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My name is Lea Ann, I live in Highlands Ranch Colorado and I love to cook, read cooking blogs and share information.

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Recent Posts Tagged With 'Salads'

Jun 27

Topolobampo Envy

Son Sean and DIL Stacey had us over for a beautiful dinner on Father’s Day.  And I mean beautiful. Sean is a well-known artist whose creative flare is equally evident in the dishes he served up. Before we get to the food, why not take a (read full article)

Chicken, grilled adobo chicken, grilled plantains, mexican food, Mexican Southwest, rick bayless, Salads, Topolobampo Restuarant, tuna ceviche

Jun 17

White Bean, Bacon and Spinach Salad, with Maple Syrup Vinaigrette

Here’s a great little salad recipe that you can add to your summer repertoire. Simply delicious and it comes together in a snap.  The warm maple syrupy sweet and tangy dressing melts into the spinach, turns the beans into royalty and is a (read full article)

bacon, Maple Salad Dressing, Salads, spinach salad

Jun 14

Flank Steak with Horseradish Cream and Wedge Salad

About 12 years ago I jumped on the flank steak bandwagon and this was the first recipe I tried using this “new to me” cut of meat. It turned me into an instant flank steak fan. Flank steak is so versatile and it seems to soak up every (read full article)

beef, flank steak, Horseradish Sauce, salad dressings, Salads, Wedge Salad

Jun 08

Avocado and Shrimp Salad with Mango Dressing

This is just flat-out  moan and groan, roll your eyes delicious. I found this recipe last summer over at Food and Wine, wrote rave reviews in my database and can’t believe I didn’t blog it back then.  This is a Jamaican roadside stand (read full article)

Appetizers, flatbread, Salads, Seafood, Shrimp Salad, Summer Salad

May 05

I’ll Take A Salad With That Burger

A BLT Cheddar Burger in the middle of the week? How do I justify that? I usually save such indulgences for the weekend, serving healthier fare during the week. Justification #1:  Serve it with a beautiful Citrus Salad (recipe below).  By the way (read full article)

beef, BLT Burgers, cheeseburgers, Citrus salad, Salads, Tarragon Mayonnaise Sauce

Apr 23

It’s Salad Season

  In the last 24 hours in Colorado we’ve seen rain, hail, tornadoes, sleet balls, lightening, thunder, street flooding,  it’s currently snowing like the dickens and I think I just spotted a swarm of locust fly through. And as one of m (read full article)

chicken salad, Salads, Strawberry Salad, strawberry surplus

Mar 30

A Perfect Meal

In my humble opinion a perfect meal, anytime of year is a luscious salad, a well-flavored delicious soup and a chunk of crusty bread.  Here’s the latest trio I served up. Creamy Olive Soup.  This is a delicious and elegant soup and with (read full article)

Olive Soup, Orange Avocado Salad, Salads, Soup

Feb 28

THINK SPRING, with Asparagus Vinaigrette Salad

  Maybe if we all “think” Spring on March 1, we can prove that bossy ole Ground Hog wrong.  Denver has had it better than a lot of you East Coast folks, but nonetheless, I’ve had snow on the ground in my yard since October. I (read full article)

asparagus, asparagus vinaigrette, salad, Salads, vinaigrette

Feb 13

Louisiana Sunburst Salad

As promised, I’m posting the recipe  for the salad our friend Teri brought to our Super Bowl Party. Wanting to contribute a Louisiana-themed salad she turned to our friend Google and came up with this tasty recipe from the Palace Cafe in (read full article)

Louisiana Salad, Salads

Jan 27

Hurrah For Bloggers!

One of my New Year’s Resolutions was to actually cook some of those recipes I’ve bookmarked from your blogs. I promised myself that I would incorporate your offerings  into my weekly menu and so far I’ve not fallen off the wagon (read full article)

Breakfast, eggs, potatoes, Salads

Jan 24

Meet The Soup and The Salad

We all know we have to do it everyonce in awhile.  Get those noses out of the cookbooks and eyes off the food blogs.  We have to stop looking for our next great creation and walk over to that refrigerator, drag out all that unused produce and us (read full article)

salad, Salads, Soup, vegetables

Jan 02

A Gallery Of New Year’s Food

The New Year’s Eve Tradition around our house is a quiet evening at home with a nice meal and a movie.   Osso Buco is always the star on the menu but the supporting cast may change from year to year.  After pouring through numerous co (read full article)

Appetizers, beef, Osso Buco, Salads, scallops, tangerine and roasted beet salad, vegetables

Dec 06

Pear, Walnut, Maytag Blue Cheese Salad with Cranberry Vinaigrette

A few weeks ago, we were invited to our friends Tom and Kathy’s house for a dinner party. This is the scene of last Summer’s “Burb’s BBQ”, a blog post that you can review by clicking HERE. You really should take a look (read full article)

Maytag Blue Cheese, pears, salad, Salads

Nov 20

Warm Chanterelle and Berry Salad with Cheddar and some Chow-dah

A few weeks ago, I was sent samples of dried mushrooms from the very generous and food blogger friendly Marx Foods.      I was very proud of my first creation because it was delicious and all mine. Proud because I’m good at following rec (read full article)

chowder, salad, Salads, Soup

Nov 08

Crab, Avocado and Asparagus Salad

Look at all of these beautiful, fresh and healthy ingredients.  I’m trying to eat as healthy as I can before the month-long food gorge begins in a couple of weeks.  And believe you me, I plan to whole heartedly participate in the Holiday foo (read full article)

asparagus, Avacado, Avocado, crab, Dinner, salad, Salads, Seafood

Oct 17

Vail Pulled Pork Sliders and Sarge’s Slaw

 A couple of weekends ago we attended Connor’s 1 year birthday party. As you can see, our guest of honor got to have his cake and smear it too. He was sporting a Bronco’s Jersey, but that was removed to reveal his cake-smearing shirt.  (read full article)

Pork, Salads, sandwiches

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