The rich, dynamic color palette of summer fruits and vegetables is always inspiring! While the culinary landscape of winter dishes tend to be monochromatic (yet super rich and flavorful), nothing can compete with the contrast of hues that we find…
In 1893, Oscar Tschirky, a Swiss immigrant and maitre d’hotel for the newly built Waldorf Hotel in New York City, created this simple apple-celery-mayonnaise salad for the hotel’s premier charity event honoring St. Mary’s Hospital for Children. Oscar Tschirky wrote…
If you’re like me, you know the taste of good tomatoes in summer, so that makes it tough to get excited about the tomatoes that are typically available the rest of the year. I often find myself skipping over recipes…
March is a good month to “go green” by adding lots of greens to your diet. With the first hints of spring in the air and St. Patrick’s Day coming up, green foods are on many menus. I usually associate…
I heard the expression “salad days” before. I had a vague sense of its meaning. I thought if somebody said, “These are my salad days,” it meant, these were the days of abundance and youth, almost like the word…
A delicious, healthy salad recipe using early spring produce!
This versatile and flavorful salad is unique and refreshing. You can easily substitute ingredients based on your taste and the seasonal availability of fresh produce.
Salads are the healthiest of foods, right? Well, maybe. I’ll tell you one thing, though. When I eat a salad every day, I feel really good. Dark leafy greens like spinach are packed with fiber and even contain a decent…
Last summer, a friend brought an amazing cucumber, chickpea and heirloom tomato salad to a barbecue picnic. I asked for the recipe and she said she never really follows one – she just throws together a few simple ingredients and…
Wolff’s chef Chuck Smith dreamed up this salad while he was on his honeymoon in California, and the lemons and oranges came right off a backyard tree! He says it’s still his go-to recipe when citrus is at its peak.…
Two great tastes of fall in a refreshing, healthy salad! Plus, enjoy more of kale’s nutritional benefits by not cooking it! SaveSave SaveSave
Explore the savory side of watermelon in this new recipe (adapted from “Fresh Tastes” for PBS Food.) It makes a delicious side for your next picnic or barbeque! SaveSave SaveSave
A light, refreshing salad that is perfect for summer, when cucumbers are in season and at their flavor peak!
Do you need some new ideas for salad dressings? Try one of these! From the kitchen of Andi Wolff, any of these dressings make a great companion to our fresh, locally grown greens!
This asparagus salad recipe is courtesy of Ashley Wolff’s mom, Andi. It’s really yummy and can be made ahead of time because it’s served cold.
Did you know Wolff’s website has a HUGE database of recipes? We’ve combed back through our site and realized that many of these delicious recipes don’t have a photo that does it justice! So this year we’ll be highlighting some…
“Besides being delicious, this salad also looks beautiful with its red, white and green. It’s a great Christmas salad.” -Andi Wolff
Despite chilly, rainy days in the recent weeks of early spring, May will soon be showing us the brighter and warmer days which are perfect for planting garden greens. When it comes to cultivating different kinds of leafy greens to…
This recipe is super easy, refreshing, delicious and it does not involve many ingredients. It accompanies many dishes quite well. It’s not necessary, but it is helpful to use a mandolin to slice the cucumbers uniformly very thin.
“I recommend this salad quite highly. I prefer fresh cherries to the dried, but both are delicious. Be careful not to add too much warmed dressing to the spinach leaves; you want them just wilted, not soaked.” –Andi Wolff …
This salad is a taste of summer, pure and simple. You’ll want to make it every year, as soon as peaches are ripe!
If you have a bunch of beets you don’t quite know what to do with, this salad will be just the thing! It balances flavors perfectly: sweet walnuts, earthy beets, tender greens and creamy cheese.
“The thing that surprised me when I first made this dressing was how salty the dressing is. I was wary about pouring it over the vegetables. But, it works well due to the blandness of the vegetables. Letting it sit…
“My mom has been making this salad for years. As a kid it was one of my favorite dishes, and it still is! I make it for my family all the time now. It’s very easy to prepare, it’s absolutely…
Pasta salad is always best when loaded with veggies! We know you’ll love this version, created by Ashley Wolff! “This is a quick & easy pasta salad recipe! It’s versatile, meaning you can substitute ingredients if you don’t have everything…or just…
Grilled corn is amazing! You’ll love it in this fresh, flavorful salad. Best news: You can “grill” the corn on your stovetop! SaveSave
This fresh, zingy salad is perfect for winter, when the BEST citrus is available at Wolff’s!
Many years ago, when I was dating Sean, who is now my husband, we sat down to dinner at a friend’s house and he started to do something very strange. He pointed to his salad that had fresh greens, tomatoes…
This bean salad recipe was originally done with mango instead of peaches, but in the spirit of the season we tweaked it, and the result is delicious!
Next week, I will get to celebrate my first “North American Thanksgiving” celebration across the ocean from North America in France. I have been tasked with bringing a salad and a sweet potato dish, so I began looking over the…
This past weekend, my husband and I had a few friends over for a couple hours in the evening, so, naturally, I made dessert. I even planned ahead and made this dessert, some toffee bars, the day before and stuck…
Knowing that I wanted to make a ginger-watermelon salad later today, I woke up with questions about ginger dancing in my head: When did people first try using ginger as a spice? When did they figure out the knobby…
Caprese is an Italian-inspired summer dish that riles mouth-watering factors with ease. It has a lot of possibilities in variation but usually involves slices of freshly picked tomatoes, basil leaves from the garden, cuts of mozzarella cheese and either drizzles…
A few summers ago, I stood face to face with a few vegetables that scared me. I love to eat almost all veggies, but I have met a few I didn’t know how to prepare. As I looked at the…
A few summers ago, someone sent me a recipe for a simple cucumber and peach salad. This was a recipe that combined two ingredients I never thought would like each other. Didn’t one belong atop lettuce, and the other beneath…
I fell in love rather late in life. We met at The Goddess and Grocer, a Chicago restaurant that was then so small it just had one long, family-style table. I ordered a California Dreaming sandwich and instantly fell headlong…
