winter salads

this winter we have had some weather that is "far from winter" temperatures.  while i love having some cozy comfort foods there haven't been too many days that call for  a big pot of soup!

we have been craving a lot of hearty winter salads.  yesterday was mid 70's in January, of course i am going to make a salad over a soup, right?  today, i wanted to share some of my favorite winter salad recipes from around the web.  enjoy ...... and i hope you have some cozier weather where you are!

this yummy salad has all of my favorite winter vegetables in it; beet, cumquats, quinoa, yum!  find the recipe here!

this detox winter salad is from vegetarian ventures.  it is one of my favorite go to blogs for inspiration in the kitchen.  click here for recipe

this winter detox salad has the perfect amount of crunch and nourishing ingredients to make it a satisfying meal!  find recipe here

anytime of the year...i love a good thai salad.  this hearty salad is filled with loads of veggies to keep you healthy and  filled up through the winter months and it is very simple to make. find the recipe here

we would love to know if you have any favorite winter salads that you would like us to try!  

a week of favorites: cookbooks

we are continuing on our favorites theme this week! we will be posting some of our favorite books all week...today, for our Garden to Table theme, we have made a list of some of our favorite cookbooks. enjoy!

from kristen:

i will be honest, i was drawn to this book by the lovely cover. i was excited to see that it was a vegetarian book about my favorite cuisine, middle eastern!  this book is filled  with hundreds of recipes paired with lovely photographs. 

from kristen:
as you can tell by the cover's patina, this book gets pulled out often.  super natural cooking is my go-to book for mealtime inspiration.  I would eat anything in this book and the recipes are very approachable.  if you have just one vegetarian cookbook in your collection, make it this one!

from rebecca:

this edna lewis book is a classic that was all about local and seasonal before it was cool. wonderful, evocative stories about the food and the time of year it was cooked in.

from rebecca:
i've had this spiral bound cookbook for years. it has all my go-to southern recipes.

from rinne: asking me to choose my favorite cookbooks is tricky, since i make cookbooks for a living...! some of these are my favorites to cook from, but a few of them are included here because i think they are just great cookbooks.

rinne:
we cook from this alice waters cookbook all the time, obviously (note its worn pages). super simple, classic recipes.

rinne:
growing up, my dad was the primary cook in our house. this marcella hazan italian cookbook was his bible. he handed it down to us a few years ago...

rinne:
a few years ago, we made this community cookbook as a fundraiser for arrow. it includes recipes from family & friends, but also from folks in the food world from all over the country who are friends. we cook from it all the time because all of the recipes are kid-friendly and diverse.

rinne:
i love (former athenian) tamar adler's writing and how she cooks economically and thoughtfully.

rinne:
i am always looking for great ones when i travel. i found this 'folk wines' cookbooks 9 or 10 years ago at rabelais in maine, one of my all-time favorite bookstores. my husband has made some great things from it! plus, it is really beautiful...very '60's...

rinne:
i am including Noma in my list because i think this cookbook exquisitely speaks of the place in which it was made. while i do not personally cook from it, the photography is stunning and the cohesiveness and sense of place make it worth a look.

rinne:
skye gyngell's first cookbook made a big impression on me when i was starting to photograph cookbooks. the photographer, jason lowe, is so good...he was one of the first people to weave in images that conveyed the personality of the place, as well as the personality of the food.

rinne:
i would be remiss if i did not include this cookbook- full disclosure, i helped make it...i do cook from it regularly, but mostly i wanted to share it because it encapsulates hugh's personality & philosophy so well.

from kristen: and lastly, another fav from Yotam Ottolenghi.  i love his beautiful approach to vegetables. his recipe for black pepper tofu has changed the way i cook tofu forever!  also, check out his other cookbook 'Jerusalem'.

thank you for reading along!