I’ve always had a bit of a phobia cooking fish at home. Sure, I can lightly bread and oven bake a tilapia filet just like the next person, but cooking fish well freaked me out. The anxiety increased the more expensive the fish is. Tilapia = low anxiety Wild-caught salmon = fairly high anxiety A [...]
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I’m not usually one to post a salad recipe because, really, a salad isn’t a recipe. It’s a bunch of green stuff thrown in a bowl, usually topped with a bunch of stuff to make it sort of unhealthy, and then topped with more stuff to make it even unhealthier. I tend to think that [...]
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When I was younger and still living at home with my mom, there were a few things she’d make that I just couldn’t keep a fork or spoon out of. One was her tuna salad. Another was chicken soup with matzo ball soup. And another was her chicken salad. Usually sometime not long after she [...]
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There was a time, very early on in my blogging days, where you would’ve been greeted with a post entitled: Wilted spinach salad with bacon, red onion, cashews, dried cranberries, bleu cheese, and roasted garlic balsamic vinaigrette. Ouch. I would’ve frantically posted a dark, slightly grainy, slightly overcorrected photo of said salad, apologized for the [...]
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One of my all-time favorite combinations for spring and summer dining is the classic Caprese salad. Caprese is a simple salad made with fresh tomatoes, fresh basil, and mozzarella di bufalo, seasoned with olive oil, salt and pepper, and sometimes balsamic vinegar. Sounds delicious, right? I’ve made various versions of Caprese before, including last Memorial [...]
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