Having recently returned from Italy, I had such an eat-ploration that it would be remiss if I didn’t share some new recipe I garnered from the local Bogliascans.
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Ligurian Minestrone
Day 19: Pork & Bean Salad
This salad should have been taco salad but I didn’t have all the ingredients to make it so I opted for a similar taste and texture.
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Day 16: Roasted Asparagus Mango Quinoa
Back to meatless Mondays! As it is half week due to a design conference, which requires me to make salads that are commute-able, I opted for less fancy and just kept to the basic.
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Day 12 Mushroom Mustard Salad
Many moons ago, for Memorial Day, my friends and I used to take a trip up to Bear Mountain to have a barbecue. We’d pack up food, drinks, and our dogs and take the hour long trek up away from the busy city life.
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Day 8 Meatball Salad
A new week of salad! The green market in Socrates Sculpture Park, Astoria returned this weekend for the summer. I went early in the morning on Saturday to see what fresh veggies I could snag. Of course, I think it would have been if I an idea of what recipes I would like to try to know what of the veggies to buy. There were just too many variety that I was unsure where to begin. I stuck to the basic and got arugula and mint.
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Day 7 Savory Crepe Salad
Technically, this recipe is called Vietnamese crepe salad but I didn’t use all the traditional vegetables because I wanted to see what other vegetables and/or fruit would be good with this dish.
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Day 3 Falafel Salad with Tahini Sauce
Falafels were an acquired taste. The first time I tried them was once again at a college cafeteria. Needless to say, it was a very bad experience. But living in New York City, plenty of falafel stands roam the street. I’ve found some of the best places were actually these trucks. My favorite falafel truck is Taim Mobile. They serve a mean falafel and great lemonade.
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Truffle Risotto on a Cold February Day
After a long week of rain and snow, the weekend was finally beautiful and bright but very brisk. I was fooled by the weather and had gone out under the wrong impression of warm weather. I had meant to take Ker Ai, my dog, for a walk around town. Unfortunately, I didn’t bring along a coat for him and he started to shiver. I walked him around Union Square to see other dogs and visited Petco, where Banana Joe was in town!
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