Roasted Beet Salad combines slices of roasted red and yellow beets with goat cheese, greens and toasted pecans in a shallot vinaigrette. Hearty enough for a light meal and perfect as a side dish to grilled chicken or steak. This salad showcases the bounty of the farmer’s market. The beets used in this salad are from Grandview Family Farm who sells their local produce at the Arlington Farmer’s Market in Arlington, WA. The beets are cut in rounds and roasted in olive oil, salt and pepper to really accentuate their earthy flavor. If you have an air fryer, this is an excellent way to roast the beets. I have the…
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Grilled Potato Salad with Shallot Vinaigrette is a flavorful addition to your table with fresh herbs, bacon, chopped egg and pickled peppers. Sliced Yukon Gold potatoes are grilled before soaking up a light, somewhat creamy shallot vinaigrette. Nestled in amongst the potato slices are bits of Mama Lil’s Peppers, smoky bacon, hard boiled egg, garlic scapes and chopped dill. The combination of vibrant flavors and textures make this a favorite side dish. If you have never grilled potatoes, the first step is to par boil them. The goal is to boil them until a fork can pierce through the outside, but there is still resistance on the inside. You want…
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Farmer’s Fried Goat Cheese Salad with fresh, seasonal greens, cucumber, radish and garden peas and a shallot Dijon vinaigrette. Whether you have your own vegetable garden or frequent the local Farmer’s Market, you can create a beautiful salad from your bounty of produce. During these hot and unusually muggy days of summer, we look towards quick, fresh dinner ideas. This salad takes all those seasonal veggies and layers them into a beautiful summer salad. It is so pretty that it almost doubles as a table centerpiece with beautiful scalloped edged butter lettuce and lacy arugula. Halved pea pods, thinly sliced radish and cucumber add a whimsical and artsy touch. And…
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15 Minute Salmon Salad combines all the freshness of Spring vegetables with tender baked salmon in a lemon shallot vinaigrette. Butter lettuce creates a slightly sweet and tender bed for lightly seasoned wild salmon. Easter Egg radish slices are tucked in along with sugar peas and quartered hard boiled eggs. All drizzled with a light vinaigrette made with lemon, shallot, Dijon mustard and agave to sweeten. Fresh, wild salmon is always a yes for me. You can always tell wild caught salmon from farmed just by the difference in color. Wild salmon is bright orange / red in color and has a firmer texture. This is from swimming in natural…
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Spicy Dill Pickle Potato Salad with Bacon combines new potatoes with creamy dill dressing, Fresno chilies and my favorite spicy dill pickles. Calling all the dill pickle lovers – this one’s for you. I use my classic dill dip as a creamy dressing for this flavorful potato salad. The tender new potatoes really hold on to all that creamy dill flavor. This potato salad has been our family favorite Summer side dish. It all started when I was short on time and had to whip up a quick party dish. I always have dill dip and fresh cut vegetables in my refrigerator for easy, healthy snacks. Something I learned from…
