When you bite into a healthy chopped salad packed full of vitamin rich nutrients, it makes you feel good about what you’re putting into your body. This chopped salad with citrus vinaigrette in particular is powerfully good for you. A trip to my local Farmer’s Market yesterday brought about some great finds and inspired the [Read More]
Archive of ‘Salads’ category
Top 5 Favorite Summer Recipes
We’re up to 90 degrees and summer is definitely upon us! I don’t know if it is hot where you are, but it’s not always easy to want to crank up the oven during these hot, sultry days. I thought I’d use this blog post to highlight my top 5 favorite summer recipes. Either a no-bake or [Read More]
Grilled Chicken & Kumquat Spring Salad
“Mom, you have to blog this Grilled Chicken & Kumquat Spring Salad. It is one of the best I have ever tasted!” my daughter exclaimed as she took her first few bites. And I would have to agree, it was so delicious we ate the whole salad between the two of us! The vinaigrette has [Read More]
Gluten-free Orzo with Asparagus & Lemon Zest
My Gluten-free Orzo with Asparagus & Lemon Zest recipe calls for gluten-free orzo, so naturally I was thrilled to find a one made by Pappardelle’s Pasta recently at Pike Place Market down on the waterfront of Seattle. I have never tried the “gluten” version of orzo, but have always been disappointed at restaurants when some of [Read More]
White Bean & Arugula Salad with Tarragon & Wine Vinaigrette
This fresh summer salad uses white beans & arugula with a tarragon & wine vinaigrette. It is fresh, light, and delicious! If you have been growing a little herb garden this summer, here’s a chance to throw in a bit of fresh tarragon. Toss this salad together in under twenty minutes, and if you are [Read More]
Mango, Avocado, Chicken & Rice Salad
I am super excited to post this new recipe I created! This Mango, Avocado, Chicken & Rice Salad has an explosion of flavor with every bite. I used half forbidden rice (a purple nutty-flavored rice from China) and the other half is Jasmine rice. The two blended together give this dish an extra pop of [Read More]
Shrimp Salad with Fresh Dill Dressing
This is a low-calorie version of most shrimp salad recipes that call for a lot of mayonnaise. If you can handle dairy, Greek yogurt is a great substitute for high calorie/high fat mayo. I like using the Fage Greek yogurt because it is a very thick Greek yogurt and replaces recipes calling for sour cream [Read More]
Powerful Quinoa Salad with Orange-Cumin Dressing
This cancer-fighting salad brings with it one powerful, nutritional punch! (an updated note: this recipe took the $1,000 Grand Prize in a recipe contest I entered!) I have analyzed each ingredient and the nutritional benefits they bring to your body. This is one heart healthy, cancer-fighting, anti-inflammatory salad that tastes so delicious, not only will [Read More]
Spinach & Blue Salad with Blueberry Vinaigrette
My Saturday morning routine consists of sleeping in (which usually means 7:00 am) and then hitting the farmer’s market by 9:00. My husband was out of town this past weekend, so some friends called me up to go to the market and then off to a neighboring town for an old-fashioned car show, where vintage [Read More]
Asian Pear-Chevre Salad with Maple-Dijon Dressing & Toasted Pine Nuts
If you’re having guests over, this Asian-Pear Chevre Salad is an impressive tasting dinner salad. The combination of Asian pear, chevre (goat cheese), pine nuts and a sweet and tangy maple-dijon dressing are really a great combination together. Later on in this post I’ll be talking about my sons’ new adventure, which has absolutely nothing [Read More]