The Side Salads: Greens, Vegetables

Side Salads – vegetable or green salads are the perfect accompaniment to summer cooking.

Wilted Rainbow Chard Salad with Ham and Onion

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It’s the season of three: green beans, zucchini and chard. They’re on a 3-day rotation, chez nous. In a few more weeks it will be the season of four – we add sweet corn into the mix (we hope). I don’t buy vegetables in summer – we just eat what I grow. Our summer is … Continue reading…

French Potato Salad, summer festivals

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This completes our cold dinner menu: Melon with Dry-cured Ham (no recipe required), Salmon Chaud-Froid, Green Bean and Basil Salad and French Potato Salad. There are many, many recipes for potato salad – French, German, American. Some are hot, some are cold, some are creamy some, like this one, aren’t. This is lightly dressed with … Continue reading…

Bean and Basil Salad; the update

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It was hot last week. Friday was the hottest day of the summer. The heat had been forecast for a week. I decided to be pro-active. I did not want to be ‘slaving over a hot stove’ on the hottest day of the year. I decided to make our usual, week-end 2-course dinner in the … Continue reading…

Carrot Salad, more French encounters

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Carrot Salad

Carrots have been breeding in my fridge. Mon mari has been snacking on carrot sticks for months. Ha stopped for a few weeks and the carrots multiplied. I made a Carrot Cake. He started snacking on carrot sticks again. He stopped again. They multiplied again. Yes, yes, one could say it’s my fault for not … Continue reading…

Variation on a Greek Salad, and other picnic salads

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There’s a big holiday coming up in the US – the ultimate summer picnic / party day. The 4th of July is Wednesday, aka: Independence Day. We have a similar one here – 14 juillet, aka: Bastille Day. The two holidays have many things in common, not the least of which is big picnics, large … Continue reading…