This is the perfect salad to accompany your Christmas and New Year meals. I love the tartness of the pomegranate juice and sweetness of the honey. It really balances out this delicious vinaigrette. I used a mix of half baby greens and half baby spinach. It was perfect. Let’s get started with the vinaigrette. I [...]
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Super Simple Green Salad with Grapeseed Oil & Balsamic Vinaigrette
Can I just say Wow?! My friend, Valerie Patterson of Hidden Oaks Bed and Breakfast in Sonoma, made this for her friend who owns a winery. I have to say that although this salad is super simple, it is also super delicious. I am so used to throwing everything into a salad that it is [...]
Warm Pasta Salad with Roasted Vegetables
I love when autumn arrives. I totally change how we eat when the evenings become a little cooler. I put away the grill and start thinking a little differently on how I will be preparing our meals. This is a great little pasta salad. I prefer to serve it warm or room temperature, but it [...]
Orzo with Everything
This salad is just bursting with amazing flavors and textures. Unfortunately, I didn’t get my usual step-by-step photos in; however, this is a very straight forward recipe. Just boil, chop and toss. This is the perfect salad to feed a large group, take to a pot-luck or picnic. You can also add in chicken or [...]
Greens with Bow Tie Pasta and Red Wine Vinaigrette…your new favorite salad!
Every time I make this salad for friends or a party it gets rave reviews. The flavors and different textures in this salad will keep you coming back for more. My friend, Sharon P., gave me this recipe about 10 years ago, and it has been going strong every since. It is also very versatile. [...]
Greens with Balsamic Maple Vinaigrette…this salad will make you famous!
Everyone loves this salad. Full of little unexpected green things like tender sweet peas! Then there’s my husband. He always surprises me with food. Tonight, he brought his salad plate back and it was full of PEAS! Just when you think you know your man he brings you peas! It may take another 17 years for [...]
Chinese Chicken Salad with Soy & Peanut Dressing
I have been looking for a great Chinese chicken salad recipe for a long time now. The problem that I have always encountered is that the dressing never lives up to my expectations. The dressings I have tried in the past usually have an overpowering soy flavor and the dressing doesn’t adhere to the greens, [...]
Chopped Caesar Salad with Homemade Croutons and Grilled Lemon and Basil Shrimp
I really enjoy a good Caesar salad, especially when there is shrimp involved. This is a great little Caesar dressing recipe. I love how it doesn’t use a raw egg. I’m always just a little freaked out when I have to use raw eggs, and I’m not sure that coddling your egg would make much [...]
Golden Beet, Avocado and Walnut Salad
In my little humble opinion, I would say that this salad has it all. Sweet golden beets, creamy avocado, tart goat cheese, tender baby greens, crunchy and sweet walnuts, all topped with a deliciously sweet and tart lemon vinaigrette. But don’t take my word for it, make it for dinner tonight, or for someone special over [...]
Orzo Pasta Salad as a Main Course
Fox 40 News Orzo Pasta Salad I was on a local news channel today, I think that if you click on the above link it will link you to my segment. I have trouble with all things tech related! So I ramped up this side salad and made it a main course salad by [...]
