Classic Potato Salad – a homemade potato salad that is just like mom used to make. Super creamy, tangy, easy to make and the perfect addition to any summer meal! Potato salad makes an appearance at pretty much any summer get together. It doesn’t matter if it is a potluck, you are grilling out, or…
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BLT Pasta Salad
BLT Pasta Salad – Turn the classic BLT sandwich in a pasta salad with a creamy dressing. Great for lunch, dinner, parties, potlucks, or just about anytime. As soon as the weather starts to warm up, I am all about making pasta salad. It is great to have in the fridge for lunch or…
Dorito Taco Salad
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…
Sausage & Wild Rice Salad
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
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….
Berry Fruit Salad
Berry Fruit Salad – and super easy fruit salad recipe loaded with fresh berries and topped with a lemon yogurt to make it tart and sweet! In the summer I love just about anything with fresh berries. It can be a Strawberry Cheesecake Lasagna that is a delicious no bake dessert or it can be…
Greek Salad Recipe
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…
Cranberry Apple Coleslaw
Cranberry Apple Coleslaw – an easy homemade coleslaw that you can make ahead of time, and bring to any summer get together. Or serve at home with just about anything! If I ask you to think of a few summer side dishes, a few things come to mine; corn on the cob, pasta salad and…
Cucumber Tomato Salad Recipe
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…
Best Potato Salad Recipe
Best Potato Salad Recipe – an easy and over the top potato salad that is perfect for summer cookouts, pot lucks, or just a weeknight side dish! Summer is here and that means all sorts of potlucks, backyard barbecues, grilling out, and just fun foods. I am always looking for Grilling Ideas for Dinner, because…
Asian Salad
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
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…
Apple Broccoli Salad Recipe
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…
Southwestern Chickpea Salad
Southwestern Chickpea Salad Southwestern Chickpea Salad – chickpeas and black beans with corn and avocado in a Southwestern style dressing. A great healthy and fresh summer side dish. I think by now everyone knows that I am in love with Southwestern and Mexican flavors. They are pretty much my go to any night of…
Garlic & Herb Mediterranean Salad
The Only Mediterranean Salad Recipe You Need This Summer Garlic & Herb Mediterranean Salad – A crisp salad with garlic & herb tilapia and lemon garlic vinaigrette. Do you eat a lot of salads? I should probably eat more than I do. I always think salads are better when I order them at restaurants, but…
Chicken Fajita Salad
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…
Taco Pasta Salad Recipe
Taco Pasta Salad – a creamy pasta salad with all your favorite taco toppings! Great to make ahead and have in the fridge for dinner or to take to any get together. Summer seems to be the season for entertaining. Maybe even more so than the holidays. It seems that every weekend we have a…
Asian Napa Cabbage Slaw
Asian Napa Cabbage Slaw – a crunchy cabbage slaw salad with lots of veggies and a creamy Asian style soy dressing. Great for lunches, get togethers or with your next barbecue. I can’t believe that we are at the end of April already. This year is just flying by. Only one month of school left!…
Balela Salad (Mediterranean Chickpea Salad)
Balela Salad (Mediterranean Chickpea Salad) – a Mediterranean salad made with chickpeas, black beans, lots of fresh herbs and lemon juice. Super healthy and great as a dip or side dish. Today my 11 year old and I are flying back to Colorado. We have spent the last week and a half in Wisconsin visiting…
Mediterranean Quinoa Salad
Mediterranean Quinoa Salad – a light and fresh quinoa salad with tomatoes, green olives and tossed with a lemon vinaigrette. Great warm or cold all year round! We have talked side dishes before, and how I struggle with what to make. In the summer I am all about making pasta salad or some kind of…