Summer Panzanella Salad (Tuscan Bread Salad)

Summer Panzanella Salad (Tuscan Bread Salad)

  This salad and BLTs are the main reason I’m always sad to see the summer end.  There are probably a million posts featuring a million or more versions of panzanella salad, but mine is the best.  Of course.  But you already knew that.  ...

Quinoa Tabbouleh

Quinoa (pronounced keen wah) seems to have become the “hot” new grain over the past two or three years.  It has actually been cultivated in the Andes areas for thousands of years.  The Incas considered it to be sacred.  With the Spanish Conquest, however, it was used...
Roasted Pear Autumnal Salad with Maple Vinaigrette

Roasted Pear Autumnal Salad with Maple Vinaigrette

 I am a pear lover.  Always have been apparently.  My grandmother always said that I cut my teeth by gnawing on a hard fall pear.  I guess that’s why I really enjoy this salad and its variations so much.   Generally, this is a meal for...

Homemade Balsamic Vinaigrette

Although we often tend to shy away from them, homemade salad dressings are really easy to make.  And I think they are usually tons better than store-bought ones even though those are convenient and come in handy when time is a factor. My blogger buddy, Amy at Our...