Cuisine: Salad

Lentil Salad with Mint and Orange Zest

Lentil Salad with Mint and Orange Zest

My friend, Jessica, recently gave me this cookbook called Coming Home to Sicily. This Lentil Salad with Mint and Orange Zest recipe is in the book. It's healthy and delicious!

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 5 mins
  • Cook: 20 mins
  • Yields: 6 Servings
Fig Salad with Crème Fraîche, Mint, and Prosciutto

Fig Salad with Crème Fraîche, Mint, and Prosciutto

Our fig tree is exploding. So I made this Fig Salad with Crème Fraîche, Mint, and Prosciutto. Having a fig tree is a mixed blessing. They are a huge mess and we basically have 1,000 figs that need eating. Here is one way to get the job done. Oh, did I mention we also have overgrown mint and a lemon tree?

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 10 mins
  • Yields: 6 Servings
Chilled Broccoli & Snap Peas with Creamy Tarragon Dressing

Chilled Broccoli & Snap Peas with Creamy Tarragon Dressing

Chilled Broccoli & Snap Peas with Creamy Tarragon Dressing is sucn nice and refreshing salad for your summer BBQ or picnic.

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 5 mins
  • Cook: 5 mins
  • Yields: 6 - 8 Servings

Red, White & Blue Potato Salad

I catered an event for 100 people. I was asked to make potato salad. Making potato salad makes me nervous! People are very particular about their potato salad and making it for 100 is tricky. I used 3 kinds of potatoes - red, purple and white. I did this so I did not have to peel them (all 16 pounds!). Fortunately, I had the foresight to boil the purple ones separately. They would have turned the entire dish a grayish / blueish tinge. I scaled the recipe down for you! This is a very simple and basic recipe, but it ended up being a big hit.

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 15 mins
  • Cook: 15 mins
  • Yields: 6 Servings
Salad doesn't have to be boring, try Blueberry, Carrot, Almond & Spinach Salad.

Blueberry, Carrot, Almond & Spinach Salad

Salad doesn't have to be boring, try Blueberry, Carrot, Almond & Spinach Salad. It's so colorful!

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 5 mins
  • Yields: 2 Servings

Freekeh Salad with Apricots, Grilled Halloumi & Zucchini

Freekeh Salad with Apricots, Grilled Halloumi & Zucchini is a delicious and healthy salad that is perfect for a summer meal. Freekeh is a whole grain that is high in fiber and protein, and it has a nutty flavor that pairs well with grilled zucchini and halloumi cheese. The apricots add a touch of sweetness, and the scallions, pistachios, and parsley provide additional flavor and texture.
The salad is easy to make and can be customized to your liking. If you don't have halloumi cheese, you can substitute feta or another type of salty cheese. You can also add other vegetables to the salad, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, or peppers.

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 15 mins
  • Cook: 40 mins
  • Yields: 6 - 8 Servings

Snap Pea, Radish, Basil and Ricotta Salata Salad

This is a wonderful, crunchy salad which uses Ricotta Salata. It's one of Italy's most unusual sheep's milk cheeses. The milk curds and whey used to make this cheese are pressed and dried even before the cheese is aged, giving this pure white cheese Ricotta_salataa dense but slightly spongy texture and a salty, milky flavor -- like a dry Italian feta.

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 15 mins
  • Cook: 10 mins
  • Yields: 4 Servings

Panzanella

Do you have some stale bread that you do not know what to do with? Well here’s your answer! Make Panzanella!
Panzanella is a Tuscan salad of bread and tomatoes popular in the summer. It includes chunks of soaked stale bread and tomatoes, cucumbers, onions and basil, dressed with olive oil and vinegar.

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 10 mins
  • Cook: 20 mins
  • Yields: 8 Servings
Elote Corn Dip

Elote Corn Dip

This Elote Corn Dip recipe is from my good friend Jeanne. She brought over this really delicious dip. It is basically a creamy, cheesy, Mexican corn dip . Elote is the Mexican name for corn on the cob and Cotija is a hard cow's milk cheese that originated in Mexico.Tajin Classico a seasoning, which consists of chiles molino, salt and lemon. When you can’t find the Cotijo cheese use seasoned feta.

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 15 mins
  • Cook: 10 mins
  • Yields: 6 Servings
Summer Tomato and Corn Salad with Basil

Summer Tomato and Corn Salad with Basil

This Summer Tomato and Corn Salad with Basil is a quick summer salad, that's fresh & easy.

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 10 mins
  • Cook: 5 mins
  • Yields: 4 Servings