Salads
Grilled Chicken Salad with Sun Dried Tomatoes & Pesto Dressing
If you’ve been firing up your grill this summer, it’s likely you may have some leftover grilled proteins on hand like salmon, steak, or chicken. One of my favorite ways to use up leftover grilled meats is to make a big, beautiful green salad the next day.
Strawberry Spinach Salad with Blueberry & Feta
Summertime in Alaska always includes many varieties of fresh, ripe local berries. Whether you’re choosing your berries at a farmer’s market or going berry picking in the wilderness, summer berries are always a family favorite. They are also a favorite in my kitchen because they are so versatile in recipes.
Spinach Salad with Pomegranate & Pear
Weather: 10 degrees, shimmery moon glow on the water What I’m listening to: Photograph, Ed Sheeran Just before Christmas, our middle-school-aged neighbor friend, Jace, walked up to me in church with a gleaming smile and handed me a box, carefully wrapped and...
Cast Iron Roasted Peaches with Bacon, Bleu Cheese & Rosemary
Weather: 61 degrees What I’m listening to: The Journey, FM Radio “Why can’t you fly now, mother?”“Because I am grown up, dearest. When people grow up they forget the way.” -J.M. Barie, Peter Pan This summer as thousands of dandelions turn...
Quinoa Greek Salad Lettuce Wraps
Weather: high of 68 today What I’m listening to: World Cup Soccer I have a weakness for a good Greek salad – that trademark brininess, the unapologetic saltiness, the borderline aggressiveness of the raw red onion, the refreshing crunch of cucumber –...
BBQ Chicken Chopped Salad
Weather: 59 degrees, everything is turning green outside What I’m listening to: You Will Remain, All Sons & Daughters Every year without fail, summer sneaks up on me. The spring calendar grows busier and busier, the days grow longer and longer – then...
BLT Chopped Salad
March is National Nutrition Month, an annual campaign that focuses on the value of making informed food choices and developing healthy eating habits. With daylight savings and spring equinox now behind us, our appetites naturally begin to shift along with the season....
Superfood Salad with Pan-Seared Salmon
Weather: 25 degrees, an inch or two of fresh snow What I’m listening to: Say Something, A Great Big World I was watching the second episode of ABC’s The Taste. The challenge for the cheftestants was to cook “your life on a plate.” One plate,...
Apple, Pecan & Feta Green Salad
Weather: 61 degrees, sunny with tiny little clouds dotting the sky What I’m listening to: Free Fallin’, John Mayer I fell in love with a salad like this one years ago when we lived in beautiful Prescott, Arizona at a no longer existent restaurant...
Thai Cashew Quinoa with Ginger Peanut Sauce
School started back up for us this last week. My boys are in 5th and 3rd grades and my daughter started Kindergarten. I was excited to gain some structure back in my life after the chaos of the summer months – a predictable routine, the ability to hear myself...
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Welcome! I’m Maya – a food blogger and food columnist based on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula.
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