Category Archives: Salad

How To Have A Picnic In January

By Drew | Published: January 9, 2009

Maybe you don’t want to actually go outside, but there’s no reason you can’t still eat like it’s mid-summer.

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How To Make Broccoli Salad

By Drew | Published: January 8, 2009

I had broccoli salad for the first time about eight or nine years ago when I went to a family gathering with my wife. It was surprisingly good. Unfortunately, everyone I asked for a recipe told me what kind of bottled salad dressing they use. I guess they don’t understand the whole “from scratch” thing for [...]

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How To Make Wilted Spinach Salad

By Drew | Published: October 1, 2008

I’m not the kind of person who will eat a salad for dinner because it’s “light”. So when I say this one is hearty enough to be the main dish, I really mean it. Do you think it might be the 3/4 pound of bacon in it?

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How To Make Wedge Salad

By Drew | Published: July 16, 2008

Lots of food trends involve expensive or hard-to-find ingredients, complicated preparation or some other reason to not try it at home. But one thing I never saw until a couple of years ago, and have since seen it dozens of places — a pretty good definition for “trendy” — is the wedge salad. This is [...]

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How To Make Herbed Croutons

By Drew | Published: July 16, 2008

I love croutons, but not those pre-made rock-like nuggets covered with artificial flavors and colors that you find in the grocery store. I’ve done plain garlic croutons once before, to go with the pizza soup. (And yes, garlic croutons are “plain” croutons. If you’re not going to at least use some garlic you might as [...]

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