• Roasted Butternut Squash Salad With Cider Vinaigrette

    January 4, 2012DishinandDishes

    This salad is a cinche to make if you’ve mastered How to Roast Butternut Squash.  I saw Ina Garten make this salad and had to make it myself.  I adore Ina. Once you’ve roasted the squash, remove it from the oven and toss in one cup of dried cranberries.  Put it back in the oven…

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  • The Benefits of Making Homemade Salad Dressing and Recipes!

    January 27, 2011DishinandDishes

    When the bottles of salad dressing in my refrigerator run out, I am not buying anymore store-bought. Seriously, I recently began making my own dressings at home and it’s very simple and way more economical, especially if you have a few mason jars to shake them up in.  Keep a few staples in your pantry and refrigerator,…

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  • Cranberry Walnut Baby Greens Salad with Goat Cheese

    November 12, 2009DishinandDishes

    This would be a fabulous, refreshing, easy salad to serve alongside all your other somewhat-heavy Thanksgiving feast foods this season.  And hey.  It’s got cranberries in it, so it’s totally autumn-worthy right? Did I mention who the idiot is who has started eating right and exercising right before Thanksgiving? Two guesses and one of them…

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  • Pancetta Tomato Bibb Lettuce Salad with Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing

    August 29, 2009DishinandDishes

      So I got the September issue of Gourmet this month and got excited. I love to look through my Gourmet each month and see the innovative and rugged photography, and the way the food stylists make the cuisine look so earthy, so hip, so happening now. Then I usually carefully place my Gourmet magazine…

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