Entries Tagged as ‘Salads’

September 1, 2008

Heirloom Tomatoes with Balsamic Reduction

I have virtually given up on tomatoes. The ones from the supermarket are bland, flavourless faux tomatoes and are hardly worth buying. Grape tomatoes are about the only ones I bother buying any more because they still seem to have some tomato-y taste.
As a kid, summers were spent with my grandparents on one of the [...]

August 4, 2008

Fresh Corn Salad

A group of friends and I were talking about things we like to make for dinner a couple of weeks ago, when one mentioned her relatively recently acquired love of all things barbecue. And that, inevitably, led to a discussion about side dishes.
There has been a lot of recipes lately for grilled corn, which sounds [...]

May 30, 2008

Saifun Salad

I don’t know why I always forget how great T&T supermarket is.
Yesterday, I went grocery shopping. After 10 days away it was time to restock the fridge with vegetables and fresh herbs. I was really craving fresh herbs now that the temperature is starting to climb. (Mother Nature is, apparently, apologizing for the extra long [...]