Spinach Pear Prosciutto Salad with Gorgonzola & Candied Walnuts

This recipe name is a mouthful but so is this salad. It’s packed with a crazy variety of flavors…salty prosciutto, pungent and creamy gorgonzola, peppery watercress, and sweet spicy walnuts with a hint of bourbon. Why not? This salad is filled with nutrients, is gluten-free, but certainly NOT vegan. It makes a perfectly complete lunch,…

Dragon Fruit Waldorf Salad

There seems to be a huge amount of Dragon Fruit in the markets these days. At least more than I’ve ever noticed before. Not having a clue what to do with a Dragon Fruit I consulted my favorite “strange fruit” expert, Aly, and decided to try one in a salad. I found this great Dragon…

Endive, Apple & Walnut Salad

Happy New Year! I’m sure everyone is looking forward to a great 2021 after the roller coaster ride…or runaway freight train…of 2020. Staying healthy and eating healthy is probably top-of-mind for many of you. So Galley Pirates is starting off the year with a scrumptious salad. With candied walnuts and blue cheese, it’s not entirely…

Moroccan Orange, Carrot & Radish Salad

Radishes are one of the most rewarding vegetables in your spring garden. They are often the first seeds to sow and they are always the first to pull up and eat, just 4 weeks after they’re sown. You see bunches and bunches of them in farmer’s markets right a long side asparagus this time of…

Curried Chicken and Greens

Well.  After all my whimpering last week about how not-carefree the year had been, as I prepared my lucky peas for New Year’s Day, I turned the corner into the new year with a resolution to simply incorporate a little more paradise wherever I can.  So for a beautiful southern winter day and a late…

Fatteh and Fatoush

End of summer special, here, from your southernmost Galley Pirate.  A little Levantine leavening for your Friday.  Fatteh is one of my favorite dishes at my favorite Lebanese restaurant, and just didn’t seem that daunting — the word actually means “crushed” or “crumbs” … imminently achievable standard in a galley — so I went looking…