Easy Recipes for Stylish Entertaining | Culinary Thymes
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This is one of my favorite salads. I love the blend of the lettuces, the crunch of the carrots and the addition of the artichokes and hearts of palm. It is a great green salad to pair with pizza or a hearty red-sauced pasta. Enjoy! -alyce photo: fulton davenport
I love a big green salad at Thanksgiving, and if the greens are arugula, even better. A couple of tips:
What’s better than roasted garlic? I can’t think of anything at the moment. So try this lovely tailgate or picnic salad featuring mild, roasted garlic for your next outing. I invite you to click for the other recipes: Herb Marinated Beef Tenderloin and Green Beans with Almonds & Blue Cheese, that complement quite nicely. Enjoy [...]
Fresh artichokes make this summer salad very special, but you may use the canned variety in a pinch. Enjoy! -alyce eyster
Some kids just love salad. Mine are adventurous eaters, but we struggle with salad. So I suppose arugula, with its peppery flavor, was a little too much to ask. Even my twelve year old foodie won’t touch the stuff. I, however, love it. When I find a super fresh baby arugula bunch at the farmer’s market, [...]
My go-to vinaigrette consists of a garlic clove, honey, Dijon, lemon juice and walnut oil. It’s a tasty little recipe, but I’ve tired of it. I’m craving different flavors now. The vinaigrette I’ve been making lately features Sherry wine vinegar and thyme from the herb garden. This salad has great mouth feel. There’s the crunch [...]
Yesterday I found some French lentils that had been shoved to the back of my messy pantry. It reminded me of this salad. Amazing photo by Ralph Smith with styling by Julie Hettiger. Enjoy your day. -alyce eyster Print Lentil & Fennel Salad Author: http://www.culinarythymes.com Recipe Type: salad Prep Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins Total Time: [...]
Football season’s in full swing, fall is nearly here are you know what that means… time to tailgate! This is a favorite recipe, and it offers something green for the tailgate menu. I love the crunch of the nuts against the creaminess of the blue cheese all set off by the lemony oil. It’s a [...]
Want to take your dinner party to the next level? Don’t serve that same old salad again. Shake it up by adding some cheese to the salad course. This is a great way to try a new and different cheese, perhaps a local goat cheese or maybe a Spanish blue. And it’s fun to serve [...]
Now that school’s begun and we’ve survived the first week, it’s a great time to catch up with girlfriends. Here’s a menu to do just that over lunch. Cheers, ladies! -alyce Passionfruit Tea (or wine ) Barefoot Contessa’s Chinese Chicken Salad Field Greens with Orange, Feta and Tarragon Vinaigrette (recipe follows) Junior League of Houston [...]
