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Spring Salads

As the season unfolds, I include different veggies in my salad.  In the spring, I like to include: 1) different types of lettuce, 2) sliced sugar snaps, snow peas, scallions / pearl onions,  3) shredded radish and kohlrabi and 4) tomatoes and cucumbers (when available).  Depending on my mood or what is available, I might add […]

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Grilled Caesar Salad

Since it has been a great spring for growing lettuce in Pittsburgh, we decided to try something new with our romaine lettuce hearts. . . Alan grilled them.  If you love Caesar salads, then give this a try. The ingredients include: 1) romaine lettuce, 2) caesar dressing, 3) parmesan cheese, 4) olive oil and 5) bread. First of all, […]

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Bundle of Baby Lettuce Salad

I attended a beautiful wedding on Saturday at the Biltmore.  The salad presentation was so unique that I have to share it with you.   It consisted of baby lettuce bundled in the middle by a very thin slice of cucumber topped with champagne vinaigrette, gorganzola, pecans and pears. It looked elegant and was tasty. […]