Here’s a nice summer salad recipe from the Green City Market cookbook. The cookbook features a collection of seasonal recipes gathered from the market community, from costumers to farmers to chefs. Each contributor also brings a story behind their recipe. In Chicago? Now through October, you can find the Green City Market every Wednesday and...
Tag: <span>salad</span>
Sassy Chicken Salad Recipe From Redpack Tomatoes
Salads make wonderful meals especially during hot weather days. Here’s a recipe for a sassy chicken salad courtesy of Redpack Tomatoes. It brings together tomatoes, grapes, chicken, celery, and toasted pecans to form refreshing meal. Make a chicken salad sandwich or nix the bread and simply serve it over a bed of greens. Sassy Chicken...
Shaved Fall Vegetable Salad with Tea-Pickled Radishes Recipe
Here’s another recipe from Gail Simmons. This salad features brings together apples, fennel, radicchio, celery, and pickled radishes. The radishes are pickled with Pure Leaf Sweat Tea. The pickled radishes are prepared ahead of time and can be refrigerated for up to 1 week. Shaved Fall Vegetable Salad with Tea-Pickled Radishes Serves 4 For the...
Recipe: Brussels Sprout, Apple and Blue Cheese Salad
The Green City Market Cookbook, which debuted this summer, contains a wonderful collection of delicious recipes provided by Chicago area chefs and consumers who shop the Green City Market. The cookbook features 88 recipes by season availability using sustainable foods. Here’s a Fall recipe from the Green City Market Cookbook along with a note on...
Farmer’s Fridge Vegetable Vending Machine
There’s your typical snack machine stocked with potato chips, granola bars, sweets, cookies, and other prepackaged foods. There’s even an ATM machine for freshly baked cupcakes. Well, now there’s a health conscious vending machine that dispenses fresh salads and wholesome snacks. It’s called Farmer’s Fridge and can be found in Chicago. It’s a really neat...
4food Burgers Re-Reveals Storefront, Offers Social Media Deals
After a long 25 months hiding behind scaffolding, 4food, located at 286 Madison Ave, is celebrating the re-reveal of their storefront with social media driven promos. 4food is about offering fast and convenient food that is fresh, nutritious, and delicious. They promote the use of local and seasonal ingredients. 4food is known for their (w)holeburger...
Recipe: Spinach, Pear and Pomegranate Salad
Here’s a simple, nutritious salad that I came across on the Williams Sonoma blog. The use of pomegranate seeds adds antioxidants to the dish. Spinach always makes a wonderful bed for salads. The sliced pears provide a nice sweet crunch to the salad. Ingredients (Serves 4): 1/3 cup walnut pieces 3 Tbs. cider vinegar 2...
Recipe: Warm Squash Salad with Teleme and Pepitas
Here is a recipe for a salad featuring butternut squash, pumpkin seeds, and teleme cheese. This recipe can be found on the Williams Sonoma blog’s 30 Days of Salads. The butternut squash is first steamed and then roasted, enhancing its flavors through the process. The squash is served warm, which melts the cheese and blends...
Recipe: Brussels Sprout and Arugula Salad with Walnuts
The Williams Sonoma blog shares some of their favorite fresh, seasonal salad recipes in 30 Days of Salads. This light and simple salad features brussels sprouts and arugula. The brussels sprouts are shaved into thin ribbons using a mandoline, adding a delicate crunchy texture to the salad. Ingredients (Serves 4): 1 lb. brussels sprouts, trimmed...