Green salads move from side dish to main course
A St. Petersburg Times column extols salads as complete meals, highlighting versatile toppers from chicken and seafood to goat cheese and fruits. It urges balanced portions, varied greens like spinach and romaine, and mindful textures while noting health benefits from dark leafy greens and antioxidants.
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Andrew Weil
Knopf
Spinach Salad with Mango and Candied Pecans
Spinach and mango combine with toasted candied pecans in a bright dressing. Ingredients include spinach leaves mango pecans brown sugar oil and vinegar. Prepare coating by melting sugar in a skillet with oil and vinegar then toast nuts till coated. Toss with greens and mango for four servings.
Green salad with cranberry vinaigrette dressing
A blender mixture of red wine vinegar oil cranberries mustard garlic salt pepper and water is whisked smooth. Toasted almonds red onion blue cheese and mixed greens are tossed with the dressing to coat evenly. serves 4.
Strawberry Rhubarb Amaretti Crisp Recipe Origin
Old fashioned dessert pairing rhubarb with strawberries in a New England inspired pie crust. The topping uses amaretti cookies for a macaroon crunch reflecting Italian immigrant influence in the Northeast. Recipe credited to chef Cindy Mushet from Desserts Mediterranean Flavors California Style.
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New England
Northeast
Cindy Mushet
Simon & Schuster
Fruit Filling Recipe for Strawberries and Rhubarb
A simple fruit filling uses 7 quarts of ripe strawberries halved after washing and hulling with 1 pound rhubarb cut into seven inch pieces. Add 2 teaspoons lemon juice cup sugar and 1 inches tablespoons cornstarch to balance sweetness and thickening.
Strawberry rhubarb amaretti crisp recipe notes
A bake to combine strawberries and rhubarb with lemon juice and cornstarch then top with an amaretti butter almond mix. Bake 350 F 40 45 minutes until bubbling and tender Serve warm with vanilla ice cream if desired.
Grilled Steak Salad with Caramelized Shallots and Greens
Beef top loin steaks grilled to doneness and sliced, tossed with mixed greens mushrooms and roasted peppers. Caramelized shallots provide a sweet glaze while a balsamic garlic dressing coats the greens and steak slices for a full flavored meal serving four.
Bordeaux wine regions and vintages explored in depth
A compact tour of Bordeaux from the left and right banks to Graves and Sauternes. Highlights include Cabernet Sauvignon on the left bank in Medoc and St Estephe, Merlot and Cabernet Franc in Pomerol and St Emilion, with notes on Sauvignon Blanc Semillon whites and botrytized Sauternes. Vintage moods for 1995 to 1999 cited, plus tasting notes and prices for Malmaison, Gloria, Simard, La Croix de Beaucaillou, Lafon-Meneau, Rayne-Vigneau, and the perfect pairing dessert wine.
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Gironde
Medoc
St Estenhe
Paulus
St Julien
Margaux
St Estephe
Bordeaux
Graves
Sauternes
Barsac
Pomerol
St. Emilion
St Emilion
Burgundy
Bordeaux Vilage
la Croix de Beaucaillou
St. Julien
Chateau Lafon-Meneau
Graves Blanc
Chateau Rayne- Vigneau
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