Tag: vegetables

Deli Style Health Salad

Deli Style Health Salad

As I have mentioned, I grew up here in New York City, and have lived in or near the city all my life. So I have bought many a meal at many a delicatessen.

Refreshing Cool as a Cucumber Soup

Refreshing Cool as a Cucumber Soup

It is July – the hot weather and the cucumbers are, cooperatively, appearing together. Cool as a cucumber, we say… and for good reason. Cukes have a high water content and are always cool and refreshing. For that reason, they are very popular in the 

Personal Salad Bar – the Easy Salad Lunch

Personal Salad Bar – the Easy Salad Lunch

As you may have noticed, I like salads. I particularly like them for lunch in summer – they’re light and cool, and a perfect way to use a wide variety of vegetables. They can be a nuisance to make, though, especially with that variety of 

Collard Greens with Chipotle

Collard Greens with Chipotle

We got big, lovely bunches of collard greens from the CSA both last week and this. I find collards a bit tougher than other leafy greens, and I don’t like them cooked the way I cook other greens. I have found, though, that these do well 

Savory Rhubarb Chickpeas

Savory Rhubarb Chickpeas

Our CSA gave us rhubarb this year! I’ve bought it from Greenmarket  before, but this is the first year I’ve had it in the CSA – I’m delighted. Rhubarb is a perennial, like asparagus. Because the plant itself is already established (they both grow for