Watermelon & Cucumber Salad with Tahini, Coconut & Lime Dressing
Oh summer, please don’t go. You’ve been nothing but a tease, an irritating teenager, and a raging lunatic for the past two years, but I keep hoping for a reasonable turn. Is it too much to ask for...
View ArticleTangy Mustard Dressing
Growing up there were only two foods I wouldn’t touch – mustard and mushrooms. Ironic isn’t it that I’m pickier now than I was as a child… At some point I discovered the magic that happens to...
View ArticleSamphire & Kipfler Potato Salad
Traditional America-land potato salad is something I always avoided at picnics growing up. Gloopy, mayo-saturated, oddly sweet, purchased from the grocery store deli counter, sitting in the sun for...
View ArticleMoroccan Quinoa, Avocado & Orange Salad
I mentioned in my last post that I’d received a crate of oranges recently, and rather than just eating one each day I challenged myself to do something different with them all. I was so pleasantly...
View ArticleCape Cod Kale Salad
Salad is a simple act. A few fresh vegetables washed in cool water. A sharp knife slicing effortlessly through crisp leaves. A tangy dressing thrown together with what’s on hand. The first bite is...
View ArticleCucumber Salad & a Scandinavian Inspired Brunch Spread
One evening last week, well after midnight if I’m to be honest, I started writing a story inspired by this salad. Or perhaps, more accurately, this salad brought back memories of the Scandinavia...
View ArticleRoasted Pear, Parmesan & Spiced Pecan Salad
Another one from the archives, a salad made and shot last September — after Cape Cod and before our road trip — at mom’s farm. Two weeks amongst row of pears dropping fruit at our feet and grapes...
View ArticleGreen Papaya & Quinoa Salad
Some posts here are planned. Recipes dreamt up, sometimes over days or weeks, inspired by a weekend brunch outing or an overseas trip or a rainbow memory. Primped and polished and put on show as if...
View ArticleSummer Salad #1 – Radishes, Nectarines, Beans & Cherries
It arrived on my doorstep like a gift from the heavens. An overflowing box of seasonal produce, celebrating the start of summer fruit and veg and saving me from myself. As soon as it hit the table I...
View ArticleSummer Salad #2 – Peppers, Peaches, Cucumber & Fennel with Passionfruit,...
If the first few days of 2015 are any indication of how the year will progress the next 12 months are so far looking glittery and warm — filled with equal quantities of vegetables and ice cream,...
View ArticleMacadamia, Kale & Blueberry Salad
I recently became that woman who looks like an idiot walking in high heels. The one I usually roll my eyes at while muttering under my breath about how people really should learn to walk in heels, or...
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