Sometimes the simplicity of a salad can astound both in taste and appearance! Such is the case with this Butterhead lettuce salad I made for lunch the other day. To the lovely leaves I added some thinly sliced avocado, red onion, and shaved Pecorino Romano. I dressed it lightly with olive oil, lemon juice, champagne…
Tag: lunch
Kugels!
Kugel is the Yiddish word for pudding. In Jewish cooking it generally refers to a sweet or savory baked pudding or casserole made of noodles or potatoes. Although originating from central Europe 800 years ago, today it has become a delicious traditional side dish served on Jewish holidays or on the Sabbath in the…
Caesar Salad
Caesar Salad is one of my favorite salads! If it is on the menu at a good restaurant 8 out of 10 times I will order it. When I decided to add a salad to my already plentiful brunch menu for New Year’s Day I chose to make this recipe from Epicurious online. I will definitely…
Bacon-and-Leek Quiche
I promised to share this luscious quiche recipe I served at a recent New Year’s Day brunch with you so here it is. I actually hadn’t made a quiche in many years, and for some reason I had been thinking lately a lot about how delicious a bacon/leek combination would be. In the past I have…
Waldorf Salad
This Waldorf Salad is a delicious, simple, fall/winter salad packed with a lot of crunch. I usually make it with a combination of medium diced fresh apples (pick your favorite… or whatever you have hanging around), diced or sliced celery, walnuts (you can toast if you like), and raisins. I toss it lightly with a…
Zucchini Soup
This is an ideal soup to make for a summer lunch or dinner. It’s very healthy, yet very flavorful. The ingredients include zucchini, celery, onions, garlic, and fresh herbs, all so plentiful at this time of year. The vegetables are cooked in chicken broth or stock, but you could substitute vegetable stock if you…
Salade Nicoise
Good friends came for lunch yesterday and I planned a summery meal Here’s the menu… Zucchini Soup, Salade Nicoise, French Baguette, and Fresh Peach Pie In the words of Juila Child… “Salade Nicoise is a fine example of how to combine a number of good things into a happy whole, as well as into a whole main…
Baguette Sandwiches for Lunch on the Deck
A new French bakery, Joliene, has opened up downtown recently, and when my husband went out to get the New York Tmes, as he does every Sunday morning, he stopped by to check it out. He immediately called to give me the play by play of the pastry and bread lineup, which I so appreciated….
Fried Chicken Sandwich with Slaw and Spicy Mayo
I made these fried chicken sandwiches for dinner one evening some time ago for my husband and myself. I had been craving fried chicken for quite awhile, and then I happened to see this sandwich in an old Bon Appetite magazine. It had all the makings of what I would want in a fried chicken…
Nancy Silverton’s Chopped Salad
Chef Nancy Silverton is the co-owner of Pizzeria Mozza in Los Angeles, where you will find her Chopped Salad on the menu. I was lucky enough to eat there years ago shortly after it opened while we were visiting my son in LA on one of our trips from Maryland. Nancy has said she has…