Orzo salad – Rosemary and the Goat

Hot Honey Peach and Chicken Orzo Salad

Honey and Peaches and Orzo, Oh My!

I love summer peaches and I love hot honey. This recipe didn’t call for the jalapenos or the cabbage, but I made an executive decision (who do I have to report to anyway) to make those changes. It was hard for me to find a good peach this summer. I have decided if I buy one more mealy tasting peach that I’m going to start taking a bite out of one before I buy — if good, I will buy more, if bad, I will just pay for the one I snacked on.

With summer almost over and most schools back in session, I’ve got one more summer salad for you and with Labor Day almost here this will make the perfect take-a-long salad if you are invited to a party. I took this to our Round Top Lunch Bunch a few weeks ago and I think everyone liked it.

August 15, 2025 By Sherry

Salads/ Side dish

Rainbow Cauliflower Salad

Cool salad for a hot summer day.

Life in a small town has really been nice. We moved to Round Top five years ago and I know some wonder what is there to do in a town of 87. Well there is mahjong twice a week; once at local library in the Rummel Haus (built in 1872), once at Busted Oak Cellars and sometimes a third time at our son and daughter-in-laws brewery (Round Top Brewing). There’s coffee shop with the ladies on Thursday mornings, RT Lunch Bunch, Sister Squad (out to lunch), and Herb Society of America. Throwing tea parties (Round Top Tea Time) is also something I like to host. We have the Fall and Spring Antique shows and a Winter and Summer one as well. Last year was our first Round Top Film Festival. Can’t forget the wine walk, art walks, chili cook-off and a lot of fundraisers.

There’s still time to jump in the pool to cool off before deciding what to do for dinner. I don’t really jump in but it’s a nice place to do some “cool” exercises.

When the temperatures start to get above 90° here in Texas I start looking for recipes that are easy and this salad is not only easy but beautiful. Papa G is always eager to throw something on the grill and I usually come up with the “extras”.

June 10, 2025 By Sherry

Pasta/ Salads

Cubano Orzo Salad

The rice looking pasta.

This is another recipe using my Pappardelle’s pasta I bought at the Pike’s Market in Seattle last summer. (Can’t believe it took me a year to get around to using it.)

Years ago I tasted a rainbow orzo that I bought at Central Market in Houston. It had beautiful colors of purple, orange, green and white and for some reason it was discontinued and after that I could only find green, orange and white. That is until I happened upon this southwest blend that is made with blackbean, red pepper, red bell pepper and spinach and a lot of other flavors that make this beautiful and delicious.

For this recipe I am using what I remember from my favorite Central Market salad (and the ingredients were printed on the nutrition label, so how easy is that) but added in some of the ingredients from Pappardelle’s recipe they gave me when I bought the pasta.

August 7, 2015 By Sherry