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 and on my planned homestead; and anything related.
I'm personally mostly interested in foods made from healthy fats and healthy carbs, low amounts of processed sugars or starches, and I definitely steer to a preference for Real Food. (Would someone's great-grandparent have recognized the item as food?) I've a strong interest in vegetables, seafood, eggs, and "ethnic" foods from around the world. Yes, I do make use of "odd bits". No, I don't bake desserts much -- I really don't have much of a "sweet-tooth". Currently all my recipes are gluten-free, or readily have that option.
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Category Archives: Salads
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
Posted in Cooking, Salads, Seafood
Tagged Avocado, Gluten-Free, Heirloom Tomato, No added sugar, Paleo, Quick, Recipe, Shrimp, Squid
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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
Posted in Appetizers, Salads, Seafood
Tagged Hot Sauce, Littleneck Clams, Ponzu Marinate, Raw, Recipe, Salad, Tabasco
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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
Posted in Salads, South of the Border, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged central america, cucamelon, Recipe, Salad
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A Dijon Viniagrette Salad Dressing
This recipe is simple: Juice of 1/2 lemon Add rice vinegar to make 50 mL / 1.7 fluid ounces total volume atop the lemon juice (I used one of those Ball half-pint canning jars, and just added everything directly to that. … Continue reading
Posted in Condiments, Salads, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged avocado oil, Dijon, EVOO, Salad dressing, vinaigrette
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Sea Vegetable
Lobster Salad with Tomalley Dressing
As you’ve probably gathered by now, I tend to eat everything except the squeak on things I cook. They had a Fourth of July sale on lobster near by, so I bought one for eating later the following week. I … Continue reading →