This Burrata Caprese salad recipe is for those days when you have the finest heirloom tomatoes sitting on the kitchen counter, but can’t decide between fresh mozzarella and ricotta cheese to pile them over. The struggle is real! So you naturally reach for the finest soft cheese on the planet, right? And you make a tomato burrata salad served over fresh basil pesto, like a boss! Because If you have perfect tomatoes, you most likely have a little bit too much fresh basil that needs to be used ...
Salads Recipes
Tomato Onion Salad Recipe
Easy tomato onion salad recipe Mediterranean style with lots of fresh oregano, chives, capers and feta cheese, dressed in a lovely olive oil and red wine vinegar dressing! I’m having a major crush on all the heirloom tomatoes this summer, today I'm particularly fond of the red ones. They just scream hot summer days, deliciousness and freshness! Ok, do we really need a post on how to make a simple tomato salad ? Uhmm… well.. yes of course, what kind of question is that ..? Because truth ...
Strawberry Salsa Recipe
A delicious fruity strawberry salsa recipe perfect as a dip with a bag of chips, or spooned over your favorite fish, like salmon or halibut, grilled chicken or street tacos. I keep saying: it’s all about the simple things kids, and this right here is living proof of that! Sweet and zesty, I even serve it with my seared orange scallops and tuna poke. Total killer! Tough I gave my recipe a classic spin with jalapeño and cilantro, I also make it with fresh basil, orange, honey and a balsamic ...
Cucumber Tomato Salad Recipe Video
The best cucumber tomato salad (+Video), made with the finest heirloom tomatoes, fragrant basil and oregano, cucumbers, green and red onions in a homemade Italian olive oil and red wine vinegar dressing. I’ve been dying to bring back this tomato salad recipe from the archives, because more than anything it reminds me of the man in the photo, my grandfather. This space only exists because of him, and it all started with this rustic salad. I must have watched him make it a hundred times, ...
Autumn Salad Recipe with Roasted Butternut Squash
The best autumn salad recipe, highlighting fall produce like roasted butternut squash, beets and brussel sprouts on a bed of heirloom black rice dressed in a citrusy blood orange vinaigrette. | Food style by: Florentina | Food Photo by: MihaMatei.com | The perfect autumn inspired salad to feed a crowd and a staple at our Thanksgiving / Friendsgiving dinner party. As soon as the temperatures drop and it is bearable to blast my oven, the harvest vegetable roasting begins. From butternut ...
Burrata Peach Salad Recipe
This Burrata Peach Salad is an explosion of fresh summer flavors and textures from sweet juicy peaches, creamy burrata, basil and a pomegranate balsamic dressing. You could go for grilled peaches and a handful of baby arugula to make a meal of things. Look at this beautiful mess I made out of my burrata peach salad! The little foodie Picasso in me just can’t control those wild bursts of talent. Story of my life! Just kidding, I bet all the food photography critiques would give me an F- on ...
Peach Salad with Basil & Blackberry Vinaigrette Recipe
A summery peach salad on a bed of sweet basil leaves tossed in a citrusy blackberry vinaigrette with creamy goat cheese brie. Just because Summer you guys! And because sweet, juicy and fragrant peaches are showing off like crazy at the Farmers Market, and because the Genoese basil has taken over my garden and I can't get over how pretty it is. Oh, and maybe just because creamy goat cheese brie is everything! Tough I must confess I've also made this with a sheep's feta cheese and it ...
Tomato Basil Salad Recipe
A vegan tomato basil salad recipe with homemade chive dressing, perfect for lunch, dinner or a summer barbecue. I’ve got yet another non-recipe recipe for you today! Because perfect, exquisite summer heirloom tomatoes and purple basil need to show off in all their splendor. I just give them a stage ;) Clearly my obsession with eating, growing, and buying them knows no boundaries. Goes well with cucumbers, feta, goat cheese and fresh mozzarella di bufala. Personally I like to serve it ...
Chive Pesto Potato Salad Recipe
A simple summer chive Pesto Potato Salad that is creamy and healthy, no mayo and no yuckies, sprinkled with toasted nuts! Just fresh onion Chives cut from the garden buzzed up together with extra virgin olive oil, pine nuts or pepitas, a little zing from red wine vinegar. Then I tossed that with golden baby potatoes ( you could use the red ones too) cooked al dente, so they hold up together to the pesto Sauce. If your Chives are in bloom, by all means sprinkle some of those gorgeous purple ...
Tomato Avocado Salad Recipe
Creamy, healthy and tasty heirloom Tomato Avocado Salad with purple onions and cilantro, in a zesty olive oil lime dressing! The perfect, California style summer salad to serve next to grilled chicken, shrimp or steak. Add some feta, queso fresco or blue cheese on top If you want and call it lunch. If your tomatoes are more on the acidic side I’d suggest adding a drizzle of honey to the dressing. This is the time to splurge on those sweet, colorful heirloom tomatoes at the market, the ...