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Salads and Vegetable Dishes

Southeast Asian Tomato and Cucumber Salad

I grew all sorts of heirloom tomatoes this summer. Some were sliced, sprinkled with salt, then gobbled: leaving nothing but a juicy, seedy trail behind. Some found their way onto

Heirloom Tomato and Goat Cheese Terrine

The August Charcutepalooza Challenge was to make a molded terrine. Cathy and Kim gave us the choice of using emulsified liver or fish/seafood (or we could use super exciting pig

Roasted Tomatoes with Fontina and Thyme

Sliced tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, thyme, and fontina cheese. That’s all you need to create the skillet full of deliciousness you see here. These roasted tomatoes with fontina and thyme

Spicy Cucumber Salad

I am hosting weekend herb blogging this week! If you’d like to participate, you can find more information here. My assignment for this month’s secret recipe club was to make

Spicy Cold Asian Noodle Salad

I first became aware of the dynamic duo that is Phoebe Lapine and Cara Eisenpress (aka the “Quarter-Life Cooks”) through our mutual participation on food52. I fell hard for their

Indian Inspired Guacamole

I am pretty much head over heels in love with Heidi Swanson’s new cookbook: Super Natural Every Day: Well-loved Recipes from My Natural Foods Kitchen. Unlike many cookbooks that I

Roasted Cauliflower with Garlic and Mint

Cauliflower: I owe you an apology. In almost two years of writing about my favorite foods on this blog, I’ve only mentioned you once. Maybe twice. I hope you’ll allow

millet taboulleh

Winter Citrus Millet Taboulleh

Taboulleh (also spelled tabouli, tabouleh, and tabbouli) is a classic Middle Eastern salad that generally contains chopped vegetables, herbs, and a liberal amount of olive oil. It’s an extremely flavorful

Blood Orange Salad with Kale and Avocado

I’m so tired of the cold. And the snow. Winter soups, stews, and other comfort foods are nice and all, but I’ve really been craving salads. Blood oranges aren’t exactly

hot artichoke dip

Healthier Hot Artichoke and Garlic Dip

Everyone in my family loves hot artichoke dip. What is not to love, really, about a dish so creamy, so cheesy, and so replete with garlic… especially when it’s right

endive orange salad

Endive and Satsuma Mandarin Salad

A month or so ago, I received a giant box of California endives from California Vegetable Specialties to use in my recipe for the January Kitchen Play Progressive Party. I

Curried Quinoa Salad

This past week has been all about cookies here at HGK. Let’s switch gears and focus on a recipe that’s actually good for us, shall we? This curried quinoa salad