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A long-time coming

Meredith

Posted on May 11, 2012

This salad has been a long-time coming.  It is  inspired by a salad I bought at the Central Market deli last fall, containing kale, cranberries, almonds, and sometimes candied ginger and pumpkin seeds.  Yes, sometimes they change the ingredients (maybe they too knew the salad was on the verge of perfection, but not quite there).  But the dressing is usually consistent: a delightful orange juice vinaigrette with shallots. What is so great about this salad is that it is not raw kale the way you might imagine: tough, fibrous, stringy.  Also, unlike most fancy fresh green salads, you can make this ahead of time– in fact you can make it, and dress it, and eat it for a couple of days– and it wont…

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Tagged: carrot salad, food, kale, orange vinaigrette, pineapple, pumpkin seeds, recipes, salad, shallots, vegetarian

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The little dinette that could (and the turnip that did)

Meredith

Posted on March 11, 2012

Before we get to my Nana’s recipe for pineapple upside down cake, we have to talk about turnips.  Now is the time to eat turnips, as they are nice and firm, crunchy, and not fibrous.  Almost every booth at the farmers market was selling turnips. I was very impressed with the flavor they imparted to this frittata.  When I was shredding them, they smelled like a potato and a radish at the same time.  My dogs ate some raw chunks, and although at first they were surprised, they came back for more.  There is a sweetness to a really fresh turnip, as well as a hint of the radish. This recipe is really easy, but has some prep time.  You have to peel and…

Categories: recipes, Uncategorized, vegetarian

Tagged: betty crocker, dinette cake, food, frittata, kale, pineapple, recipe, turnip, upside down cake

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