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salads

Flavor Packed Salad

March 15, 2025 by Chef Marian

4. Fun Chopping Trick: Use a Crinkle Cutter

Want a playful texture in your salad? Use a crinkle cutter to slice your cheese, cucumbers, and radishes. This not only makes them look appealing but also helps the dressing cling better to each bite.

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Categories Recipes Tags 1 Minute Bite, Chef Marian Kitchen Confident, Clean Steel Pans, Fond scraping, Jimbo's, Perfect Bite, salads, Squeeze lemons without pits

Salads…. an experiment with Chef Marian

May 16, 2013 by Chef Marian

Salads…… we certainly can experiment no? YES CHEF MARIAN! WE’RE HERE WITH YOU! Good. Cause that’s just what I did yesterday. Had to go to a meeting lunchtime, and had a few people bring ‘parts’ of an unexpectedly delicious experiment I want to share with you. So I grabbed a bunch of ‘stuff’ to take … Read more

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Categories Healthy Eating Tags Chef Marian, Ginger, Quinoa, salads, Turmeric

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