I came up with this dressing for a shrimp salad, but it would work on a variety of salads. It’s a heavy dressing and ideal for a main-dish salad.
Quick Caesar Dressing
Nothing beats a well-made Caesar Salad dressing. Authentic recipes are often made in the salad bowl with fresh egg yolks. Since I think it is wise not to eat raw eggs and since I don’t usually have pasteurized eggs on hand, I came up with this recipe that I think rivals some of the best Caesar dressings that I have had. You can whip this up in less than 10 minutes. There is enough dressing in this recipe for a family-sized salad.
Smoked Salmon & Cucumber Appetizer
I make a lot of smoked salmon appetizers, especially in the summer, and another go-to for us is Smoked Salmon Spread with fresh slice baguettes. But an occasion came up where I needed an appetizer that was gluten and dairy free. So I eliminated the cream cheese and built a recipe based on my Quick Aioli recipe. Click on the words Quick Aioli in the recipe to get to that recipe. This recipe received many compliments, and thus it earned a place on the website. It’s not difficult to make, but the assembly takes a little time.
Linguine With Clam Sauce
We have been making this dish for almost as long as we have been cooking. The original recipe came from a little paperback Italian cookbook of unknown origin. It is one of our favorites because it can be thrown together in a few minutes when you don’t have much time to spend in the kitchen but would still like a home-cooked meal. I always have the contents of this recipe on hand – just in case. We have made a few modifications to the original recipe over the years, most recently adding a bottle of capers to the sauce. Thi9s creates an over-the-top gourmet meal with little effort.
Roasted Delicata Squash
The roots of this recipe are from a Masterclass I took online from Alice Waters. Delicata squash is a wonderful light winter squash. It doesn’t keep as well as other winter squashes so the availability is usually limited. If you find it at the grocery store or your farmer’s market, it’s worth a try. Grab it when you see it because it will be gone soon.