The Salty Cook

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  • Chef Salad

    This chef salad is something we throw together from time to time when we want a heart dinner that we can pretend is healthy. Actually, despite the presence of some processed meats, this is a fairly healthful meal with plenty of vegetables and greens. Serve it with Homemade Dill Dressing to add some brightness and…

  • Garlic-Ginger Salad Dressing

    Ingredients Optional: Process

  • The Menu: Week of February 8, 2026

    This week’s menu features an entree soup, entree salad, and meatless pasta dish. Tonight – Super Bowl Sunday – we’ll be out at a social event so there’s no need to cook a structured meal. Monday will feature our soup of the week, our version of Zuppa Toscana. Tuesday is an entree Chef Salad with…

  • Weekend Bake: Cheesecake

    Weekend Bake: Cheesecake

    Follow along as I make a cheesecake from scratch.

  • Homemade Tomato Sauce

    There’s something special about homemade tomato sauce. Building a sauce from scratch is a lot of fun. Metaphysically, taking a pile of vegetables and turning it into a delicious sauce is a wonderful act of transformation. More concretely, you can convert about $15 of fresh vegetables into food that will actually get eaten instead of…

  • Dinner Failure

    In the world of the home cook, failure is always an option. Having no formal training, mediocre resources, and a variety of palates to please can make home cooking quite challenging at times. This is especially true when you’re trying to lean in to healthier food. Tonight’s dinner, for which I had high hopes, was…

  • Tonight’s Dinner: Chicken Alfredo a la Leftovers

    Not every night can be fancy or gourmet and tonight is one of those nights. We didn’t plan well and didn’t have a lot of food on hand, and instead of shopping, we decided to make do. So we’re making a nice, easy chicken Alfredo with random stuff from the pantry. I had some chicken…

  • Blueberry Compote

    Today I’m making a recipe from one of my cookbooks that requires a Blueberry Compote. Behold! Basic fruit compotes are pretty easy to make and they’re a great way to use up old fruit. All you have to do is take the fruit and add it to a saucepan, then add about 1/3 cup sugar…