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Fall Harvest Salad With Butternut Squash, Kale, Apples, & Cranberries

Deborah — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000

If you love cooking as much as I do, it is impossible not to celebrate the arrival of each new season. Each season is a celebration of specific fruits and vegetables, and it is impossible for me to pick a favorite season because of this. I love the wide varieties of leafy greens available each...

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Warm Mushroom Barley & Kale Salad

Deborah — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Salads are always trendy each new year once we’ve packed away the holiday decorations and look towards starting the new year off with good habits. I’ve been making grain based salads for many years as the addition of healthy grains increases both the heartiness and nutrition of any salad. This particular salad was inspired by...

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Green Bean & Tomato Salad

Deborah — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 11:17:00 +0000

I just harvested the last of the green beans from our garden, so I wanted to create a special dish for dinner with them. Our tomatoes are also ripening fast and furious, and I had a big bowl of just-picked ripe tomatoes still warm from the garden sitting on my counter. Green beans and tomatoes...

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Farfalle Lemon Pasta Salad

Deborah — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 13:24:42 +0000

This salad includes three of my favorite ingredients: pasta, lemons, and burrata. This salad is an excellent option for those really warm summer days when you just can’t imagine eating a heavy, hot meal. I am not sure why, but during the warmer months, I tend to use lemons much more frequently than in cooler...

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Lentil Chopped Salad

Deborah — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 12:17:13 +0000

As we move through yet another hot, humid summer, I am eating lighter with more vegetable-based meals. I enjoy making large salads that we can enjoy over a couple of days for lunch, and vegetable pasta dishes are often on my dinner menu. In Umbria, lentils from Castellucio are highly valued, and I always bring...

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Grilled Eggplant And Tomato Salad

Deborah — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Grilling any vegetable seems to really enhace it’s flavor, and in this recipe the eggplant is no exception. This recipe is a great side dish, light lunch salad, or even a tasty addition to an antipasti platter. If you cannot find the small, Italian eggplants used in this recipe, just look for the smallest ones...

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Whole Lemon Vinaigrette

Deborah — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0000

We are experiencing our typical summer weather here in SW Florida, and the heat and humidity can get tiring. We generally have rain showers daily, though usually in the afternoon, which, instead of cooling things down, actually makes you feel like you are in a sauna! When it’s this warm, and I’m outside doing a...

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Mediterranean Salad With Crispy Quinoa

Deborah — Mon, 26 May 2025 11:00:00 +0000

A crunchy, crispy and refreshing salad.

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