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Soups & Salads

Apple Salad

Apple Salad with Pomegranate Dressing

November 27, 2011 Soups & Salads

I prefer salads like this one: no lettuce. It does have leafy green things – spinach and Belgian endive – but its body, heart and soul is bright, tart Granny Smith apples. Adhering to the Magic Salad Formula, it incorporates nuts and cheese along with the apples and is thus quite predictably delicious.

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Pumpkin Black Bean Soup

Pumpkin Black Bean Soup

October 23, 2011 Soups & Salads

Since my wedding, my best friends have been taunting each other with pumpkin recipes. This one is my contribution: a deep and rich soup for fall, with the pumpkin sweetening up hearty spiced beans.

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Scheidt's Greek Potato Salad

Scheidt’s Greek Potato Salad

June 28, 2010 Soups & Salads

In the first-ever Burghilicious guest post – from none other than Scheidt himself – meet the manliest potato salad ever to hit a cookout.

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Spiced Apple Parsnip Soup

Spiced Apple Parsnip Soup

May 16, 2010 Soups & Salads

The cold snap last weekend combined with a parsnip glut in my produce drawer to give me a great excuse to make some soup. The finished product is sweet, spicy and luxurious – perfect for the last cold snap before summer.

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Pea Salad is So 2007

September 20, 2009 Soups & Salads

Two summers ago, I think I took this salad to every summer potluck I attended. I couldn’t get enough: sweet, bright-green peas… savory, earthy mushrooms… crunchy almonds… and a tangy, nutty Asian vinaigrette.

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French Green Bean Salad

August 23, 2009 Soups & Salads

French green bean salad may just be the answer to heavy picnic foods: simple, tangy, crisp, fresh, light, summery, and totally picnic-friendly. It guarantees there will be at least one non-artery-clogging selection on the picnic buffet, and it’s a snap to make, to boot: just blanch the beans and coat with a basic vinaigrette. Toss in some garlic and sliced salads, let it sit and voila!

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Gazpacho is Trendy

July 16, 2009 Soups & Salads

But gazpacho is trendy, and I’ll grudgingly admit, I kind of like to be trendy. I hate it when people fawn over foods that haven’t really grabbed me, because it makes me feel like I’ve missed something. And I’ll also admit that gazpacho is summery and light and healthy and a great way to use up farm-box vegetables. So rather than abstaining based on the fact that no gazpacho would ever match up to the Galley’s, I figured I would make my own, gosh-darn-it. I’ll have enough veggies all summer for a family of 6. I’ll try a bunch!

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Squash and Apples, Version Soup

March 9, 2009 Soups & Salads

My loves of both soup and the squash-apple combo are already well documented. I could go on and on to reiterate that soup is a great way to warm yourself up, to sneak in a load of extra vegetables, and to trick yourself into thinking your meal is incredibly rich when it’s actually quite light. And I could wax poetic – again – about how the sweet richness of butternut squash is perfectly balanced by tart, crisp apples.

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Curry Carrot Soup to (not have to) Trick Yourself

January 17, 2009 Soups & Salads

If you are hoping to shed a few inches – and seriously, who isn’t right now? – it’s hard to find advice that doesn’t involve compromising one’s commitment to eating real food. We must chart our own path. To that end, may I suggest curry carrot soup.

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Black Bean Soup Will Take the Chill Off, and That’s Not All

March 16, 2008 Soups & Salads

Spring is struggling to come through. Once last week, I bundled myself up in sweater, coat, scarf and gloves, only to find it 50 degrees outside. Just the next day, Pittsburgh’s unique mix of slush falling from the sky returned… and sweater, coat, scarf and gloves went right back on. I figure we still need [...]

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