I am a huge salad lover and rarely a day goes by that I don’t eat a big bowl of something that would be considered salad. I have a big passion for kale, which may be weird, but i just love the stuff, as you’ll probably see here…
Is it Rocca? Rocket? Roquette? Arugula? Has any green ever had so many names? I’m calling this Rocca Salad. That’s what they call it in the middle east and since I used sumac in this dressing (it is the BEST dressing!!) I’m in keeping with the theme. Plus, it’s the […]
Because brown butter isn’t just for desserts ok? It’s also for salads, for pasta, for rice bowls, for popcorn, for sauces… I just really like it ok? Especially in this Sumac dressing… Pearl couscous is the best couscous as far as I’m concerned, and when you mix it with almonds, […]
…with cherries, goat cheese & tarragon brown butter vinaigrette. This Golden Beet Salad… it’s all about sweet golden beets tossed together with plump, tart dried cherries, creamy crumbled goat cheese and then!!! Then I douse the whole works in an irresistible browned butter tarragon vinaigrette and I just don’t know […]
This Mushroom and Kale Salad is all I want to eat from now until Spring. And maybe even then I’ll just eat it cold. It is that good. And yes, before you ask… yes you can sub in goat cheese or feta for the blue cheese. I know a lot […]
This Brussels Sprout Salad with Cranberries (sugared cranberries!!), Toasted Almonds and Parmesan is a game-changer. THIS is the salad you want to make for whatever holiday shindig you’re attending over the next couple of months. Or for a Tuesday in July. Or for right now. I’m telling you, once you […]
My favourite Fall Chopped Salad! This Fennel Apple Salad is Fall’s answer to a chopped salad and it is so easy to throw together. A little chopping, a little tossing, a little whisking. Done! And you can make it ahead of time! Hearty, chewy farro (possibly my fave salad ingredient […]
This Kale Beet Salad is part of my never ending quest to convert people who don’t like certain foods to like them. And I’m not messing around here… this is me taking on the beet haters, the kale haters AND the blue cheese haters… all in one bowl! Just one […]
This Plum Quinoa Kale Summer Salad is everything you want in a late summer salad. Hear that? It’s LATE summer y’all. But you know what that means? It’s still summer!! You know what else that means??? That’s right. You’re allowed to drink wine with this salad. On Tuesday. For lunch. Cheers. […]
I first created this fresh peach salad recipe when I was a teenager. And friends, I’m not gonna lie, that was a while ago… easily more than ten years (wink, wink). Anyhoo… it’s definitely stood the test of time and it is so delicious. The sweet peaches and spiced cashews […]
How I handle my Spicy Dill Pickle Chip craving when I also need to eat my veggies. This Cauliflower Crunch Spicy Dill Pickle Salad… because you can’t live on Spicy Dill Pickle Chips alone. Don’t ask how I know this, I just know ok? Sheesh! I mean, a new chip […]
Welcome to my site! I'm a self-taught, home cook who pretty much lives in the kitchen. Or with my nose in a cookbook. Cooking is my passion, my obsession, my very favourite thing. I make a lot of really good comfort food with creative twists and bolder flavours. My food is slightly elevated but isn't too fussy. I'm not here to teach you how to cook, I'm here to inspire you, to show you something new and really, really good. And to make you hungry. In my home, in The Pypers Kitchen, this is what we eat. Want to know more about me?