Creative salad recipes that are still delicious and easy to make for when you’re looking for a tasty light meal or delicious side.
Salads
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Continue ReadingAn Easy Delicious Side This Dense Bean Salad is a throwback recipe from my days working in the deli of a local grocery store. This is a very easy salad to make using canned beans, diced bell peppers, red onions, and your favorite zesty Italian dressing. You can make this a day in advance of serving, as it tastes better as it sits. This salad is also a great meal prep option as it lasts in the fridge for up to one week. The full, printable recipe is at the end of this post, but there are some vital tips…
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Continue ReadingThe Whole Steakhouse Experience in One Bowl This Steakhouse Salad has all the flavors of your favorite steak dinner in salad form. Grilled sirloin, marinated tomatoes, creamy blue cheese, thinly sliced red onions, garlic croutons, grilled potatoes, and a delicious steak sauce vinaigrette make this a gourmet experience. All of this rests on a bed of crunchy romaine and tender spinach leaves. Serve with some garlic knots and you have a delicious, complete meal. The beauty of this recipe is that it takes no time at all to prepare. The perfect meal! Full Recipe, Plus Any Questions You Have, Answered…
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A Light and Delicious Meal Poppy Seed Salad is the perfect salad for the warmer weather. Made with crispy vegetables, creamy avocado, and delicious chicken, this salad on its own is a complete meal. It has all the vitamins and proteins you need. You could probably eat this salad for every meal, and it might even take you a while to get bored. It’s just that good! The Poppy Seed dressing is simple to make, and you’ll want to make extra because it is delicious on everything and keeps in the fridge for a couple of weeks. Eat The Rainbow…
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A Super Food Super Salad This Summer Salad with Whole Grain Farro not only tastes good, but it is good for you! Made with farro, which to me is like a cross between a grain and a pasta, summer veggies, and a vinaigrette. This salad can be eaten as soon as it is made. It is even better the longer it sits and can be made up to twenty four hours in advance. What Is Farro? Farro is an Ancient Whole Wheat Grain with a nutty taste and a chewy texture. You prepare it like rice. To me, it is…
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A Light and Tasty Lunch This recipe is always a favorite in my house for summer and spring. Caesar Pasta Salad with Grilled Chicken is easily created with ready made ingredients that come together perfectly. The grilled chicken is simple to cook and has great flavors. The chicken is marinated overnight with a can of Sprite and some Zesty Italian Dressing. Wait… Sprite?! Yes! Stay tuned! The Caesar Pasta Salad I am always surprised when people tell me they have never had a lettuce salad with pasta. I worked in a deli in the 1990’s and these types of salads…
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Savory Asian Flavors I created this Copycat Thai Crunch Salad with Peanut Dressing based on one of my addictions from California Pizza Kitchen. CPK is a chain restaurant that is known for unique pizzas and fresh salads and this salad is my favorite. It used to be called the Chinese Chicken Salad. The good news is that while the salad’s name changed, the dark brown peanut dressing did not. Occasionally I let myself splurge and have the salad delivered and I always get two of the dressings. This was getting expensive, so I decided to make it myself, hence the…
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A Light and Tasty Side or Meal This Spring Salad will be the centerpiece of all your seasonal special occasion meals. Made with romaine and arugula, pea pods, shaved carrots, green onions, radish, and purple cabbage it has a pleasant texture and nice crunch. This salad also has a honey goat cheese and sprigs of fresh dill and rosemary. Add a little salt and pepper, cover it, and let it hang out in the fridge for a few hours. You will have a beautifully presented salad that is aromatic and infused with the flavors of the fresh herbs. French Quarter…
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Continue ReadingJust as Good as Authentic Copycat Jewel Chef’s Kitchen French Quarter Dressing was a product of the Chicagoland based Jewel Food Stores. The dressing was sold in the Chef’s Kitchen department which was their deli. If you remember, the French Quarter Dressing was sold in a short, stubby, rounded on the bottom bottle that was narrower at the top. The sides of the bottle had ridges. Dressing Nostalgia I know this and remember it well. I worked in the Chef’s Kitchen in the late 90’s into the early 2000’s. I’m uncertain as to when they discontinued this delectable dressing. I…
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