Welcome to your new favorite pasta salad... I was sooooo bummed to hear about the Sweet Tomatoes restaurant chain closing down in the pandemic. I'm overall a huge buffet person (picky eaters, UNITE!), but I really loved going to Sweet Tomatoes with my mom when I was in high school and college. It was a… Continue reading Tuna Tarragon Pasta Salad
Category: Salads
Crab Cocktail Sandwiches
Delicious Crab Cocktail Sandwich In the Pacific Northwest we are extraordinarily lucky to have access to the best crab in the world - the Dungeness Crab! And my family is even more lucky to have a small boat that can take us out to harvest these beautiful creatures a few times a year. They love… Continue reading Crab Cocktail Sandwiches
Grilled Scallops With Corn Salad
I found this recipe somewhere years ago and saved it, pinned to my vision board until last summer. I don't know what took me so long, but it is now one of my favorites! It's in a category in my mind called "fancy salads" and shows up often in the summer time. The original recipe… Continue reading Grilled Scallops With Corn Salad
Bessie’s Green Jell-o
According to legend, this holiday salad was always served at Christmas dinners at my Great-Grandma Bessie’s house. My mom makes it now and in spite of the seemingly horrible ingredients (!!) it is so popular in my family that she always has to make a double batch for Thanksgiving and Christmas. My version: I use… Continue reading Bessie’s Green Jell-o
Don’t fear cabbage, make cole slaw!
I got a great deal on a head of old cabbage the other day. There are only two things I think of when I see a head of cabbage... fish tacos and cole slaw. I actually hated cabbage as a kid, picking it out of anything containing it. But one summer I grew cabbage for… Continue reading Don’t fear cabbage, make cole slaw!