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Gadgets: Salad Shooter by Presto

When it comes to Presto's Salad Shooter, there's so much the name doesn't tell you. Sure, it's helpful for salad prep, but that's only the beginning. Spanning from quick-lunch quesadillas to homemade peppermint bark, I've found countless applications that have given this little toy a coveted space in the most accessible shelf of my most accessible kitchen cabinet.

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20 Comments | Posted by Nikki Goldstein, January 13, 2011 at 9:00 AM
Tagged: gadgets, salad

The Crisper Whisperer: Big Bag of Salad

Whatever your food-related goals for 2011—even if you haven't got any—there's always room for a few more fresh vegetables in your diet. You know, "mostly plants" and all. And the easier it is to reach for a healthy meal or snack, the more likely you are to do it. That's why I highly recommend the Big Bag of Salad approach. Read on to see how ridiculous(ly easy) it is.

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18 Comments | Posted by Carolyn Cope, January 4, 2011 at 8:00 AM
Tagged: Crisper Whisperer, salad

Gluten-Free Tuesday: Purslane

It's amazing how many of my meals start on Twitter. Rarely, however, does a food suggestion from Twitter get delivered to my door. The other day, a friend mentioned that his favorite summer salad involved onions, ripe tomatoes, and purslane. I wrote back: "I've never even eaten purslane before. That sounds intriguing." A few days later, he showed up at our house with purslane and the ingredients for a simple salad.

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9 Comments | Posted by glutenfreegirl, August 10, 2010 at 3:45 PM
Tagged: gluten-free, Jon Rowley, peaches, purslane, salad, summer

Snapshots from Asia: Rojak

Photograph by Shimin Wong It’s tricky being vegetarian in Singapore. Now, don’t get me wrong, there are a myriad of suburban, organic, Buddhist vegetarian eateries, hip green joints in air-conditioned shopping malls, Indian vegetarian restaurants galore, and even a handful of swank, gourmet vegetarian places. Leafy greens and tropical fruit abound and tofu and tempeh-lovers are spoilt for choice. (Psst… you know how tempeh comes in nubbly, vacuum-packed slabs from the supermarket? Here, it comes wrapped in a banana leaf scroll…still warm in all its fermenty-goodness and very much alive!) So, back to the tricky. Singapore’s an island. And we like seafood. We like seafood a lot. So we tend to add it to everything. And unlike an average...

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7 Comments | Posted by Wan Yan Ling, August 16, 2007 at 12:15 PM
Tagged: rojak, salad, Snapshots from Asia

Table for Two: Salad the Silent Killer

Jeff lectures Susie on why some vegetables are bad for you.

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4 Comments | Posted by Alaina Browne, December 26, 2006 at 3:45 AM
Tagged: jeffrey steingarten, salad, susie essman, table for two, vegetables