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This dinner will get you laid – Arabian Nights Salads, if you’re feeling hot
Just when we though it couldn’t be getting any hotter: 100 degrees. 100 degrees? That’s just not reasonable. People are shaving their dogs.
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Tagged cucumber, fattoush, feta, flatbread, olive, organes, pitta, prosecco, roses, salad, shaving dogs, summer, vegetarian, watermelon
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5 Favorite Picnic Salads
Heavily into picnic mode, Jon and I went for a walk on the High Line – not some kind of strange circus stunt, but rather a modern park elevated on disused railway tracks above the city, meandering through the buildings … Continue reading
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Tagged arugula, black beans, corn, cucumber, feta, HighLine, interrupting a first date, olives, picnic, salad, tomato, zucchini
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Spring vegetable spotlight – 10 ways to eat Asparagus
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Tagged asparagus, eggs en cocotte, lemons, pasta, risotto, roasted vegetables, salad, soft boiled egg, spring, tart, vegetarian, vitamins
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The Monday treat – Fresh asparagus and butter lettuce salad with almonds and mozzarella
My husband and I are taking a gamble that there will be no more thunder snow, no more golf ball hail, no more ice in the watering can and frost on the windows, and have planted out some of the … Continue reading
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Tagged almonds, asparagus, butter lettuce, garden, lettuce, mozzarella, salad, spring, thunder snow, Union Square Farmer's Market, vegetarian
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Spinach Lemon Salad
2 bags of baby spinach 1 lemon ¼ cup olive oil 1 tsp mustard Salt and pepper Zest the lemon, then squeeze the juice into a jam jar Add the olive oil, the mustard and a generous pinch of salt … Continue reading
Tagged lemon, salad, spinach, vegetarian
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Detox spinach salad
This is based on the salad at Arte on West 73rd street – one of my favorite restaurants in the city. It’s all white table cloths and traditional Italian food, but with a lovely neighborhood charm about it, and a … Continue reading
Tagged bacon, goat cheese, lemon, mushrooms, salad, spinach
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – An Arabian Nights Feast – Moroccan Chicken Tagine with Lemons, Cous Cous with Pomegranates and Green Salad with Oranges
“It may well have been the most depressing day of my entire life,” said the woman to her friend sitting next to me while water bubbled around our feet and manicurists took up their pumice stones and files with sadomasochistic … Continue reading
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Tagged chick peas, chicken, cinnamon, cous cous, cumin, epiphany, ginger, greek salad, orange, pomegranate, romance, salad, turmeric
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Endive autumn salad
This recipe was inspired by a mis-ordering (my fault) on the website, of a family sized fruit and veg box. This recipe took care of the heads of endive – which, slightly randomly, we received three of – and some … Continue reading
Tagged apple, cranberry, endive, goat cheese, Greek yoghurt, salad
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The Monday Treat – detox spinach salad
You’d think that a little detox between Christmas, Christmas leftovers and New Year would be a good idea. This would be the day to eat vitamins, to go for a brisk walk perhaps, to feel healthier again. A great day … Continue reading
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Tagged baby spinach, bacon, Christmas, detox, goats cheese, holiday, Lion King, mushroom, nativity, salad, spinach
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The Monday treat – Warm pear and gorgonzola tart with arugula salad
I met Lizzy in Columbus Circle for wine and macaroons and to offer my opinion on which of two Coach bags was the cuter, and found her in a rather more than usually agitated state.
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Tagged arugula, blue cheese, gorgonzola, honey, J, kazoo, Lizzy, pastry, pear, puff pastry, rocket, salad, tart, vegetarian, walnuts
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