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Composed Salad of Roasted Broccoli, Chickpeas, & Pecans

by Ivete on July 21, 2009

in Main dishes, salad

I intended to use this salad as a Meatless Monday post but didn’t quite make the cutoff, sorry!

I came across this salad in a recent issue of Martha Stewart living and it got stuck in my brain, reminding me every so often of how weirdly appealing it sounded. Roasted broccoli is strange enough in a salad already, but pairing it with cooked chickpeas, goat cheese, and nuts? Downright odd! And downright delicious.

Read on for more on my twist to Martha’s Composed Salad of Roasted Broccoli, Romaine, Chickpeas and Walnuts.

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Skirt Steak & Horseradish Potato Salad

July 14, 2009
Skirt Steak and Horseradish Potato Salad

As you’ve probably noticed by now, I really love salads that can stand their ground as a complete dinner. When I saw this recipe for Skirt Steak and Horseradish Potato Salad in the August issue of Bon Appetit, I immediately added it to the must-try list (this issue’s must try [...]

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Fast times in Elissa’s kitchen – Part 2: Feta tomato salad

July 13, 2009
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Part 2 of Fast Times in Elissa’s Kitchen also works well with the Meatless Monday theme!  The combination of Feta cheese and fresh tomatoes is one of my favorites.  My wonderful boyfriend Tom loves it on top of pizza.  Here is a much healthier option – make it a salad.

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CSA Distribution for July 7th – Beets

July 12, 2009
Beet ang goat cheese salad

This week’s CSA share brought some surprises! See the two little round zucchinis in the lower left-hand corner? They were so cute I almost didn’t want to eat them! I was also happy to see broccoli and beets in this week’s share, in addition to the usual salad ingredients . [...]

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Spicy Thai salad from another chef’s daughter

July 7, 2009
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Hello everyone!  My name is Elissa and I’m also a chef’s daughter.  My mother ran her own Chinese restaurant and catering business for 15 years.  I’m also a chef’s granddaughter. My grandfather was a chef who owned restaurants in Vietnam, Laos, and the US.  It’s kind of a dream of [...]

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Shake up your 4th: Watermelon Salad with Feta, Olives, & Mint

June 27, 2009
Watermelon salad

Looking for something unusual to bring to the 4th of July picnic this year? Well look no further!
There’s no getting around the fact that this salad sounds downright weird, but after you take the first bite you’ll be really glad you took the risk! This recipe is one of many [...]

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Caesar Potato Salad with Sugar Snap Peas

June 8, 2009
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You know how sometimes, when you’re flipping through a cooking magazine, you come across a recipe photo that just screams MAKE ME! to you? This salad was one of those recipes — sure, it sounded interesting enough. But the photo? The photo is what sold me on it. And I’m [...]

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Get your husband to happily eat salad for dinner

May 24, 2009
Fried egg on a salad

I assume I’m not unique in having a hard time convincing my husband that a salad can be an entire dinner, right? He’s happy to eat salad, but he’s been conditioned to think of salad as something that comes before or on the side of a “real meal.” It seemed [...]

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