Category Archives: Salad

Summer watermelon starter

Posted on June 26, 2015 by coconutcraze

Okay, summer is pretty much here and throwing us its heat and cheer. What is summer without its own melon? I mean, the delicious watermelon! I used to have a book with beautiful pictures of watermelon and a little boy … Continue reading →

Posted in Appetizer, Brunch, Cheese, comfort food, Easy recipe, Finger food, Fruit recipe, Not just for kids, Salad, Snack, Vegetarian | Tagged Appetizer, cool bites, decorative bites, easy recipe, finger food, greek yogurt, summer snack, Water melon starters, watermelon | 23 Comments

Middle Eastern salad/Multi-grain Tabbouleh

Posted on April 16, 2015 by coconutcraze

Tabbouleh Days are getting warmer and everything is looking brighter. Creatures that were in a death like dormancy have stirred into motion. Birds are busy with mating calls and building nests. The land around is waking up into vibrant greens, … Continue reading →

Posted in Appetizer, Brunch, Easy recipe, Salad, Side dish, Vegan, Vegetarian | Tagged amaranth seeds, barley, easy salad, Falafel, fresh green salad, Middle Eastern salad, millet, multi-grain salad, olive oil dressing, Parsley, ppetizer, Quinoa, salad, side dish | 12 Comments

Homemade Salsa

Posted on March 11, 2015 by coconutcraze

Tangy sweet salsa! Salsa is a wonderful side to most Mexican dishes. It is so stimulating and lively that it makes your tongue dance! If you want to make fresh salsa there are recipes for restaurant style salsa found all … Continue reading →

Posted in Easy recipe, Gluten free, Raw food, Salad, Side dish, Vegan, Vegetarian | Tagged Dip, East recipe, fresh salsa, Fresh tomato salsa, Homemade salsa, Raw food, side dish, Tangy sweet salsa | 22 Comments

Vitenamese salad wrap/Asian rice-paper salad

Posted on February 2, 2015 by coconutcraze

Vietnamese spring rolls/Gỏi cuốn I have an unspoken resentment towards raw vegetables. It could be the pain of chewing them like a cow or the inpatients to break down all those hard cellulose. Come on, cooking was invented for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Appetizer, Raw food, Salad, Side dish, Vegetarian | Tagged appetizer salad rolls, Asian rice-paper salad, Asian salad, Peanut soy dipping sauce, Rice-paper rolls, salad rolls, sexy vegetable wraps, Vegetarian Gỏi cuốn, vegetarian salad rolls, Vietnamese salad wrap | 22 Comments

Tulip festival and Beet root/carrot pickle

Posted on May 26, 2014 by coconutcraze

Spring and its beautiful colours blow my mind every year. Last week I travelled to Ottawa, the capital city of Canada, where big decisions for the country are made in the Parliament house. Ottawa hosts the Canadian Tulip festival from May … Continue reading →

Posted in Preserve, Salad, Vegetarian | Tagged beetroot pickle, Canadian Tulip festival, carrot pickle, Photos, pickled beets, salad, Tulips | 11 Comments

Fiddleheads stir fry

Posted on June 9, 2013 by coconutcraze

Fiddleheads – Fail! I was eyeing this strange new greens with a lot of interest when I saw them in the stores, last year. Fiddleheads (Ostrich fern’s young frond curled tightly) are not anything new to me but cooking it … Continue reading →

Posted in Salad, Side dish, Stir fry | Tagged cooking fiddleheads, Fern fronds, Fiddleheads, fiddleheads cooking tips, Fiddleheads salad, fiddleheads stir fry, Spring delicacy | 8 Comments

A simple salad dressing and Six beans salad.

Posted on December 5, 2012 by coconutcraze

All the stress and strains of life drive you directly to salty, fatty foods. I have been having resolutions year after year to eat healthy, but failed again and again. Promises not kept can accumulate to haunt you one day, … Continue reading →