: 15 mins
- Yields: 6 Servings
Egg Salad with Dill & Chives
Egg Salad with Dill & Chives are a bit hit. There is nothing like a really good egg salad sandwich. I think adding some fresh dill takes it to the next level.
- Prep: 30 mins
- Cook: 15 mins
- Yields: Makes 40 sandwiches
Spinach Salad with Limed Pepitas and Dried Cranberries
Spinach Salad with Limed Pepitas and Dried Cranberries is delicious! Pepita (from Mexican Spanish: pepita de calabaza, "little seed of squash") is a Spanish culinary term for the pumpkin seed, the edible seed of a pumpkin or squash. The following recipe is based on Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger's recipe from The Boarder Grill in Los Angeles. Their version of this salad uses pomegranate Seeds and jicama. Also, if you are serving buffet style spinach is a good green to use. It's less delicate than lettuce and doesn't go as limp. I had never "limed" a pepitas before, but now I hooked!
- Prep: 10 mins
- Cook: 5 mins
- Yields: 12 Servings
Cold Noodles with Chicken & Sesame Sauce
If you can't stand the heat..... I am not a sunny climate, hot weather type of person. I know this must be a shock to most of you, but it’s true. I hate the heat. Unfortunately, I live in Los Angeles. I try to think of things that I can make in the morning and pull out of the fridge for dinner. One of my go to meals on a bloody hot day is – cold noodles with sesame sauce. It’s a great dinner and it’s delicious. I always eat it with chop sticks and a very cold glass of wine!
- Prep: 10 mins
- Cook: 40 mins
- Yields: 4 Servings
Minty Grapefruit Vinaigrette
This Minty Grapefruit Vinaigrette is very light and fresh tasting. My husband, Eric, said it would be good with roasted chicken, green onions, toasted almonds and manchego cheese over a bed of greens.
- Prep: 10 mins
- Yields: Makes 1 cup
Grapefruit Margarita
A friend sent me a case of grapefruit, I thought I would try making a Grapefruit Margarita, which is not such a stretch when you consider that the Salty Dog cocktail, which is a Greyhound (vodka and grapefruit juice) in a salt-rimmed glass, marries the salt and grapefruit flavors and has been popular for years. For my margarita, I used freshly-squeezed ruby grapefruit juice, silver tequila, blue agave sweetener and I added a kick of chili into the mix.
