Hearty Potato Salad: Part Deux

by Kitchen Shaman | Jun 10, 2015 | Recipes, Salads, Side dishes

Eat All Your Veggies Day is probably my second favorite food holiday. It’s no secret I love vegetables. I love the colors, the smells and freshness of flavor. When I bring vegetables home from the farmer’s markets they seem so alive and vibrant.

Before I start prepping for any recipe, I take a moment: I breathe in the dirt, I sense the farmer whose hands worked the land and nurtured the plants, the truck that brought the food to market, the people who sold the food to us. And then I dive in. My knives moving in that particular rhythm I have of chopping. Carrots, cabbage, onions, spinach, and peppers all meet the blade with precision.

Then pans get heated up. There’s the gratifying sizzle and pop of the vegetables meeting the heated oil, and I let out a little sigh. I love cooking. I love my veggies. I love feeding myself and my Spouse this kind of feast.

Sweet Potato and Fennel Salad

by Kitchen Shaman | Apr 18, 2012 | Recipes, Salads

I never know where a recipe will come from. This little gem came from one of those days when I had enough left over ingredients from Sunday Brunch to create this amazing flavor packed salad.

Fresh and Lively Herb Vinaigrette

by Kitchen Shaman | Apr 27, 2011 | Recipes, Salads, Vinaigrettes

Want something to do with all those fresh herbs that are available now that springtime is here? I'm a fan of Vinaigrettes. They make great salad dressings, and awesome marinades. I love the play between the tang of a good vinegar, and the earthiness of herbs, or sweetness of citrus. So try this out the next time you are at your local Farmer's Market salivating over parsley, basil, and thyme.

A Recipe a Day: Ginger Lime Jicama Salad with Papaya & Apple

by Kitchen Shaman | Aug 6, 2010 | Recipes, Salads

I love creating salads in the summertime, especially salads that have the ability to refresh you and cool you down.

Jicama is a Sonoran Desert root that is fiber and water. It absorbs the flavors of almost anything else. It also adds a great crunch to otherwise squishy ingredients like papaya.

A Recipe a Day: Summer Citrus Coleslaw

by Kitchen Shaman | Aug 5, 2010 | Recipes, Salads

I love coleslaw, and there are so many different ways to make it, though the dressing aspect remains the same, vinegar, a little sugar, and, in the modern version, mayonnaise. Reportedly the Romans ate it with eggs added to it, whether cooked or uncooked, it doesn't say.