Italian Pasta Salad – a great cold pasta salad recipe that is perfect all summer long! It is full of pepperoni, fresh tomatoes, black olives and tossed in a zesty Italian vinaigrette. When I was growing up we had pasta salad very often in the summer. It is such an easy side dish to have …
Dorito Taco Salad – a fresh a delicious salad loaded with seasoned ground beef, beans, cheese, tomatoes, avocado, plenty of crushed Dorito tortilla chips and tossed in a creamy homemade dressing. I love a good salad. It is something that I try to have a few times a week for lunch. To me what makes…
This post has been sponsored by Tyson Foods, Inc. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Sausage & Wild Rice Salad – a great salad for any occasion. Mix greens with mango, wild rice, macadamia nuts, and smoked sausage topped with a creamy yogurt dressing! If you have been here before, you know that I…
Chinese Chicken Salad – a quick and easy rotisserie chicken salad with an Asian dressing and lots of crunchy delicious mix-ins! If a restaurant has an Asian chicken salad on the menu, chances are I will pick it. I love the one at Panera and sometimes make a trip there just because the cravings strike….
Greek Salad Recipe – a mix of cucumbers, tomatoes, red onions, olives, and feta all tossed in a lemony Greek dressing! I gave you a little sneak peak of this Greek Salad when I shared Chicken Souvlaki last week. I mean Greek chicken with a tomato and cucumber salad seemed like the right thing to…
Cucumber Tomato Salad – Easy summer salads are the perfect side dish and great for potlucks. This cucumber salad is full of cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, and avocado tossed with a light vinaigrette dressing. I love summer salads. They can be pasta salad, like taco pasta salad, or a lettuce based salad, or even a corn…
Asian Salad – the classic Asian ramen noodle salad using a homemade dressing – no seasoning packet necessary! Quick, easy, and great with any meal. In the summer it seems like every weekend is filled with a get together of some kind. You always need to come up with a dish to bring to a…
Fall Couscous Salad – Israeli couscous, spinach, butternut squash. cranberries and pecans all tossed with a balsamic vinaigrette. Great fall salad for the holidays, potlucks, or just because. I love squash season. As soon as fall hits, and squash is available in the store, I start to stock up. My family usually likes butternut squash…
Broccoli Salad Recipe – roasted broccoli salad with bacon, apples, cranberries, almonds, sunflower seeds and a creamy poppy seed dressing! I am going to be honest with you and say I have never really liked broccoli salad. But all that changed about a few months ago, when I tried Barefeet in the Kitchen’s Irresistible Mandarin…
Chicken Fajita Salad – a hearty salad topped with grilled chicken, peppers, onion, avocados, and a salsa vinaigrette dressing. Definitely not your average salad! I could live on salads in the summer. There is something about the warmer temperatures that make eating a salad for dinner exciting. I either want to grill everything or put…
Grilled Chicken Antipasto Salad – An easy salad that comes together in minutes thanks to Tyson® Chicken and Wish-Bone® Italian Dressing. This weekend was my husband’s birthday. We spent the weekend doing some of this favorite things, and eating lots of his favorite foods. This is his last year in his 30’s, so I…
Thai Chicken Salad – turn up your salad game with a Thai style chopped salad. Topped with chicken, veggies, and a peanut dressing make for a filling salad. The weather is finally warming up and feeling like summer here in Colorado. We had a very wet and cold spring. Hard to believe that 10 days…
Chicken Caesar Salad – lighten up your average Caesar salad by using Greek yogurt! Add chicken and you have a great meal that will get your family excited about salads! I think that once summer comes, even the most meat eating man out there, is ok with a salad every once in awhile. Especially if…
It appears most of the country is either covered in snow or has crazy cold temperatures. We did get a little on Saturday, but not nearly as bad as other parts of the country. We had enough for a snowball fight in the backyard (I won), but not enough to use the snow blower. I…
