Category: Salads
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Collard Green Salad
Yum Collard Green Salad Recipe 3 large Collard leaves 2 TBL Oil ¼ cup chopped onion 1 medium tomato – about 1 cup, chopped 1 TBL Parsley, chopped 1 TBL cider vinegar ½ tsp salt Wash Collards in several rinses of cold water. Shake off the excess water and cut the leaves into 4-5 long…
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Autumn Quince, Kale and Grain Salad
It seems like only yesterday when we were all gaga for cheese plates – especially ones heaped with glistening mounds of Marcona almonds alongside thin, tender wedges of a Spanish cheese called Manchego. If you can remember those days of not-too-long ago, you may also remember that Manchego and Marcona almost always came accompanied…
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Cucumber Salad
If you’re anything like me, the presence of a large bowl of cucumbers and onions dressed with vinegar and perhaps a little sugar or salt is a sure sign of a well-balanced summer meal. As long as there’s a platter of sliced tomatoes, some well-buttered ears of corn, and cold hunks of melon to look…
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Fattoush
Unlike hummus, baklava or even falafel, fattoush is a word that hasn’t quite made it into the common food vocabulary. Like the other foods mentioned, fattoush is an important dish in the cuisine of Levant – a broad and imprecise area that includes much of the eastern Mediterranean. The word Levant doesn’t get used so…
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Tomato Head’s Spinach Salad with Fennel, Candied Walnuts and Pomegranate Vinaigrette
For Candied Walnuts: 1/3 cup Light Brown Sugar, packed ¼ cup water 2 Tbl butter ½ tsp salt ½ tsp cinnamon ¼ tsp allspice 1 ½ cups Walnuts Place brown sugar, water, butter, salt and spices in a medium saucepan. Bring mixture to boil and boil for 1 minute. Add walnuts, and reduce heat to…
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Tomato Head’s Tuna Salad
Our menu experienced some changes last fall. The tuna salad is no longer available but that doesn’t mean you still can’t enjoy this classic lunchtime sandwich. A few of our customers have since asked for the tuna salad recipe and today’s the day we share it with everyone. In Mahasti’s simple to follow recipe, she’s…