Cooking with Barry & Meta133 recipes
Cooking with Barry & Meta
End of the Summer Deconstucted Salad
Taking advantage of the last of our garden produce, I made this deconstructed salad that I dressed with parsley-infused olive oil and balsam...
Creamy Roasted Carrot Soup with coriander, cumin, garlic & ginger
Vibrant orange and nutritious, this soup is perfect for crisp, cool days and evening. Great as a dinner starter or with a luncheon salad or ...
Zesty Carrot Salad
Garden fresh carrots were especially good is this eye-catching and delicious salad that is packed with flavor, color, crunch and nutrition! ...
French-inspired Carrot Salad using homegrown carrots
We were on the receiving end of beautiful homegrown carrots. Bright orange with green fern-like tops, they are well formed and oh-so-much-be...
Michael Symon’s Chunky Cucumber Salad
Sometimes it's the little things that make a difference! I grew up eating cucumbers and onions -— they are a summertime staple. Mom always p...
Creamy Apple Pie Salad
Dessert or a honey-infused side salad? Either way, this is a yummy variation of a Waldorf salad, made with a cream cheese and yogurt-based d...
Chicken & Grape Pasta Salad
Make ahead main dish salads are easy along with being cool and refreshing. Perfect for a springtime lunch, or a light supper. This one is fu...
Broccoli & Carrot Salad -- variation of a classic
A new spin on a classic, this version of broccoli salad includes grated carrot and is dressed with a Dijon-based vinaigrette. Floy Bowers’ v...
Hot Chicken Salad Casserole
There are so many variations of this classic hot Southern chicken salad. All rely on chicken, mayonnaise sliced celery, onion and almonds. E...
Cheese Wookies
These were the signature crackers, served with their salads, at the Leelanau Country Inn in Glen Arbor, Michigan. It has become one of our f...
Mini Cheese Balls
This recipe appears in the 2010 edition of Taste of Home’s HOLIDAY & CELEBRATIONS cookbook as provided by Meta West. Ranch salad d...
Waldorf Salad with Dates
This classic salad was created in the 1890s at New York's Waldorf-Astoria hotel by maître d' Oscar Tschirky. The original salad contained on...
Springtime Salad - Fresh Spinach & Strawberries w/ Strawberry Vinaigrette
Springtime and strawberries just seem to go together. This salad combines the best of springtime produce that just happens to be packe...
Cheese Straws — Add a “Special Touch” to Salads!
Cheese Straws are kind of like a homemade version of Cheese-it® Crackers without the preservatives. Great for snacks but I like to serve...
1950’s Eisenhower White House Era Menu – 1st Course Salad
We recently planned and prepared a 1950s Eisenhower era themed menu. It was inspired by original State Menus on file at the Eisenhowe...
EXPERIMENTING WITH QUINOA – Cranberry Walnut Quinoa Salad
Quinoa (KEEN- wa ) has been referred to as . . . the whole grain super-food! It’s become quite popular and most grocery stores have add...
Romaine Leaves w/ Thousand Island Dressing
The inspiration for this salad was the Iceberg wedge, popular in the 1950s and ‘60s. Literally a wedge of crisphead lettuce drenched in...
Caribbean Chicken Salad
Some meals are memorable. Barry and I both recall the picnic supper that his cousin, Patty Potter Patrick, prepared when we visited Wa...
Zucchini-Artichoke Salad
Yet another use for that prolific summer veggie! Normally I shy away from recipes with this many canned items but, for some reason...
Take a break from the usual slaw – Jicama Slaw
Jicama adds a nice crunch to salads and lends a sweet and nutty flavor. A great addition to summer salads . . . or. check out other ...