Sometimes nothing tastes better than a fresh, clean salad. Salad recipes can be made with anything you have handy, and benefits from seasonal ingredients. Salads are also a great way to get your kids in the kitchen!
Grilled Peach and Avocado Salad is healthy, refreshing and tastes delicious. It is made with grilled peaches, sliced avocados, arugula, tossed in sweet and tangy vinaigrette. It is the perfect dish for a warm day. This salad is probably my favorite thing that I have made all summer. I had no idea when the idea …
The Cheese Board Tortellini Salad – Tortellini, artichokes, tomatoes, olives, parsley, tossed in a vinaigrette that gets better and better as it sits. I love going to a restaurant and eating something that I love and recreating my own version at home. This tortellini salad is something similar to what they serve at The Cheese …
This grilled pepper salad is so beautiful and so simple to prepare. Simply cut up some peppers, grill them slightly and drizzle them with a slightly sweet dressing. Tonight I am teaching a class at the Sacramento Bee on Building a Better Blog. If you are local, I would love it if you stopped by! …
Make these Sweet and Spicy Nuts and let your slow cooker do most of the work for you. Walnuts, sweetened with a spiced glaze are roasted in a Crockpot and then finished in the oven. Perfect for snacking, salads, cheeseboards, and holiday gifting! Salads are one of those things that taste SO much better when …
I have all of the ingredients in my house, so this is one of my go-to-in-a-rush-we-just-home-from-soccer-and-it-is-6:30-already dinners. These also black bean cakes with corn salsa and avocado sauce also make a great sandwich. I would have no problem becoming a vegetarian. I could easily give up meat, and live on salads, but I do not …
I literally got home from California and went straight to the store to buy ingredients to recreate some of the amazing things that we enjoyed. That is how much I liked them. Just like this mango and arugula salad, I could not stop thinking about it all day. Have you ever wondered where your food …
Strawberry Salad with Honey Poppy Seed Dressing – Mixed greens with sliced strawberries, pecans, crumbled blue cheese, and honey poppy seed dressing. I thought that I wasn’t ready for my children to be out of school just yet. I thought that I was going to miss the routine and know what our days looked like. …
This Mexican Chicken Salad with Honey Cilantro Dressing is loaded with a colorful and flavorful blend of avocado, veggies, corn, beans, and crunchy tortillas. Tossed with a homemade honey-cilantro dressing, this chopped salad is a total crowd-pleaser. Adapted from Mandy’s Gourmet Salads: Recipes for Lettuce and Life cookbook, this Mexican chicken salad combines basic chicken …