Yes, another salad post. Sorry… I’m seriously craving salads lately. I think that’s part of the joy of eating locally. We don’t eat salads much in the winter, so it’s exciting and new when the markets start to fill with greens. This recipe is based on one from Choosing Raw, but modified for what we tend to have on hand. Gena is a great inspiration for healthy, but not Spartan, living, so take a . . . → Read More: Kale and White Bean Salad
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Spinach, swiss chard, kale, romaine, lambsquarter… leafy greens are the most nutritious things you can eat. We’ve spent a lot of time learning how to prepare them in ways that make them enjoyable to eat. But they are delicate, and we only go to the market on Saturdays. Wilted, soggy, rotting greens are nasty. How can you keep them fresh for a whole week? Here is what we have learned… The overarching strategy: Immediately get . . . → Read More: How to Store your Leafy Greens to Make them Last Longer Erik and I live in an apartment that is either good-sized (if you live in NYC) or cramped (if you live anywhere else), so just thinking about turning on the oven will raise the temperature by at least 10 degrees. Because of that, we make a lot of no-cook recipes in the warmer months. We relied on salads and sandwiches until about this time last year, when I followed a raw food diet for a . . . → Read More: Avoiding the Oven: Asparagus with Sunflower Turmeric Dipping Sauce Greens, I have missed you! After a winter of cabbage and root vegetables, I was DYING for a big green salad. Armenia has great tomatoes and cucumbers already, but they don’t really have a green salad tradition. I knew the first thing I would make once home would be a ridiculously huge salad. We weren’t able to go to the market on Saturday because of a wedding (congratulations!!), so we went to the much . . . → Read More: Greens are back! Mixed Green Salad with Sunflower Thyme Pesto  Comments are closed  Salads  dark leafy greens, farmers' market, herbs, kale, local food, mustard greens, Recipe, spinach, sunflower oil, sunflower seeds, Union Square greenmarket While Skyping with Lindsay at some point this week, I mentioned that I purchased some broccoli raab. Her reaction was “but you hate broccoli raab!”, and she was right! I can’t remember a single encounter with it, in a restaurant or otherwise, that I have really enjoyed. But, Lindsay’s not around and we have a blog on local food and the raab is the thing right now (the raab, the ramps, and asparagus). . . . → Read More: Me vs. Broccoli Raab (Ginger-Honey Broccoli Raab) |
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