How to Make Tasty Salads During Winter

salad

This time of year, I make salad for dinner whenever we are not at a holiday meal or party.  It helps to balance out the heavy food, baked goods, candy, etc. that we inevitably eat when we’re not at home in our routine.  And also, winter salads taste really good! A few tricks for delicious [...]

The 5 Essential Tricks to Making a Good Salad

homemade salad dressing

Tis the season to overindulge.  To get myself ready, I’m purposely overindulging in salads right now – and I must say, this is actually more of a pleasure than a chore.  I can’t tell you how many kinds of salad we’ve eaten in the last few weeks, and rather than getting old, they’re just getting [...]

Roasted Salmon with Mustard Chimichurri

roasted salmon recipe

Sockeye salmon is in season, and man is it good!  A little salt, olive oil, and lemon juice is all you need to achieve a quick & tasty dinner.  If you want to spice it up a bit more, you can blend those ingredients with some mustard and fresh herbs to make a “Chimicurri” sauce.  [...]

Mexican Chopped Salad

mexican salad

After a weekend of BBQs and beer, I’m ready for a week of salads.  The heat wave we’re having is just reinforcing my craving for some cool, crunchy veggies.  Tonight I’ll be making a Mexican style green salad, because the tomatoes and fresh corn are so irresistible right now that they will make this dish [...]

Summer BBQ Side Dish: Lightened Potato Salad

potato salad recipe

Potato salad is a classic part of summer BBQs, but the traditional kind has almost 400 calories and 20 grams of fat per cup — yikes!  This summer, try my lightened version, which is flavored with fresh herbs and vinaigrette instead of a whole vat of mayonnaise.  You can vary it up with whatever herbs [...]

Butter Lettuce Salad with Apples and Quinoa

salad with goat cheese

Now that it’s mid-June, produce is getting GOOD.  We’ve been eating salads at least once a day for either lunch or dinner, and even though they’re healthy, the ingredients are so flavorful that they feel like a treat!  This one I recently made when I had a little leftover quinoa, but you can easily use [...]

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