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Tomato Salad With Corn, Summer Squash & Roasted Onions Recipe on Food52. Potatoes Salad Recipe - My Mother's Potato Salad - Serves 4 to 6 - Food52. Watermelon with Preserved Lemon Vinaigrette Recipe on Food52. Test Kitchen-Approved Author Notes If you're like me, you can't have watermelon without salt—and if the melon is in salad form, you instinctively reach for citrus and good extra-virgin olive oil.

Watermelon with Preserved Lemon Vinaigrette Recipe on Food52

So I'm not sure why it took me until now to figure out that watermelon practically begs to be dressed with preserved lemon vinaigrette. It elevates a chilled slab of watermelon into something complex and completely addictive. Serve it as a snack, salad or dessert and feel free to play around with the garnishes. Test Kitchen Notes Delicious! Prep time 25 minutes Serves 4 to 6 Ingredients 1 small seedless watermelon 1 Rind of half of a preserved lemon, rinsed and finely diced (about 2 tablespoons in total) 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice, or to taste 5 tablespoons of your favorite extra-virgin olive oil 3 ounces mild, creamy feta (such as French or Bulgarian), crumbled or cut into small pieces 1 handful mint leaves 1/4 cup sunflower seeds (if using raw, lightly toast and cool before using)

Grilled Eggplant Salad with Pine Nuts, White Beans and Pita Chips. Bittman once put together 100 salad recipes in short 2 or 3 line descriptions.

Grilled Eggplant Salad with Pine Nuts, White Beans and Pita Chips

I love to turn to these suggestions in the warmer months for inspiration. They are great flavour combinations yet simple and easy to put together, and are great inspiration on hot days when your creativity flags. Grilled eggplants are always a winner, and I grill them on my covered BBQ. A few red and green capsicums are added alongside, shining from being wiped with oil prior to being placed on the grill. Vegan German plum cake. White Bean and Swiss Chard Soup with Spiced Turkey Meatballs. It is once again the season for soup!

White Bean and Swiss Chard Soup with Spiced Turkey Meatballs

I must confess that I am not a lover of soups in summer. Chilled cucumber soup, Vichyssoise, even gazpacho most often leave me… cold (sorry, bad pun). The soups that I love and long for are cool weather soups that are warming, filling and comforting with ingredients that reflect the season. I also love the versatility of soups: they are great for a solo lunch, an after school snack or for a simple supper rounded out with a loaf of crusty bread, a hunk of cheese and maybe a salad. BEST Italian Wedding Soup. 60 Best Summer Side Dishes - Easy Summer Side Dish Recipes.

Rhubarb Puff Pastry Tart with Custard. Pork Chops in Sage Butter with Beet Puree and Swiss Chard Recipe - Kamil Oseka. Roasted Potato, Sunchoke, and Asparagus Salad with Ramps Recipe. Gnocchi Skillet with Chicken Sausage & Tomatoes. Heirloom tomato & green bean salad recipe. Skillet Pasta with Summer Squash, Ricotta and Basil Recipe. Watermelon with Lime Dressing and Peanuts Recipe. Grilled Stone Fruit with Almond Mascarpone Sauce.

I know this is hard to believe, but I don’t always cook for two.

Grilled Stone Fruit with Almond Mascarpone Sauce

Even harder to believe: I have friends! Real life friends. (of the non-internet variety!!). And since my real-life friends have to hear about my internet friends and pretend it’s not weird, I cook for them. Quite frequently, actually. I’m not sure why some of my friends say they’re too nervous to cook for me since I cook for a living. Along the same line, please don’t expect everything you eat at my house to be chock full of hard-to-find fancy ingredients. So, if you come to my house expecting a 4-layer chocolate cake stuffed with 3 different kinds of mousse and topped with home-spun sugar, you will be disappointed. Grilled Stone Fruit + Almond Mascarpone Dip : www.DessertForTwo.com Serves: 4 Ingredients 8 ounces mascarpone cheese, softened ½ teaspoon almond extract 3 tablespoons honey ¼ cup sliced almonds 1 tablespoon granulated sugar assorted stone fruit: peaches, plums, apricots, and pluots Instructions.

Sour, Sweet, Hot and Salty: "Amba" Mango Condiment Recipe on Food52. Poached Cod in Lemongrass Broth with Baby Spinach. Mediterranean Chicken And Vegetable Foil Parcel Recipe. I absolutely love how easily this Mediterranean Chicken and Vegetable Foil Parcel comes together!

Mediterranean Chicken And Vegetable Foil Parcel Recipe

You simply combine everything and bake in the oven! This is such a simple and healthy dinner you can make during the week. If you’re in the mood for something sweet to finish the meal off, a healthy dessert like my mini mango cheesecakes would be perfect! Ingredients (makes 1 serve): 1 tbsp olive oil 1 garlic clove, crushed 2 tsp honey 2 tsp Dijon mustard ½ tsp lemon juice ¾ medium potato, peeled and cut into 0.5 cm rounds ¼ small red onion, thinly sliced ½ medium zucchini, sliced into 0.5 cm rounds 80g cherry tomatoes, halved sea salt and ground black pepper 1 chicken breast 2 tsp fresh parsley, chopped, plus extra to garnish ¼ tsp chilli flakes.

Method: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Love, Kayla xx. Salmon Panzanella Salad - Summer Strawberry Salmon Panzanella Salad. Say that three times fast!

Salmon Panzanella Salad - Summer Strawberry Salmon Panzanella Salad

You know that I’m ALWAYS on the search for a non-boring salad. Enter… strawberry salmon panzanella salad! The thing is that I really love basic butter lettuce salads that are seasoned well and topped with avocado and maybe just tomatoes and lots of vinegar. I find that kind of salad makes the most perfect side dish, but for a meal? I need something ramped up. You get me. Healthy Beet Ketchup Recipe.