Salads

Picture this: It’s a warm summer evening, and I’m in my kitchen chopping fresh veggies while the aroma of garlic and herbs fills the air. That was the day I first whipped up a big Italian salad for a backyard barbecue with friends. Everyone raved about it, and honestly, it saved the day when the … Read more

Remember that summer afternoon when I was rummaging through my fridge, desperate for something light yet satisfying after a long hike? I had a bunch of random veggies staring back at me—romaine, a lonely radicchio head, some chickpeas from last night’s hummus experiment. That’s when I whipped up my first vegetarian Italian chopped salad, inspired … Read more

Remember that sweltering summer afternoon when I decided to ditch the heavy pasta dish and whip up something light? I raided my fridge, grabbed whatever veggies looked perky, and started chopping away. What emerged was a colorful mess that turned into my go-to meal – a chopped vegetable salad. It’s funny how something so simple … Read more

Remember that one scorching summer afternoon when I was backpacking through the Greek islands, sweat trickling down my back, and I stumbled into a tiny taverna overlooking the Aegean Sea? The owner, a weathered guy named Dimitri, plopped down a bowl of what he called horiatiki – chunks of ripe tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, tangy feta, … Read more

Picture this: It’s a sweltering afternoon in July, and I’m scrambling to throw together something for a backyard barbecue. I raid the fridge, spot a can of chickpeas, and grab whatever veggies are bursting from the crisper drawer—tomatoes, cucumbers, a bit of corn. What started as a last-minute fix turned into my all-time favorite summer … Read more