Archive For The “Salads & Dressings” Category

The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook: Vinegar slaw with cucumbers and dill

By | March 27, 2013

This is no. 2 in a series of recipes that I’ll be testing and sharing from Deb Perelman’s The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook. Deb’s ridiculously popular blog gets millions of page views every month, so if you somehow haven’t yet seen it…you should probably take a peek. Previously from The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook: Peas & shells alfredo [...]

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Creamy cilantro dressing

By | December 25, 2012

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I love fresh herbs. But I don’t love when they start to wilt about five minutes after I buy them. I used to wash a whole bag of herbs at once. For me, this is just like sifting a full kilo of flour or sorting a full kilo of lentils in one go, even when I only [...]

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Italian dressing

By | December 18, 2012

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How many fried foods did you get in during Chanukah? Eight, one per day? Two per day? …Should I stop asking? Maybe we should just go straight to the salad. Although I love me a fancy salad, I’ll admit it: Most of the time, the salads we have around here are of the very basic [...]

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Mango couscous salad

By | October 2, 2012

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You’ve been on your feet for what feels like weeks. You cooked and baked, then served the yom tov meals and did waaaaaaaay too many dishes. If you want to serve something simple on chol hamoed, I think everyone will forgive you. Try this mango couscous salad for a simple but beautiful dish that’s truly [...]

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