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Salad

I have recently discovered the joys of Mason jar salads. Who says you can’t teach an old broad new recipe tricks. One of my culinary sidekicks, Katie, assured me that EVERYONE who is cooking these days is making and eating these easy do ahead meals. So, since I’m now a […]

Magic Mason Jar Salads (Kosher, Gluten Free and Delicious!!!!)

February 12, 2017 in Recipes / Salad by Konfidentially Kosher

So there I was, pulling stuff out of my pantry in a crazed moment of what am I going to make for shabbos that is not the same old rice or potatoes and lo and behold, I discovered an open box of barley I had conveniently misplaced behind the other […]

BARLEY MAGIC

October 31, 2016 in dinner / Recipes / Salad by Konfidentially Kosher

Every Memorial Day the menu dilemma isn’t what we’ll be serving as the main course (burgers rule!) but rather what side dishes will grace the picnic table. While I’m all for the new and different I tend to be a purist when burgers are being served so potato salad is […]

POTATO SALAD RECIPE BONANZA

May 15, 2016 in Salad tagged mayonnaise / memorial day / potato salad by Konfidentially Kosher

Welcome to my Cinco de Mayo blog post, featuring our friend, the avocado. The Little Green Avocado Book by Linda Doeser, Rosamond Richardson, Michelle B. Johnson says that there is pretty strong evidence that avocado trees thrived over 50 million years ago in what we now call sunny California. Just […]

MY CINCO DE MAYO TRIBUTE TO THE AVOCADO

May 4, 2016 in Salad by Konfidentially Kosher

Pesach is a time of HEAVY food. No I’m not talking kugel and chopped liver although they are a bit weighty, I’m talking about all that matzo and matzo meal and farfel and well, just about any dish that needs a cake or bread like structure. I hope by […]

MATZO FREE ZONE: PESACH SALADS

April 3, 2016 in Recipes / Salad by Konfidentially Kosher

Spring=asparagus, right? Well, sure if you want to keep to a tried and true, woo hoo, welcome to warmer weather, loss leader, finally, almost affordable vegetable. For me, other than for Pesach, the best bang for your buck, who knows what price spring vegetable I say the sugar snap pea […]

SUGAR SNAP PEAS FOR EVERYONE

February 22, 2016 in Recipes / Salad by Konfidentially Kosher

Tu B’Shevat is a holiday for which eating fruit, particularly from the kinds that are mentioned in the Torah is kind of mandatory. Of course, after hours of scouring obscure tracts I still haven’t found the proof I need that Moses had Hershey Kisses and M&Ms as his go to […]

TU B’SHEVAT 2016

January 20, 2016 in Holiday / Recipes / Salad tagged Pear / Pomegranate / Salad / Tu B'Shevat by Konfidentially Kosher