Fact: Homemade salad dressings are better. They are fresh, lively, and easy to customize. This is especially true when it comes to the oft-maligned classic, Thousand Island dressing—yes, I mean that pink dressing on the salad bar in the giant squeeze bottle. The homemade version of this dressing has a few neat tricks up its…
Maple Vinaigrette
Maple and stone-ground mustard partner beautifully together, especially in this homemade maple vinaigrette. Amber-colored maple syrup provides just enough sweetness to counter the intense acidity of apple cider vinegar for a smooth, gently sweet dressing. This vinaigrette is particularly nice served over winter and autumn salads of arugula, apples, pears, hazelnuts, and roasted squash. Makes…
Homemade Salad Dressing–A Baby Step Towards Healthier Eating
In the time of New Year’s resolutions, many resolve to eat a healthier diet—but even those with the best intentions may be thwarted by the vast amount of advice and information available. Where do we start? I get this query all the time—and my advice for the first step on the journey to healthier eating…
Homemade Caesar Salad Dressing Takes Just 10 Minutes
Caesar salad is one of those crowd-favorites that seems like it would be easy to make at home, but the dressing is hard to nail down. But you shouldn’t have to only get a good Caesar salad out at a restaurant. Try making it at home with this Caesar dressing recipe. The secret to a good…
Best Dressed
Run, don’t walk, to your nearest farmers market—the stands are about to burst with a rainbow of glorious, summer sun-ripened produce. There’s no better time to turn it all into a big, beautiful salad. For inspiration, we’re turning to chef, author, food stylist, and seasoned salad guru Elena Silcock, whose newest cookbook, “Salads Are More…
Strawberries Are the Stars of the Season
By Daniel Neman St. Louis Post-Dispatch Now, right now, strawberries are their strawberriest. Ripe, luscious and dripping with juice, strawberries are nature’s way of welcoming us back to another bountiful season of planting and harvesting. They are like a little gift — an amuse bouche, if you will — to thank us for our…
Perfect Salads, Made Perfectly Simple by Dr Fuhrman
Let’s talk about salads – the color, the crunch, an endless choice of fresh, crisp veggies. (Ok, you had me at crunch.) Eating one huge salad a day can literally change your life and make a huge difference in your overall health. Eating raw veggies does great things for your body, like helping out the digestive…
-
Recent Posts
-
Archives
- May 2025
- April 2025
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- September 2013
- July 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- December 1
-
Meta