Monthly Archives: July 2011

Fresh Creations: A Salad Popeye Would Love – Spinach w/ Roasted Beets

Popeye the Sailor would no doubt crave this salad. It features his favorite vegetable — spinach, in this case baby spinach — as well as roasted beets, feta cheese, and red onion. The dressing is made with an ingredient that … Continue reading

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Fresh Creations: Expert Tips for Making Your Own Salads & Dressings

Salads are a great way to enjoy a good meal without heating up the kitchen, particularly during summer. They’re easy to make. And salads are a great vehicle for letting your creative energies run wild. To help you create your … Continue reading

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Fresh Creations: A Salad Inspired by Wine Country – and the Mediterranean

Connie Guttersen’s approach to healthy eating is simple: Serve people flavorful food that tastes good, and is good for you. The culinary professional and registered dietitian has devoted a good chunk of her professional career to that concept. Moreover, she’s … Continue reading

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Fresh Creations: A Salad to Showcase “the Best Summer Fruit You Can Find”

Suzanne Goin’s fruit salad isn’t your ordinary fruit salad. Instead, the acclaimed Los Angeles chef takes what can sometimes be a ho-hum dish and kicks it up the quality scale several notches. She does so by creating a dressing made … Continue reading

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Fresh Creations: Salad Dressings that Work as a Marinade/Sauce

We like a versatile salad dressing – one you could use for dressing salad, or marinating meat, chicken and seafood. Or you might use it as a topping for various dishes, from steamed vegetables to grilled fish.As part of our … Continue reading

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Fresh Creations: “Your basic big, fat Greek salad”

Choriatiki Salata (or horiatiki salata) has been dubbed “your basic big, fat Greek salad.” It’s a classic dish found at Greek restaurants. It’s also called Greek village salad. In addition to Greece, you’ll find this salad in various forms on … Continue reading

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Our New “Fresh Creations” Focus on Homemade Salads

Our culinary pal Marie Simmons shares our passion for making fresh salads and dressings from scratch. “Homemade is so simple and tastes so much fresher,” the award-winning cookbook author told us. We chose Marie’s warm green bean and tomato salad … Continue reading

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Celebrate July 4th with these Vegetarian Salads & Sides

We asked our Facebook fans what they planned to cook this past Memorial Day. Burgers topped our survey, followed by vegetarian dishes, beef/pork/poultry, and hot dogs/brats. People clearly knew the main course they planned to prepare. With that in mind, … Continue reading

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