paleo day 4: egg yolks by another name
Day Four’s in the bag. To be honest, I’ve only craved dairy a few times, and grains not once. Some of the transition issues, which shall remain nameless, have dissipated. I still have a bit…
Tag Archives: salad
grainy waldorf salad
While doing crunches at the gym today, I was interrupted by a tentative voice. “Can I ask you a question?” said a slim woman stretched out beside me on the mat, a second-year student at…
watermelon raita
Yesterday, a friend reminded me that every once in a while, creativity pays off. In a world where ideas are cheap but increasingly void of meaning, I pounced on the opportunity to win some cash…
cold soba noodles with mushrooms
Through the winter months, I dream of warm food. There are afternoon lattes, tea, and hot chocolate, greedily assembled as my cheeks thaw out from the wind-whipped walk home. There are soups and stews simmering…
za’atar salad
Since I last posted, I don’t really have much to say for myself food-wise. Late nights in the lab learning advanced digital editing software, long meetings trying to plan the production of a satire magazine,…
no recipe barley salad
Though I love to follow an elegantly-written recipe, free-form cooking offers thrills I just can't resist from time to time.
purple protein salad
Now that reading magazines counts as school work, I’m amassing them more quickly than ever. Despite my rather obsessive collection of food magazines, when I saw this salad splashed across the cover of Vegetarian Times,…
arugula salad with blue cheese and candied pecans
With arugula sprouting up in my garden faster than I can caress my tomato plants (who apparently like that sort of thing) this salad has become a faithful and fast dinner these days. With a supply of…
israeli couscous and french lentil salad
Like other pasta- or grain-based salads like tabbouleh, this salad can do double-duty as either a side or the main show.
gado-gado
Though usually associated with Eastern European dishes, red cabbage fares well in all sorts of international cuisine. I’ve seen it on Mexican menus, and in Asian concoctions like the Gado-Gado, I’m sharing today. Gado-Gado reminds…