Seasonal Sundays (Week 5) The Art of Winter Salads

Mid-winter, it's too easy to forget to fill our plates with vegetables. What comes so easily during summer takes a little more thinking, effort ... dare I say? artfulness ... to putting fresh salads on the table. So today I've collected seven winter-salad recipes and do hope you find yourself inspired by every single one! Is there a new family favorite among them? Just maybe!

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Ooof. It's been one endless wet, gray and foggy week.

And of course, that's just the weather. Sure, it affects our moods, our willingness to get out.

But at the same time, whatever is going on outside, new babies are welcomed into the world, hard-working folks get big promotions, the Chiefs pull out a win!

And whatever is going on outside, there's SALAD, even if winter salads take a bit more thought and some times effort compared to the ease and simplicity of summer salads.

Here are some ideas for re-thinking winter salads. Actual recipes, of course, below!

• Experiment with salad vegetables that might be overlooked during the growing season. We are blessed with a food distribution that delivers fresh produce from across the world to our very doorsteps, should we wish. Think of these: celery + winter squash + eggplant + canned/jarred artichokes + carrots + fennel + beets + turnip + poblano + sweet potato + cabbage + kohlrabi + what's on your list?! (Wanna check out actual recipes for these? You'll love the A-Z of Vegetables from A Veggie Venture.)
• Convert summer favorites into inventive winter fare, my current obsession is a traditional tomato Panzanella except made with roasted butternut squash and fennel, maybe with sunflower seeds but definitely keeping the toasted bread cubes, rye, I think.
• Start with (or throw in some) beans & grains & pulses for extra heartiness.
• Make it a warm salad!
• Roast the vegetables!
• Find substitutes for the ubiquitous salad tomatoes, me, I'm thinking roasted squash, roasted peppers, roasted beets, roasted carrots, roasted eggplant, maybe even mango, pineapple and avocado?!

About the Photo By Popular Request, a Little Insight into the Top Image: It's been so foggy in the mornings, we can't even see across the street. It's emblematic, too. None of us can really see the future, can we?

In Praise Of ...

• ... we loved the movie Military Wives, it's streaming all over the place, Max, Hulu, Amazon Prime, more.
• ... the brand-new Trader Joe's eggplant curry I sampled this week, 'twas fabulous! I need to make my own!

Made Me Think ...

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• "But when we run, that's for us." ~ Amanda Gorman
• Every Woman's Marathon, November 16th, 2004, Savannah, Georgia

Useful Links This Month

Let me just presume that if you're reading this, well, you're both a cook and a recipe collector. Don't the two kinda go together? And that means you tuck aside interesting recipe ideas all over the place and then, dang, where is that chicken recipe that looked so good anyway? Here's an idea. Start a folder on your phone, call it "Kitchen Parade" or "Alanna" or whatever makes best sense to you. Then save the recipes you're most interested in right there in one place. Easy Peasy.

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JANUARY: Hearty Soups

~ Homemade Lentil Soup ~
~ At Last! Black Bean Soup ~
~ Split-Pea Soup with Sausage & Kale ~
more
~ hearty soups ~

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January: Reader Favorites

• THE RECIPE How to Poach a Perfect Egg Step-by-step using Cook's Illustrated technique. (PIN This)
• ANOTHER TAKE How to Steam Eggs Simple technique for soft-cooked and hard-cooked both at once. (PIN This)

January: Lost Recipes

• THE RECIPE Beef Bourguignon (French Beef Stew) Three days of preparation, one magnificent feast. (PIN This)
• ANOTHER TAKE Winter Stew A master recipe, on the table in 90 minutes. (PIN This)

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THE SEASONAL SEVEN: The Art of Winter Salads

• THE RECIPE Winter Tomato Salad (Quick Pickled Vegetables) Winter tomatoes worth eating!
• ANOTHER TAKE Mark Bittman's "Salted" Chopped Salad Keeps for a week, fresh & flexible.

• THE RECIPE Winter Greens Salad with Oranges, Avocado, Olives, Feta & Orange-Cumin Vinaigrette Bitter greens plus juicy oranges tossed with a long-time favorite no-oil salad dressing.
• ANOTHER TAKE Orange & Avocado Salad Simple but sumptuous. (PIN This)

• THE RECIPE Best-Ever Lentil Salad An unusual cooking technique, great for meal prep.
• ANOTHER TAKE Warm Lentil Salad with Spinach & Goat Cheese Way more than the sum of its parts.

• THE RECIPE Roasted Mediterranean Vegetables A casual feast, even mid-winter. (PIN This)
• ANOTHER TAKE Beet Salad with Sumac, Yogurt & Pita A quick beet salad turned appetizer when served with garlicky yogurt and fresh pita bread.

• THE RECIPE Simple Lentil Salad with Seasonal Vegetables A concept recipe for a supper salad. (PIN This)
• ANOTHER TAKE Red Quinoa Salad Your Way, a Quick Supper, Healthy grains, crunchy vegetables, fresh herbs & creamy cheese.

• THE RECIPE Roasted Pear Salad Romance and seduction on a plate. (PIN This)
• ANOTHER TAKE Spinach Salad with Fruity Vinaigrette, Fresh Fruit & Maple-Glazed Pecans A big green salad with a rainbow of fruit. (PIN This)

• THE RECIPE Green Cabbage Salad with Fresh Lime Vinaigrette Somehow more "salad" than "slaw".
• ANOTHER TAKE Kohlrabi & Apple Slaw with Creamy Coleslaw Dressing Move over, cabbage. There's a new slaw in town.

The Kitchen Parade Almanac: Looking Ahead ...

• February 2nd (Friday) - Groundhog Day
• February 10th (Wednesday) - Lunar New Year
• February 11th (duh, Sunday) - Superbowl Sunday
• February 13th (Tuesday) - Mardi Gras / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Night
• February 14th (Wednesday) - Valentine's
• February 14th (Wednesday) - Ash Wednesday / Beginning of Lent
• Fridays During Lent - Friday Fish
• February 19th (Monday) - President's Day
• February 29th (Thursday) - Leap Day 2024
• March 1st (Friday) - Alanna's Unofficial First Day of Spring
• March 10th (Sunday)- "spring forward" time change
• March 12th (Tuesday) - Equal Pay Day
• March 14th (Thursday) - Pi Day
• March 16th (Saturday) - St. Urho's Day
• March 17th (Sunday) - St. Patrick's Day
• March 19th (Tuesday) - First Official Day of Spring
• March 28th (Thursday) - Baseball Opening Day!
• March 31st (Sunday) - Easter (yikes! soooo early!)

• THE COLLECTION Football Fever! Game-changing recipes for Playoff Games & Superbowl Parties.
• AND ANOTHER Chillin': Favorite Chili, Chowder & Cornbread Recipes Football friendly! (PIN This)

• THE COLLECTION Mardi Gras Cajun and Creole straight from N'awlins.
• ALL THE HOLIDAYS All the Holidays Year-round food for fun and celebration.

• THE CONCEPT Make Tonight a Pancake Night Move over Taco Tuesday and Pizza Friday.
• AND ANOTHER #PieDayFriday Because good pie deserves more than one day a year.

• THE COLLECTION Valentine's Recipes for romance.
• MORE RECIPE IDEAS Cooking for One or Two Recipes easily divided and/or freeze well.

Looking Back ...

THIS WEEK, YEARS PAST
• 2020 Late January (Week 5)
• 2022 Late January (Week 5)
• 2023 Leaning into Lentils (Week 5)

RECENT WEEKS
• Rediscovering the Lowly Carrot (Week 4) (PIN This)
• Staying In, Staying Warm (Week 3) (PIN This)
• Juicing Up on Vitamin C (PIN This)
• January Bucket List (PIN This)

A Quick Peek Into a Real-Life Kitchen

Just so you know, everything's not all pretty pictures around here, in the background is a pile of dirty dishes. And just like many (all?) of us, come five o'clock, I too draw a blank about what to make for supper, despite so many recipes I so dearly love. Here's a quick peek from the last week.

• THIS WEEK Isn't it just a little too easy to forget the basics? Roasted Cauliflower was actually the first recipe to kick off A Veggie Venture way back in 2005. This week, I added a little grated Parmesan during the last 2 minutes, put it in a bowl topped with some poached salmon and a drizzle of no-herb bbq version of My Everyday Creamy Herb Salad Dressing. Such a healthy meal! So good!
• THE RECIPE Roasted Cauliflower The classic, including my tips and tricks.

Just Updated!

• THE RECIPE Gashouse Eggs The old-time comfort food, just an egg and bread fried together, with so many names. (PIN This)
• ANOTHER TAKE Mexican Gas House Eggs The new game in town, an egg fried in a tortilla.

• THE RECIPE My Chicken Noodle Soup The way I make it, meaty and noodle-y with just a few noodles. (PIN This)
• ANOTHER TAKE Weight Watchers Spinach & Tortellini Soup Slurpy with fresh noodles from the grocery store.

• THE RECIPE Beef Stew with Cranberries A Scandinavian classic. (PIN This)
• ANOTHER TAKE Beef & Mushroom Stew On the table and flavorful within an hour.

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• Any ideas for Seasonal Sundays? Share away!
• Who's kinda happy for a deep freeze? It's so good for the earth, the plants ...
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• Anything else? Chime in, chat away.

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