Of Goats and Greens
A blog for food and cookery and discussions of weird things like nutrition, restaurant excursions, growing food in my own garden, DIY, and farmsteading/homesteading. But, mostly food. Mostly harmless...
I definitely steer to a preference for Real Food. (Would someone's great-grandparent somewhere have recognized that item as food?) Otherwise, I'm an omnivore who travels the world (gustatorially). Yes, I also make use of "odd bits". No, I don't bake desserts much -- I really don't have much of a "sweet-tooth". Nearly all of my recipes in recent years are gluten-free. And other than coconut, my recent and future recipes are tree-nut free, as I have digestive issues with those. There's a strong Paleo influence here.
I try to post recipes every Friday, with potential supplemental posts on Tuesdays.
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Category Archives: Salads
Summery Caprese Salad with Tuna Carpaccio
We’re having a heat wave this week. I don’t have A/C in my new home (yet); I was supposed to get geothermal but it looks like rebates for that (and it’s pricey) have pretty much dried up. So I will … Continue reading
A Heart’s Salad for Valentine’s Day
Reluctantly, I squelched the notion of making a salad with chicken hearts for the occasion. I mean, I’d be overjoyed to eat such a dish, but others, perhaps not so much… Instead, here’s a great Valentine’s Day salad using shrimp … Continue reading
Dining Out: IKEA, New Haven, CT
Yes, I know, Ikea has meatballs and a bunch of other food items in their cafeteria. I’m very very picky about meatballs, and I’d say none of the other menu reached out and grabbed me, either, but I will say … Continue reading
Simple Squid and Rhode Island (Royal) Red Shrimp Salad
I’d cooked the squid and shrimp the day before. Royal Red shrimp, aka Rhode Island Red shrimp are delicate deep-water denizens off the Connecticut / Rhode Island coast, and I am given to understand there is another population around Florida. … Continue reading
Welcome, 2016!!! Littleneck Clams, Dipping Sauce, Salad
Resolutions? We don’t need no stinkin’ resolutions! Okay, well I’ve got one that’s food-related. A vegetable with every meal. And I don’t mean onions or home fries, or just that sprinkling of cilantro — I mean something green and/or … Continue reading
Shrimp, Mango and Pluot Salad
At my most recent pot luck, I brought a salad by request — a request I’d been given based on what I’d brought to the same event two years ago. Apparently, it was remembered. Shrimp and Mango Salad. When I was … Continue reading
Cucamelon!!
I’ve just discovered a brand new veggie at my farmer’s market! Meet the deceptively lowly cucamelon! (And it’s technically a fruit.) It hails from Mexico and other areas of Central America, and is related to the cucumber (same taxonomic family). … Continue reading
Sea Vegetable
