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Tabbouleh
This parsley and bulgur salad is a great summer side dish. Unlike Americanized versions that contain mostly bulgur, this traditional recipe from The Complete Armenian Cookbook focuses more on the parsley and other vegetables (tomatoes, onions, cucumbers) present. Tabbouleh———3/8 cup fine (#1) bulgur3 ripe tomatoes, minced1/2 small onion, minced3 green onions, minced2 bunches parsley, minced1/4 […]
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Cellophane Noodle Salad
This is a nice summery salad featuring lots of crisp vegetables, ground pork, and cellophane noodles (also called glass noodles or bean thread noodles). It’s also the first recipe we’ve tried from the new cookbook that Lisa’s mom gave us over the weekend. All of the recipes in the book look delicious; I’m sure we’ll […]
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Surin’s Thai Beef Salad
Jenn sent us this recipe for Spicy Thai Beef Salad, the way it’s made at Surin of Thailand in Atlanta. We liked this version better than the one we made a few weeks ago — it was a lot easier, and the meat cooked a lot faster on the grill since it was already sliced. […]
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Chicken Fajita Salad
Another delicious no-brainer grilling-season meal. Grilled chicken rubbed with southwestern spices sits atop grilled peppers and onions, freshly made pico de gallo (tomatoes, onions, cilantro, jalapeño, and lime juice), guacamole (avocados, onions, cilantro, and lime juice) and spring salad mix. We prefer to use lots of pico rather than drenching it in some creamy dressing […]
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Spicy Thai Beef Salad
Spicy, sour, salty… scrumptious! We’ve been wanting to make this dish for a while, and finally found a recipe that sounded like a winner. We marinated the flank steak in garlic, lime juice, fish sauce, pepper, and sugar overnight. Then tonight we put the dressing and the salad together, grilled the steak on the Weber, […]