dinner salad – dinner prompt

Untaxing

April 14, 2015Leave a comment

The tax man cometh; you can blame him for the temporary hiccup in delivery of your daily dinner prompt. Whether he’s writing you a check or you’re writing one to him, treat yourself to an easy dinner, perhaps a mix of lean and rich flavors together.

Food Ideas

Love to Cook: Arugula salad with pears and candied pecans: warm peasant bread with Cowgirl Creamery’s Mt. Tam Cheese
Weeknight Reality: ditto above
Need a Miracle: Arugula salad with rotisserie chicken, dried cherries and pistachios

Recipe Links

Arugula Salad with Caramelized Onions and Candied Walnuts – bon appetit via Epicurious (about 40 minutes)
Asian Pear & Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese – Food & Wine (about 20 minutes)
Apple, Pecan & Blue Cheese Salad with Dried Cherries – The Pioneer Woman (about 20 minutes)

Parting Thought

The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it’s just sort of a tired feeling.

Paula Poundstone, via goodreads

Shamrock

March 16, 20151 Comment

Since traditional St. Patrick’s Day fare is hearty and substantial (corned beef and cabbage, anyone?), have a lighter, mostly green meal tonight.

Food Ideas

Love to Cook: Spinach soufflé with spring herb salad
Weeknight Reality: Quick fish tacos with avocado, cilantro and green cabbage
Need a Miracle: Spinach salad topped with egg (boiled, fried or poached)

Recipe Links

Parting Thought

“Green in nature is one thing, green in literature another. Nature and letters seem to have a natural antipathy; bring them together and they tear each other to pieces.”
― Virginia Woolf, Orlando

Roughage

March 4, 2015October 7, 20191 Comment

Spring is coming. Really. So put some heft in your dinner and clear out the winter blues.

Food Ideas

Love to Cook: Composed Winter Salad with Whole Grain Bread
Weeknight Reality: Kale & Arugula Salad with Citrus Dressing and Raincoast Crisps
Need a Miracle: Prepared Broccoli Slaw over Greens (bagged, ready to eat) with Sesame Dressing

Recipe Links

Parting Thought

“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Mint

February 24, 2015March 17, 20153 Comments

Something bright and clean with a clear finish

Food Ideas

Love to Cook: Lamb Kebabs with Mint Pesto
Weeknight Reality: Spring Rolls with Vegetable Fried Rice
Need a Miracle: Grilled Chicken Salad with Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream for Dessert

Recipe Links:

Parting Thought

“If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.”

H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (author of Life’s Little Instruction Books)