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Apple Chicken Harvest Salad

November 18, 2020

Apple Chicken Harvest Salad in a wooden bowl with wooden spoons.

A fresh salad bursting with fall flavor—crisp apples, honey-roasted nuts, rotisserie chicken, gorgonzola cheese and balsamic vinaigrette. Nutty Apple Salad with Chicken feels light, but satisfying.

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Filed Under: Dinner, Fall, Recipe, Salad, Uncategorized Tagged With: easy, fall, salad

Flat Iron Steak Salad with Chimichurri Vinaigrette

November 8, 2019

A wooden salad bowl of flat iron steak salad with chimichurri vinaigrette

A fresh, satisfying salad with savory flat-iron steak, sweet corn and tangy chimichurri vinaigrette.
Salad. I know.
“Salad,” you’re thinking, “is what I eat when I’m trying to feel healthy.” The days are getting shorter, your workday is *feeling* longer, and maybe you’re just not about trying to sink your teeth into a spa menu right now.

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Filed Under: Dinner, Recipe, Salad, Summer, Uncategorized Tagged With: chimichurri, salad, steak

Marinated Cucumber Tomato Salad

September 17, 2018

Marinated cucumber tomato salad being held up on a plate

This light and refreshing salad packs a tangy punch, but has just enough sweetness to balance out the pucker factor. Crunchy cucumbers and onions mingle with juicy tomatoes and summery herbs to make a colorful side for family dinner, or the perfect easy pot luck dish.

Holy pho, life has been moving lightning fast lately for our family.

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Filed Under: Make-ahead, Recipe, Salad, Sides, Summer, Vegetarian

Tricolore Pear Salad

August 11, 2018

Tricolore Pear Salad

Sweet, soft pears and pine nuts complement a mix of buttery, nutty and bitter lettuces dressed in a simple balsamic vinaigrette. Summer isn’t over yet and I’m trying to squeeze out every last drop, but… fall has undeniably started creeping into my thoughts. Maybe it’s just from spending the majority of my life in school and teaching, but once August hits everything goes into overdrive, hurtling toward September like a defensive end on a pass rush…

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Filed Under: Dinner, Fall, Italian, Recipe, Salad, Sides, Summer, Vegetarian

Summer Party Panzanella

July 2, 2018

Summer Party Panzanella

This Italian bread salad boasts the best summer garden bounties and toasted bread cubes, all tossed in a tangy white wine vinaigrette. It’s big enough to bring to your block party—and keeps well enough to keep all to yourself. Is there any better feeling than walking out to the garden on a sunny day, picking a juicy cucumber, rinsing it off, and eating it right then and there like an apple?

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Filed Under: Dinner, Italian, Party, Recipe, Salad, Slow Food, Summer, Vegetarian

Roasted Veggie Salad with Quinoa and Chicken

November 3, 2016

Roasted Veggie Salad with Quinoa and Chicken

I love Easter food. The ham, the green beans braised in bacon, the yeast rolls and most of all the cheesy, greasy scalloped potatoes. But after a week of leftovers, I needed to lighten it up. Enter the roasted veggie salad with chicken. It’s fresh, savory, tangy and the dressing and avocados make it a little creamy without feeling too gluttonous.

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Filed Under: Dinner, Recipe, Salad, Summer Tagged With: chivken, quinoa, recipes, salad

Blog Beginnings Plus an Incredibly Useful, Easy Recipe for Caprese Salad

July 7, 2015

Caprese Salad with Balsamic Reduction and Chicken Paillard to the side

First, I want to tell you how happy I am you’re still here if you got through Friday’s post. Looks like you’re my ideal reader! Thank you!
Friday I told you who I’m blogging for, why and the most important message I want to send you about cooking.

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Filed Under: Italian, Life, Recipe, Salad, Summer, Vegetarian Tagged With: recipes, salad, vegetarian

Blog beginnings plus an incredibly useful, easy recipe

July 7, 2015

Caprese salad with balsamic reduction on a plate

This post was originally published on my old blog. This version may contain minor edits and updates. The original is preserved at Recipe Repository.  First, I want to tell you how happy I am you’re still here if you got through Friday’s post. Looks like you’re my ideal reader! Thank you! Friday I told you…

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Filed Under: Italian, Recipe, Salad, Vegetarian Tagged With: recipes, salad, vegetarian

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