Food, Travel, and Cooking!
This is my adaptation of the famous salad. I absolutely adore Cobb Salad. From the tang of the blue cheese to the creamy avocado, crunchy lettuce, salty bacon, delicious! Serve with homemade biscuits** or purchased rolls. Thinking of starting a “Cobb Salad Club” for everyone I know who loves this salad as much as […]
For a printer friendly version of this recipe, click here. In my “former life” as a private chef, I was always on the lookout for new main course salads. This one is simply one of the best salads I have ever had the pleasure to make and enjoy! I have adapted the recipe from Gourmet Magazine. […]
For a printer friendly version of this recipe, click here. This is such a good salad to have in your repertoire! Just think…sitting outside on a warm night, firing up the grill, glass of wine…does it get any better? The dressing can be made a couple of hours ahead. I bought rib steaks from P.E.I. […]
This combination of chicken, celery, apples, grapes, walnuts with blue cheese is, in my opinion, a classic main course salad! You could use cooked, cubed turkey for the salad too. Makes 8 Servings 4 chicken breasts (6 cups) cooked, cut into ½” cubes 1 ½ cups each celery & apples, cut into ½” dice ¾ […]
By now, if you have made some of my salads, you can see I like pears & apples with blue cheeses! You can get duck confit at Oyama Sausage**. Makes 4 Servings 1 tsp. Dijon mustard 1 Tbsp. Sherry vinegar 5 Tbsp. EVO 2 Tbsp. finely chopped shallot ½ cup pecans, coarsely chopped 2 duck […]
Simple to make but adds a lot to a piece of grilled fish, meats or poultry. Citrus & Mint Compound Butter for Fish 8 oz. unsalted butter, room temperature 1-2 tsp. each finely grated lemon (Meyer lemon if you can find some) & orange peel Finely chopped mint, minced, to your taste Mix ingredients together. […]