Salad

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…

Cool and creamy. Spicy and fresh. This Sriracha Shrimp Pasta Salad is an easy make ahead main dish loaded with colorful crisp veggies, shrimp, and a bold sriracha dressing. I started this blog just over a year ago. If you’re familiar with my story, then you probably know that I started blogging because I was at a low point in my life. I’d recently lost a part of my identity, after being a stay at home for 15 years my…

These harvest turkey salad pitas combine turkey, fresh spinach, apples, pecans, tangy feta, tart cranberries, and red onions with the easiest homemade raspberry vinaigrette. Stuffed into pitas this fresh take on your leftovers that will have dinner on the table in less than 15 minutes. Hey, that’s something to be thankful about! I will get to the recipe, I will, and if you want to skip down to it that’s fine. But first I have to tell you this week…