Very Good Recipes of Salad from Out of the Ordinary
There are 15 Salad recipes on the blog Out of the Ordinary. (1850 on all the blogs)
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Roasted beet and butterbean salad with spinach, arugula and smoked gouda
By Out of the Ordinary
05/01/13 18:21
When I was younger–shall we say early twenties?–I wrote a screenplay about a man who wouldn’t leave his front porch. He’d travelled the world, and then something happened, but I don’t remember what, or maybe nothing happened–I’ve always been a … Continue...
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Creamy vegan salad dressing that Isaac likes
By Out of the Ordinary
02/17/13 17:31
At 5:30 this morning, Isaac had a nightmare. He stood outside our door and quietly said, “mommy.” Of course we heard him. Of course we were both suddenly wide awake, and I told him to go back to sleep, and … Continue reading →
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Warm salad with roasted mushrooms and tiny roasted potatoes and tarragon-white wine dressing
By Out of the Ordinary
01/11/13 19:16
Isn’t it funny how big events seem to go so quickly in other people’s lives? They fly by in bright fleeting flashes of significant moments. You hear somebody is pregnant, and next you know they have a baby. None of … Continue reading →
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Roasted radish and beet salad
By Out of the Ordinary
09/28/12 18:04
Whenever I hear the word “radish” I think of the Simpsons. Other things that make me think of the Simpsons: oregano, doughnuts, convenience store hot dogs, very long sandwiches, skateboards, saxophones, tramampamolines, clouds in a blue sky, Mitt Romney,...
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Tomato steaks au poivre; Semolina dumpling baked in tomatoes; roasted red salad stuffed heirloom
By Out of the Ordinary
09/13/12 18:56
It’s hard not to become defensive when you grow up in New Jersey. From an early age, you’re aware that you’re the butt of jokes – not just the jokes of snarky Manhattanites, but of pretty much everybody, everywhere. You … Continue reading →
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Two summer salads with feta
By Out of the Ordinary
08/17/12 21:46
We find ourselves in the delightful position of having too much to tell you about! I can’t keep up! I’ve also been talking too much lately. So, first of all, I apologize for posting several times in one day. Second … Continue reading →
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Toasted hominy and avocado salad
By Out of the Ordinary
06/14/12 18:48
It seems to me that we usually have a string of days in June that are perfect. The air is creamy and cool and full of sweet wildflower smells and sharp lemony grassy ferny smells. It’s a little warm in … Continue reading →
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Arugula salad with apricots, pecans and french feta
By Out of the Ordinary
06/08/12 19:37
As you are no doubt aware, I am the esteemed authoress of a wildly popular series of books about the marked similarities to be found in the writings of Tolstoy and the rappings of many rappers. Weighty volumes. I am, … Continue reading →
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Avocado, olive & basil salad
By Out of the Ordinary
05/17/12 19:48
[I apologize for posting a couple of times today. We're going away for the weekend, and I don't want to fall too far behind!] My boys have a book called Mixed-up Animals. Each page has a picture of an animal … Continue reading →
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Two spring salads
By Out of the Ordinary
05/02/12 19:32
A big part of my brain is telling me to “just post the damn recipe, Claire!” But when have I ever listened to my brain? Rarely! So here we go…Yesterday I rambled on about nutella and sweets and American’s eating … Continue reading →
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Honey roasted potato salad with arugula and pecans
By Out of the Ordinary
04/21/12 16:49
I had the strangest moment yesterday. I went to buy a loaf of bread on a balmy spring evening. A time of year and a time of day that you can feel things changing all around you. I saw a … Continue reading →
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Napa cabbage salad with raisins, cashews & capers
By Out of the Ordinary
04/19/12 17:49
Can cooks concoct comestibles containing cabbage, cucumber, carrots, cashews and capers? Certainly they can! And it will be mother-flippin delicious! And kid-flippin, too as it happens, because my boys both went crazy for this salad. That’s right, my…boys…went…crazy…for…a…salad....
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Arugula salad with asparagus and herbed hazelnut crusted goat cheese
By Out of the Ordinary
02/29/12 17:05
You know how they’re saying now that certain stores secretly monitor your buying habits? I have a suspicion that the grocery store is spying on my vegetable-buying patterns! Last week I just couldn’t bring myself to buy “winter” vegetables. I … Continue...
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Salad with warm roasted mushrooms and smoked gouda
By Out of the Ordinary
02/12/12 00:49
Looking at this picture (which breaks all the food picture rules, apparently, because they don’t like sunlight and they don’t like shadows!) reminds me of these forts my boys make in the summertime. They’ll crawl under the branches of some … Continue reading...
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Salad of warm greens, french lentils and wild rice
By Out of the Ordinary
02/05/12 17:43
We’ve had a reprieve in the weather lately. In the afternoons you actually feel the warmth of the sunshine, and there’s a hopeful light that makes you forget we’ve got all of February to get through. And then you buy … Continue reading →
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