Stories, recipes, class schedules and more from Caroline Barrett
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This recipe is part of my May 2022 Times Union story. You can read the whole thing here. Salad and exercise just go together. It’s perfectly acceptable to forget your manners and stuff in bite after bite of salad—any kind of salad—after exercise. And, cheese and nuts, meat and anything […]
This recipe is part of my April TU story. Read the whole thing here. I particularly love how one vegetable can be the spokesperson for an entire season and asparagus is certainly the one who speaks for spring. The stalks, sauteed briefly in a bit of hot oil, turn bright […]
This recipe goes along with my March 2022 TU story. Read it here. This salad is super simple and there’s no better way to name it than simply Our Favorite Salad, because that’s what it is. I’ve made this salad hundreds of times over the years, for quick weeknight dinners, […]
Here’s the salad that goes along with the Middle Eastern Spiced Steak Wraps. It was part of my January Times Union story and makes for a good weeknight dinner! Read the whole thing here. I made a salad to go with the beefy sandwiches, because, well, that’s what mothers do, […]
From my November 2021 Times Union story. Read it here. There’s always a salad on our Thanksgiving table and this year, I’m combining all the root vegetables I can gather up at the market and spreading them, roasted, over salad greens. The important thing is to be sure to cut […]
I wrote this recipe in June of 2020, to go along with a story about talking to your family at the dinner table. Those conversations aren’t always easy, but they’re necessary. Read the Times Union story here (their site), or here (mine). There were also recipes for Rice and Beans […]
Here’s a beautiful recipe for cabbage that’s not cole slaw. It’s part of my Times Union story from December 2020. You can read it all here (the TU version) or here (mine). It went long with recipes for Roasted Red Pepper Soup and Chocolate Sweet Potato Spice Cake. I love […]
We are soup eaters in my house, and I like to prepare soup that can be dressed up by each person, according to their own taste. This recipe is from my December 2020 Times Union column, and can be read here (the TU site), or here (mine). It went along […]