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Sara's Secrets for Weeknight Meals has a new look. It is the same book with a new cover to go with the new show and it includes most of the recipes I will be cooking on the show. If you don’t already have a copy, now’s a good time to order it right here! If you would like an autographed bookplate for it, just send your name and mailing address to bookplates.



Sara's Weeknight Meals

Welcome to my newest web site, SaraMoulton.com/Weeknight Meals. It is the companion site to my public television series, Sara's Weeknight Meals. The show is based on my last cookbook, Sara's Secrets for Weeknight Meals, and it's all about getting quick tasty meals on the table during the work week. Like soup, salad can be built up into an eminently respectable stand-alone entrée with a minimum of muss and fuss. Indeed, most of my entrée salads, like my soups, contain all of the usual dinner food groups. (And none of them is the kind of simple green salad that my meathead husband disdains as "rabbit food.") For the recipes, more tips, tools, and ingredient sources go to Episode 118. 



Episode 118: Entrée Salads

First Recipe:
Fried Chicken Salad, Sara's Secrets for Weeknight Meals, page 72.
Recommended Wine Pairing: Pinot Grigio or Chardonnay.

Second Recipe:
Thai-style Steak Salad with Spicy Mint Dressing, Sara's Secrets for Weeknight Meals, page 80.
Recommended Wine Pairing: White Zinfandel or Syrah.

Third Recipe:
Ham, Potato, and Black Eyed Pea Salad, Sara's Secrets for Weeknight Meals, page 76.
Recommended Wine Pairing: Chardonnay or Pinot Noir



Tips

Two tips for working with fresh corn – use a toothbrush to get rid of all that silk that still clings to the ear after you have husked it. Also, I find the simplest way to cut corn off the cob is to put one end of the ear of corn on top of either a piece of parchment or a flexible cutting board and then cut the corn kernels off. They will fall on the parchment or board and it will be very easy to pick them up afterwards.

The quickest and easiest way to grate any vegetable is on a food processor fitted with the grating disk.

When you are cooking steak, make sure it is dry before you cook it and also that the pan is good and hot before you put it in. Season the steak with salt and pepper before you cook it, not after.

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Tools

I always count on my Salad Spinner to remove the moisture remaining on rinsed salad greens quickly and without damage to the greens. Salad Spinners are available wherever housewares are sold. There are many good choices on the market so just select the size and price range that is best for you.

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Ingredients

Fish sauce is used in Southeast Asian cooking to provide salt and depth of flavor. It is made from fermented anchovies, salt and water. In Vietnam fish sauce is called nuoc mam and in Thailand, nam pla; it is used much the same way the Chinese use soy sauce. Even though its aroma is quite overwhelming when you take off the lid, you will find that its intensity dissipates when combined with other ingredients. It can be found in Asian markets and some supermarkets.

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Sara's Weeknight Meals is produced by Silver Plume Productions and WETA Washington, DC, and distributed by American Public Television (APT) to public broadcasting stations nationwide. Corporate funding is provided by Best Buy, Gallo and King Arthur Flour.
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