Cobb Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing is a delicious salad perfect for anytime of the year but especially good as a dinner salad during the heat of the summer. Cobb Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing To me, a Cobb Salad looks a whole lot like a deconstructed Chef’s Salad. As a matter of fact…
Cucumber Lemon Feta Cheese Couscous Salad
Cucumber Lemon Feta Cheese Couscous Salad Cucumber Lemon Feta Cheese Couscous Salad is a very refreshing , flavorful salad with a bright flavor. This is the kind of salad that will go perfectly with just about anything your making on the grill for dinner. The ingredients that make up the salad are few but definitely have…
Waldorf Salad
Waldorf Salad Crispy apples,nuts, celery, and cranberries enveloped in a mayonnaise/sour cream dressing to make it light tasting and a delight to the taste buds. This Waldorf Salad is slightly different from the original in that I used mayonnaise and sour cream to make the dressing. Normally it would be made with just mayonnaise. …
Tomato Basil Vinaigrette
Tomato Basil Vinaigrette is a delicious homemade salad dressing with a fresh from the garden flavor. Tomato Basil Vinaigrette It’s such a blessing to be able to go out to our garden in the middle of October and still use what we planted in the Spring. Our basil and one lone tomato plant are…
Mustard Vinaigrette Salad Dressing
Mustard Vinaigrette Salad Dressing Making a delicious dinner from leftovers just thrills me to no end. My husband grilled a sirloin steak for dinner one night this week. The leftovers , which would have been enough for one serving, was cut thinly on the bias and set atop vegetables from the garden. I had…
Lemon Rice Salad
Lemon Rice Salad This is a wonderful rice side salad with tons of flavor. The long grain rice is cooked in chicken broth with shallots giving the rice lots of flavor. The herbs, red onion, garlic and red pepper build more layers of flavor while the lemon juice and zest bring a burst…
Black Bean Salad
Black Bean Salad Black Bean Salad received an all thumbs up in our house. This veggie and protein packed salad has a ton of flavor and texture. The dressing for the salad is made up of 3 ingredients – olive oil, seasoned rice vinegar and lime juice which gives it a very bright flavor. …
Beet Salad
Beet Salad The decision to grow beets in the garden this year came when Paul got a hankering for beets last winter. While he was at the grocery store picking up a few odds and ends for me, he decided he wanted beets. He picked up a package of beets in the produce section,…
Fresh Green Bean Salad
Fresh Green Bean Salad This is a wonderful way to use fresh green beans. It’s a great alternative to cooked green bean side dishes in the summer I boiled the beans for about 3 minutes so they would still be crisp and have that gorgeous bright green color that I love. You can of course…
Three Bean Salad
Three Bean Salad You can’t have too many cool, delicious salads in the fridge for the summer heat. It’s pretty much a requirement in this house. I grew up in Pennsylvania where the flavors of sweet and sour are a big part of the food we love. Three Bean Salad has a…