This creamy tomato salad with buttermilk-basil dressing is going to light up your summer dinner menu! If you’re curious about buttermilk-basil dressing let me just clear that up for you. It’s basically ranch for grown-ups! It’s creamy, tangy, garlicky and infused with fresh basil. It’s the perfect dressing to toss with sweet peak-season summer tomatoes!…
Salads
How to make a perfect Vinaigrette!
Attn: You need to stop buying pre-made salad dressing! I love a good semi-homemade kitchen hack, click here to read all about my love for store-bought rotisserie chicken. There is however one thing I will never buy pre-made and that is salad dressing. Whether it’s bottled in the dry goods aisle or refrigerated I don’t…
Easy Weeknight Rotisserie Chicken Salad
This easy rotisserie chicken salad is my ultimate dinner hack on busy nights when I have no time to make dinner from scratch. I love to bring home a store-bought a rotisserie chicken and turn it into a full meal. We’re currently in that stage of the summer in Los Angeles where it’s way too…
Corn and Arugula Salad with Tomatoes and Blue Cheese
This corn and arugula salad with tomatoes and blue cheese screams summer to me! There’s nothing quite like the flavor of sweet corn and tomatoes when they’re in season. Blue cheese can be a polarizing ingredient if you’re not a fan switch it to goat cheese or feta. How to cook corn on the cob:…
Burrata Salad with Prosciutto and Nectarines
This burrata salad with prosciutto and nectarines is going to be your new summer staple! Is it even summer if you’re not having some variation of burrata salad at every meal? I’ve had a lot of people asking me lately “what do I bring to a pot-luck barbecue?” Most likely other people will have the…
Frisée Salad with Bacon, Croutons and Soft Boiled Egg
Frisée salad with bacon, croutons and soft boiled egg is the perfect dish for breakfast, lunch or dinner! This frisée salad is like a very sophisticated breakfast for dinner. The warm, crispy bacon, soft boiled egg, toasty croutons, and bitter frisée lettuce really come together in a magical way! Soft boiled eggs are so quick…
Creamy Tahini Caesar Dressing
Creamy Tahini Caesar Dressing is total a game changer! I love a classic Caesar salad! If you’ve never experienced a tableside Caesar at a steak house- go now! Fun fact: one of my first waitressing jobs required me to make Caesar salads tableside, and I was terrible at it! It can be a huge hassle…
Green Panzanella with Snap Peas + Avocado
Alternate recipe title: “Avocado Toast Salad.” No, seriously though this salad is everything. I’m sure I’ve said this before but salads are just better with a little bread and cheese in them, right? That’s where this green Panzanella with spring peas and avocado comes in! I used to overlook sugar snap peas in the past…
Lemon + Basil Vinaigrette
I can think of one hundred ways to use this lemon basil vinaigrette! It goes great with fresh summer tomatoes and burrata or roasted fish, or mixed with a little mayo and spread on a roast beef sandwich. The possibilities are endless which makes it a great recipe to have in your repertoire. You can…
Vietnamese Rice Noodle Salad
On hot Los Angeles summer days when the temperature rises above 80, the last thing I want to do is turn on my oven. That’s why I love this Vietnamese rice noodle salad! Everything about this recipe is cool and refreshing. Cold rice noodles, crisp veggies, and fresh herbs tossed with a sweet and sour…
