Salads

This creamy Southwestern Chicken Salad full of juicy chicken, black beans, and crunchy corn adds healthy and flavorful pizzazz to your salads, wraps, and sandwiches.  It has finally been warming up in Colorado this week! (Well…it was when I wrote the post, at least. Then it snowed.) I don’t know about you, but I definitely …

This Harvest Quinoa Salad is full of butternut squash, walnuts, cranberries, and Parmesan for a healthy side dish, great for a party. Some friends of mine from church just threw their annual harvest party. Their story behind the party is actually pretty awesome! They just are really grateful for everything God has blessed them with, …

This lighter macaroni salad is made healthier by using whole wheat pasta, Greek yogurt, & lots of fresh veggies. The perfect healthy side dish for a picnic! “Pasta” is pretty much a magic word around my niece and nephew (6 and 4) these days. They are still in the stage where they are fairly picky …

A friend and I were talking recently about kale (because who doesn’t talk about kale regularly with their friends?) and she was telling me that she just isn’t a fan. I get it. I didn’t used to like the stuff either! And then I discovered the secret – the kale massage. Start with your bowl …

Break out of your salad rut with this healthy southwestern barley salad recipe. It’s an antioxidant-rich, nutty grain mixed with southwestern flair. Barley is a newer food to me. I think the only meal I had ever heard barley used in consistently was beef and barley stew (which I want to make once it cools …

This mango jicama salad recipe is a simple & healthy summer salad combining the protein pack of quinoa with crunchy jicama and juicy mango. One of the most common questions I get when I tell people I live in Tucson is, “How on earth do you deal with the summer heat?!” I’m not going to …

This flavorful Indio Salad is topped with tangy goat cheese, crunchy cornbread croutons, sweet dates, & creamy avocado for a satisfying and healthy meal. On my recent visit to Colorado, I met up with one of my college roommates for lunch. First of all, when the heck did 10 years pass by since college?! Second …

This creamy egg salad recipe makes a perfect light lunch in a sandwich or on a bed of lettuce. It’s a great hardboiled egg recipe to use up leftover eggs! Easter is coming up this weekend, which means eggs, eggs, and more eggs! Cadbury Eggs, Twix Eggs (can’t wait to try these!), Reese’s Eggs…did you …

I love Greek food.  There’s this restaurant here in Tucson called My Big Fat Greek Restaurant – it’s one of our favorites.  Their menu offers plenty of delicious options, but our favorite meal is called “The Meat Lover’s Platter – Symposium of Ecstasy”. This massive platter of meat, vegetables, moussaka, lemon potatoes, rice, and pita …

This honey mustard pasta salad makes a fresh and colourful addition to any summer meal. I have never made a pasta salad before.  I actually love eating pasta salad, but every time I think about making it myself, it just seems wrong, because when I cook pasta, it just seems like it should be eaten …

This has been my family’s go-to summer recipe for as long as I can remember. Everybody in our family adores Chinese Chicken Salad and requests it often, which is reason enough to make it, but the biggest summer perk is that it doesn’t heat your kitchen up! It’s so easy to make the parts ahead …