The flavors of Southeast Asia are virtually perfect combinations of all of the five aspects of taste, and this salad is no exception. Salty, umami-rich fish sauce blends so well with bright, sour lime juice and sweet coconut sugar to make an extraordinarily well-balanced dressing for the freshness of a cabbage based salad. And the rainbow of…
Buffalo Chicken Salad
Whenever I have extra cooked chicken of ANY type around, I consume a LOT of it in this form. I love that I can get all the flavors of buffalo wings without the deep-frying. Making it with tender, juicy sous vide chicken breasts is the ultimate treat, and the quick and dirty version of buffalo…
Classic Cobb Salad
I recently worked on a project at Anova Culinary to design 5 simple recipes that would complement a single batch of sous vide cooked chicken. Cobb Salad just HAD to be on that list because it is one of my absolute favorites. High fat, high protein, low carb, and gluten free, this delicious combination is…
OOOOO, Mommy! San Francisco Som Tam – Green Papaya Salad
Tart, salty, sweet, and spicy. Words that describe both my personality and so many amazingly delicious Thai dishes. Somewhere between daily massages, beach treks, yoga classes, and steam baths, I learned how to cook healthy Thai cuisine at a fantastic health retreat and juice-fasting spa in Thailand called Samui Detox, high on a mountain on…
Calypso’s Delight Tropical Salad
Once upon a time, in the middle of the Atlantic on a crossing from Antigua, West Indies to Italy, my pirate and reknowned-scrimshaw artist friend “Scrimmy” wrote a song about my daily prepared salads, so enamored with them was he. “They’re nutty! They’re fruity! They’re really f%$#ing groovy! Nicole’s sa-ha-lads…” Sure, maybe the tune is…
Kale, Yeah! One Kick-Ass Salad
So, I made this amazingly delicious salad yesterday and got quite a bit of feedback from different sources requesting more information. It’s SO EASY, and sooooo tasty, I’d be a selfish Sally not to share! Make it both vegan and Paleo simply by omitting the cheese. Kale, Yeah! One Kick-Ass Salad Print Prep time…