Watermelon Radish and Cucumber Salad

This watermelon radish and cucumber salad with red onion and fresh dill is a classic combination of ingredients for serving as a summer side dish. 

Bring this salad to a family barbecue or get together, or serve it for lunch on a hot summer day for a refreshing, cooling, and nutritional dish. 

Spicy Mini Cucumber Salad with Toasted Sesame Seeds

This Spicy Mini Cucumber Salad is crisp and refreshing, and wonderful as a summertime side dish. 

These mini cucumbers are flavored with a chili crisp, rice vinegar, and sesame oil dressing, giving them an Asian-inspired flavor. This salad goes so well with grilled meats, seafood, and poultry. It's also a great side for braised meats such as short ribs or brisket. 

Greek-style Lamb Burgers with Tzatziki Sauce

These Greek-style Lamb Burgers take the traditional American burger to a different level. The lamb is seasoned with onions, garlic, mint, and parsley, and then cooked on a hot grill or grill pan.

What I enjoyed about making these lamb burgers is that you actually get to make your own ground lamb in your food processor.

Maggi Steak Banh Mi with Daikon and Carrot Pickle

These Maggi Steak Banh Mi sandwiches have been on my mind ever since I made these Banh Mi rolls a little less than a month ago.

About a month ago, I bought the book The Banh Mi Handbook: Recipes for Crazy-Delicious Vietnamese Sandwiches. The first thing I made were the Banh Mi Rolls. Honestly, I had no idea that the book had a recipe for the rolls when I bought it, but if you follow this blog, you know how obsessed I am about bread baking.

Greek Salad Skewer Appetizers

These Greek salad skewers are a simple and elegant appetizer for a family gathering or cocktail party. The ingredients can be sliced and refrigerated the day before, and the skewers can be assembled about an hour in advance. 

These Greek Salad Skewers are so easy to make (and will make your anti-carb friends happy).