Soups, Salads and Sandwiches - Recipes to Satisfy Your Soul
There's little more satisfying than a bowl of soup on a cold, wintery night or more refreshing than a salad of fresh greens on a hot summer day. And both are even better when paired with a sandwich. These recipes for soups, salads and sandwiches "kick it up a notch."
Carpaccio: A Recipe for Italian Sophistication
Carpaccio is an Italian recipe for a raw beef appetizer dressed with a lemony mayonnaise. My Carpaccio recipe uses a balsamic vinaigrette and is a great summer meal. Serves 2.
Carpaccio is an Italian recipe for a raw beef appetizer dressed with a lemony mayonnaise. My Carpaccio recipe uses a balsamic vinaigrette and is a great summer meal. Serves 2.
Spicy Moorish Chicken in Pita
I typically serve this spicy Moorish Chicken recipe in pita bread, but it's also great served on rice or couscous. It's quick, easy and delicious. Serves 2.
I typically serve this spicy Moorish Chicken recipe in pita bread, but it's also great served on rice or couscous. It's quick, easy and delicious. Serves 2.
Curried Chicken Salad: Sweet, Spicy, Savory, Wonderful
This recipe for Curried Chicken Salad is sweet, spicy, and savory and extraordinarily good. It's perfect stuffed in a pita, layered on a sliced croissant, or nestled in a lettuce leaf. <i>Serves 2.</i>
This recipe for Curried Chicken Salad is sweet, spicy, and savory and extraordinarily good. It's perfect stuffed in a pita, layered on a sliced croissant, or nestled in a lettuce leaf. <i>Serves 2.</i>
Tips: Better Burgers
If the last burger you ate was in a fast food joint, then you short-changed yourself. A well-made homemade burger is not only far superior to what you can buy, but it's a great choice when cooking for two. They're easy to make and, because burgers freeze well, you can make up half a dozen and freeze four for a later meal. Here are a few tips for creating outstanding burgers.
If the last burger you ate was in a fast food joint, then you short-changed yourself. A well-made homemade burger is not only far superior to what you can buy, but it's a great choice when cooking for two. They're easy to make and, because burgers freeze well, you can make up half a dozen and freeze four for a later meal. Here are a few tips for creating outstanding burgers.
Teriyaki Turkey Burgers
Turkey burgers may be low calorie, but it can also be bland and dry. In this recipe, the zucchini adds moisture (you won't really taste it) and the teriyaki ingredients add an Asian flavor.
Turkey burgers may be low calorie, but it can also be bland and dry. In this recipe, the zucchini adds moisture (you won't really taste it) and the teriyaki ingredients add an Asian flavor.
Pork Burgers: Something Different for the Grill
This recipe for pork burgers is, without doubt, one of the best recipes I've ever come up with. They're amazingly good combining ground pork with bacon, onion, and parmesan cheese. Makes 3 burgers.
This recipe for pork burgers is, without doubt, one of the best recipes I've ever come up with. They're amazingly good combining ground pork with bacon, onion, and parmesan cheese. Makes 3 burgers.
Cold Summer Soups
Cold summer soups are particularly welcome at cookouts, barbeques, and even picnics where you're outside in the summer heat. I thought a collection of recipes for cold soups might be a nice addition to the holiday. So I've posted a few of my own recipes and included some of the favorites of other About.com guides.
Cold summer soups are particularly welcome at cookouts, barbeques, and even picnics where you're outside in the summer heat. I thought a collection of recipes for cold soups might be a nice addition to the holiday. So I've posted a few of my own recipes and included some of the favorites of other About.com guides.
Muffaletta: A Taste of New Orleans
The key ingredient to a muffaletta recipe is the Olive Mix (you'll find a link to that recipe here). Ideally you want to make the sandwich an hour or two before eating it so the juices from the olive mix can soak into the bread, which makes this a perfect picnic sandwich.
The key ingredient to a muffaletta recipe is the Olive Mix (you'll find a link to that recipe here). Ideally you want to make the sandwich an hour or two before eating it so the juices from the olive mix can soak into the bread, which makes this a perfect picnic sandwich.
Stuffed Tomatoes: A Perfect Summer Meal
This recipe for stuffed tomatoes in unusual in it's inclusion of feta cheese ad capers. But a stuffed tomato is hard to beat however it's made. Makes 4.
This recipe for stuffed tomatoes in unusual in it's inclusion of feta cheese ad capers. But a stuffed tomato is hard to beat however it's made. Makes 4.
Blue Cheese Dressing: Different, Delicious, Deadly
This recipe for blue cheese dressing is for blue cheese lovers only, it will knock your socks off.
This recipe for blue cheese dressing is for blue cheese lovers only, it will knock your socks off.
Cold Cucumber Soup: Tart, Tangy, Tingly
This is a wonderfully cool and refreshing recipe for cucumber soup with a nice touch of exotica from the curry. Serve as a first course at dinner – particularly with fish – or with a sandwich for lunch. Serves 2.
This is a wonderfully cool and refreshing recipe for cucumber soup with a nice touch of exotica from the curry. Serve as a first course at dinner – particularly with fish – or with a sandwich for lunch. Serves 2.
Gazpacho: Light, Lucious, Lusty
My recipe for gazpacho is somewhat untraditional, but it's rich, lucious, and packed with the bright flavors of summer - everything one could ask for in a gazpacho recipe. Serves 4.
My recipe for gazpacho is somewhat untraditional, but it's rich, lucious, and packed with the bright flavors of summer - everything one could ask for in a gazpacho recipe. Serves 4.
Vichyssoise: Cool and Refreshing
Vichyssoise is a cold leek and potato soup. This recipe for Vichyssoise has been adapted to serve 2.
Vichyssoise is a cold leek and potato soup. This recipe for Vichyssoise has been adapted to serve 2.
Marinated Greek Burgers
These Greek burgers aren't really Greek, but they are infused with the flavors of Greece to create an excellent change-of-pace from the standard grilled ground-round on a soft bun. Serves 2.
These Greek burgers aren't really Greek, but they are infused with the flavors of Greece to create an excellent change-of-pace from the standard grilled ground-round on a soft bun. Serves 2.
Cold Asparagus Soup: A Spring Delight
When I snap off the woody ends of asparagus for one dish or another I collect the ends in a plastic bag and freeze them. At the end of the season I make this asparagus soup recipe using the woody ends to make stock. Serves 4.
When I snap off the woody ends of asparagus for one dish or another I collect the ends in a plastic bag and freeze them. At the end of the season I make this asparagus soup recipe using the woody ends to make stock. Serves 4.
Gyros - A Greek Classic
Gyros are a classic Greek sandwich. Traditionally made of slices of marinated lamb, packed on a spit, and then roasted in front of a fire, the gyro is an impossible to beat sandwich. Makes 4.
Gyros are a classic Greek sandwich. Traditionally made of slices of marinated lamb, packed on a spit, and then roasted in front of a fire, the gyro is an impossible to beat sandwich. Makes 4.
Soy Vinagrette Dressing - Perfect with Grilled Meats
Soy sauce gives this salad dressing a hearty flavor that makes it perfect for salads deaturing grilled meat.
Soy sauce gives this salad dressing a hearty flavor that makes it perfect for salads deaturing grilled meat.
Tuna Salad Parmesan
This version of tuna salad includes bell peppers, capers, red onions, and the shredded. Serves 2.
This version of tuna salad includes bell peppers, capers, red onions, and the shredded. Serves 2.
Senate Bean Soup
Senate Bean Soup is served daily in the US Senate cafeteria. This version adds a bit of country ham to the mixture making it even more savory.
Senate Bean Soup is served daily in the US Senate cafeteria. This version adds a bit of country ham to the mixture making it even more savory.
Chickpea Salad
Chickpeas are a main component of the Mediterranean diet foud in hummus and felafel. This salad, from Paula Levine Weinstein and Julie Komerofsky Remer, is another way to enjoy this tasty, high fiber bean. Serves 2.
Chickpeas are a main component of the Mediterranean diet foud in hummus and felafel. This salad, from Paula Levine Weinstein and Julie Komerofsky Remer, is another way to enjoy this tasty, high fiber bean. Serves 2.
Pasta Turkey or Chicken Salad
Use whatever fresh vegetables you have on hand for this delicious turkey salad recipe from Linda Larson, About Guide to Busy Cooks. Serves 2.
Use whatever fresh vegetables you have on hand for this delicious turkey salad recipe from Linda Larson, About Guide to Busy Cooks. Serves 2.
Potato Soup
Potato soup makes a great lunch on a snowy weekend. Especially with a ham sandwich or grilled cheese on the side. Serves 2.
Potato soup makes a great lunch on a snowy weekend. Especially with a ham sandwich or grilled cheese on the side. Serves 2.