What Is Endive Salad

When the heat comes, the radishes mature, their stems grow into stalks, blooms appear and the roots becomeMy radishes matured in about a month after sowing, which was normal. First I fertilized the soil with organic compost, sowed the seeds and then Istarted...

Pre-bagged salad mixes are popular, and your grocery store may even offer a salad bar for additional choices.To maximize the appeal of your winter salads, take advantage of items that are at their peak in cooler months.Vegetables that are good choices...

There are alsocan be found on dwarfing rootstocks producing trees 10-15' tall, andavailable on semi-dwarf rootstocks can be pruned to maintain 15'.If you are adept at grafting you can graft onto an existing mature rootstock, keeping in mind that similar...

I just had a gardener give me some very healthy mint plants today. Carton of Greek-style yogurt, and add a peeled, seeded, diced cucumber.Mince a handful of mint leaves together with a couple of cloves of garlic, add that to the yogurt mix, season to...

The French and Italian cooks value the herb for its flavor and add the leaves to salads also. I was not fond of bacon grease, so I always asked for vinegar and oil. I still associate foods with seasons.

Fall mushrooms , such as porcini or a wild mix, make rich fall salads. Roast thin rings of delicata or acorn squash to combine with hazelnuts or walnuts, diced figs, or apricots. Jhausman Fall salads deserve a twist.

There's so much plenty for the salad bowl already when the tomatoes, peppers or cucumbers are just a twinkle in the farmers' eyes. At Rainbeau Ridge , the diversified suburban farm where I hang out, we're making salad dressings for the new lettuces, using...

When growing endive, transplant your tiny new plants after any danger of frost at the end of spring; frost will kill your new plants.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });If you're lucky enough to have warm...

Once established, it is very drought tolerant. Following the flowers are the beans that are from 3 to 6 inches long and have the familiar flat, curved shape of butterbeans. The hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus) is an attractive vine that bears showy lavender...

This summer salad will be fine company for burgers and dogs. I swapped in pitted sour cherries, added crescents of mild, crunchy fennel for the white and relied on blueberries for the blue.

Light and easy, a melon and crab salad with mint and ginger is satisfying, sweet, salty and sour, just right to whet the appetite on a still-summery night or to serve as a full lunch in these last free days of August.

I used a combination of Greek yogurt and light mayonnaise to enrich the spuds. Unlike the Midwest, […] Of course, you can go richer by using sour cream, full-fat yogurt or even creme fraiche.

Leslie graciously offered me a few duck eggs when I said that I've eaten duck breast and liver but never duck eggs. Add shallot/garlic scape and cook while stirring, 1 minute. Part of her farm-ette is a flock of Pekin ducks plus a mallard that she rescued...

INGREDIENTS 3 cups vegetable or chicken broth (or part water) 1 cup pearled barley 2 carrots, grated 3 radishes, chopped 3/4 cup small peas, fresh or frozen small bunch red grapes, halved 1/4 cup olive oil juice of one lemon zest of one lemon 1 tablespoon...

The ones our friend prepared for us had a rounded, egg-shaped cap but were gold-to-orange in color and sizeable. The centerpiece of this mushroom salad dish, prized mushrooms rarer even than truffles, are called ovoli (Amanita caesarea), or Caesar's mushrooms.

Don't stop there if you want a luncheon dish. Quick as a wink, I fed the fennel (anise), celery and green apple through the slicing blade of my food processor. Chopped dill , cilantro or parsley are possible herbal garnishes, especially if the fennel...

She writes from a still-bucolic but ever-more-suburban town in the New York City ‘burbs. Sweet-tart pomegranate syrup, the base for the dressing, can be found at Middle Eastern groceries.

To serve, spread most of arugula on platter or mound on individual plates. The sweet healthy greens become part of the mixed saute I cook up with chard, Asian greens and softer kales.

Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil Rich, moisture-retentive soil with plenty of compost dug in. Spacing Single Plants: 9" (25cm) each way (minimum) Rows: 7" (20cm) with 11" (30cm) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Sow directly into soil in late...

I think this carrot-radish salad would be good stuffed into a hummus, falafel or turkey sandwich, too, especially if I make up a yogurt-based version of the dressing to bind it together more.

It's flexible; I used pumpkin but any winter squash will work, as will any grain. Spread the pumpkin chunks on a greased shallow pan, toss them with oil until well-coated and roast until they yield to a fork, about 20 to 30 minutes.

This week, we've cut the vegetables onto pizzas, pasta with basil and Parmesan, and cooked brown rice with a lemon dressing. We're picking pink and yellow tomatoes , green and red peppers, purple and yellow beans, and pearly or taxi yellow corn too.

Add more water or olive oil to thin, if desired. Variation: Substitute two canned, plum tomatoes, one large shallot for the garlic and red-wine vinegar for the balsamic. Sesame Dressing INGREDIENTS 1 cup tahini (sesame paste) 1/2 cup water juice of 2...

I served this peperonata to a few friends alongside some grilled sausage and fresh corn. Yield: 4 to 6 servings Ingredients 6+ mild peppers 1-2 hot peppers, carefully cleaned 1/4 cup olive oil 1 large red or yellow onion, sliced in half-moons, or 4 scallions,...

Salad days are here. Ribbons of zucchini, torn basil and oil-packed tuna are the next in line. Still, on a chillier-than-it-was-supposed-to-be evening, I wanted a salad that still had some of the heft and comfort of cooler weather food to accompany barbecue...

Spread the sweet potatoes on a baking sheet and toss with 1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil. If the vegetables were cooked earlier and are cold, warm the dressing slightly before tossing.

My CSA share included 6 pounds of small potatoes last week in white, red and purple. I use white wine or Champagne vinegar to avoid staining the potatoes with red wine vinegar. Because I had them, I added some chopped-up pea pods.