• Recipes to Beat the Heat of Summer

    August 12, 2015DishinandDishes

    Check out these 10 beat the heat of summer recipes that involve little or no cooking.

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  • Asian Noodle Salad

    July 20, 2011DishinandDishes

      Mmmmmmmmmm….this salad is…yum, yum, yummmmmy! We are currently going on 20+ days of over one hundred degree weather here in Oklahoma City and I don’t know about you, but I don’t even want to eat anything remotely warm or..(shudder)…hot.  We came home from vacationing in Michigan last week to find that even though we had…

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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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  • The Best Recipe for Black Krim Heirloom Tomatoes

    September 15, 2009DishinandDishes

    Remember my newly harvested Black Krim heirlooms? This is the best recipe for eating them. Ready? Are you sure? Okay, here we go… Step #1 – slice them up. Step #2 -salt and pepper them. Step #3 – if needed, drizzle a little olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Okay, okay, a little fresh basil shredded…

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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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  • Orzo Pasta Salad With Wild Rice

    July 17, 2009DishinandDishes

    By Katie Have you ever gone to a restaurant and had something, and then tried to go home and recreate it? That is what I did with this salad.  I had it at one of our local “chain” restaurants here that I’m not super crazy about, but our kids wanted to go there the other…

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  • Heirloom Tomatoes -Part 1 & Caprese Salad!

    March 15, 2009DishinandDishes

    So several years ago I had my first Caprese salad.  If you haven’t had one, it is juicy red tomatoes, fresh mozerella and basil all married together in a scrumptious salad.  I ate one for breakfast yesterday morning.  I was having a craving!  The recipe is simple but yummy.  The Ingredients of Love:  your favorite tomatoes,…

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