5 SALAD recipes
Avocado, cornichon, and arugula salad: creamy avocado tossed with peppery arugula, tangy cornichons, and chives in a lemon dressing. A bright, sour-edged green salad that comes together fast.
This salad's presentation is quite lovely. The citrus vinaigrette is top notch and we use the leftovers for other vegetables. The combination of orange, lemon, lime and grapefruit really kick it up a notch. If you really want to impress your guests and blow them away with sophistication this is sure to wow them. Or just make the dressing and use it for other dishes and turn any ordinary vegetable into something special.
Grilled split lobster served alongside a fresh herb salad of basil, mint, fennel fronds, chervil, chives, and parsley dressed in lemon and olive oil. Simple, elegant, done in 30 minutes.
Avocado halves filled with crabmeat salad, topped with chopped egg and garnished with anchovies, pimiento, and olives. Served with a tarragon-chervil herbed mayonnaise dressing on the side.
Marinated wild rice salad with porcini and white mushrooms, julienned carrots, walnuts, and Dijon vinaigrette. A make-ahead grain salad that gets better as it sits.