Salad

Succotash salad screams summer. This colorful, light, and fresh salad is full of vegetables like corn, Lima beans, scallions, and cherry tomatoes. Pickled okra does double duty for our succotash salad providing a nice crunch to the salad, but also making a briny and delicious vinaigrette that brings it all together. What is succotash?  Have you ever eaten succotash or even heard of it? Succotash is a side dish that’s made from a blend of cooked corn and lima beans.…

Colorful, crunchy and fresh, this deliciously easy Old Fashioned Kidney Bean Salad makes a perfect cold side dish and takes just a few minutes to make. This easy bean salad has such a fond place in my memories. When I was a little girl you could be certain you’d find a bowl of this tangy, crunchy cold salad at the little country church potlucks I attended with my grandma. Check out my other church potluck favorites:  Layered Cornbread Salad Slow…

Summer Vegetable Pasta Salad makes it hard to resist delicious fresh veggies! Colorful summer vegetables are tossed with pasta and the easiest Italian dressing for a fresh side dish that’s perfect for gatherings. Technically we’ve still got a few weeks of Summer left. I know that tons of my gardener friends still are inundated with fresh summer veggies because they have been passing on the surplus to me! I love it!  Today’s summer vegetable pasta salad recipe is great because…

Curried couscous salad is fragrant, sweet and spicy with loads of crunchy fresh veggies, nuts, dried fruit and topped with a zippy curry dressing. This salad is delightfully different, keeps well in the fridge and is so easy to make.  What is couscous? A lot of people think couscous is a grain because it looks so similar to rice or quinoa, but it’s not. Couscous is actually a kind of pasta made from semolina and wheat flour. You can buy…

Apple coleslaw is crisp and crunchy with fresh apples, celery and cabbage and topped with a tangy homemade poppy seed dressing. I’m assuming that you’ve probably brushed off the barbecue grill and pulled it out of storage, because from the smells I’ve been smelling on my evening walks…all my neighbors have been grilling. We’ve been grilling too, which for me means it’s time to bust out my easy summer side dishes and salads. Today I have a really simple and…

Creamy pesto pasta salad is an easy make ahead salad full of fresh spring vegetables like asparagus, cherry tomatoes, artichokes and is topped with a creamy homemade dressing. In case you weren’t aware we’re in asparagus season now.  Asparagus is one of my favorite vegetables, it’s usually a bit pricey, but right now you’ll find it at it’s best!  If you’ve never bought fresh asparagus before, you might be a bit intimidated by this vegetable. It kind of has a…

Colorful red potatoes, green onions, and celery are tossed with a creamy sour cream and dill dressing in this easy to make red potato salad, for a flavor reminiscent of sour cream and onion potato chips. This salad is a perfect and easy make ahead side dish that pairs wonderfully with grilled meats and fish.  I know most of the United States has already fallen under the spell of pumpkin spice and I’m looking forward to it too. In fact,…

Layered cornbread salad is so bright and colorful. Fresh veggies are layered high with cornbread, cheese and ranch dressing. It’s crunchy, creamy, savory, and with the cornbread, just a hint of sweet as well for a combination that can’t be beat. The first time I ever heard of cornbread salad I was pretty sure it was something that Missouri corn farming wives had made up just because they had an abundance of corn! This salad is a rural church dinner…

This Frito chili cheese corn salad couldn’t be easier, or more delicious! Crisp veggies, crunchy Fritos corn chips, cheddar cheese and a zippy creamy dressing. After this week, we’ll officially be on summer time so it’s time to let loose and relax a bit. Enjoy the slower pace of life. Maybe fire up the grill and have some friends or family over.  And I’ve got the perfect recipe for a get together like that. This Fritos chili cheese corn salad…

This pepper slaw is refreshingly different. Sweet and tangy and full of colorful crunchy fresh veggies. Pepper slaw pairs excellently with pulled pork sandwiches and is easy to whip up the day before to bring to a dinner or potluck. In my house everyone knows that Tuesday nights are blog post nights. My kids know that I will need a couple hours alone time to write and edit photos. Blog night especially bothers my youngest son, he just wants to…