If this isn’t brain food, I don’t know what would be.  I ate this salad for lunch almost every day in law school.  The cashiers at my grocery store thought I was nuts, buying bags and bags of romaine lettuce.  But this colorful, healthy, delicious little salad was my version of comfort food.
In the intervening [...]

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It’s not often that I come across a fruit or vegetable that I’ve never tried, or even heard of, before. In fact, I think the last time it happened was when I discovered that morels were mushrooms, which was at least two years ago. But I had eaten mushrooms before. These, on the other hand, [...]

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I think serving carrots as ribbons is prettier than just chopping them up. It takes quite a while to make them with a vegetable peeler, but if you’re using them in salads, there’s no other way to go.
You could make this salad with a mayonnaise-based dressing, but I thought a tart dressing would be more [...]

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To me, a greek salad done right is the epitome of healthy eating. And “done right” means no lettuce, no croutons. A greek salad shouldn’t be some greek-inspired toppings added to a standard salad, it should be a totally different creation.
Greek Salad
INGREDIENTS:
5 medium or large plum tomatoes
2 cucumbers
1/2 small red onion
16 black olives, pitted and [...]

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