Best Salad Recipes
Strawberry Chicken Salad with Candied Walnuts and Goat Cheese
Easy jam jar dressing and candied walnuts add amazing flavor to this crisp, fresh plate. Leftover chicken makes it a satisfying, complete meal. Friends and family provide some of the best recipe feedback, which often steers me towards sharing a particular dish sooner than later–or in some cases, going back to the drawing board.…
Abbyโs Watermelon Salad
A little sweet, a little saltyโฆ ย this quick-to-assemble salad is perfect on a summer night paired with something off the grill. Though we only attended the same school for one year and werenโt even in the same grade, my friend Abby and I have a unique history and never fail to relive old memories…
Green Goat Salad with White Balsamic Vinaigrette
A remake of a restaurant favorite, this satisfying salad hits all the right flavor notes. Add a protein of choice to make it a complete meal. How many times do you enjoy a restaurant meal only to crave it at home? Quite a few recipes on this blog are recreations of menu offerings that lingered…
Lemon Dijon Kale Salad with Sweet Potatoes & Apples
With a combination of creamy, crunchy, and crisp ingredients, this wholesome salad is sure to satisfy, and leftovers hold up well. For a protein-rich complete meal, top with grilled or roasted chicken or salmon๏ผor white beans or seared tofu for complementary meatless alternatives. Every fall, when the days start to grow shorter and colder, I sell…
Build-Your-Own Veggie and Grain Salad
It’s January. ย The weather is cold (at least it is here!) and the holiday festivities are behind us. Eating well can be a challenge when the mercury plummets, colds and flus rear their ugly heads, and warm sunshine and flip flops seem a long way off. Of course, all of this makes heavy comfort foods…
Easy Winter Fruit Salad
A straight-forward combination of fresh fruits with a little something extra to elevate the simple salad into something sublime. From the time my kids could hold a crayon, I helped them make the gifts theyโd give their loved ones on Christmas morning. My hope was that amidst all the material trappings of the holiday,…
Greek-Style Grilled Chicken Dinner Salad
Last year, I shared a story about a friend of mine, Sarah Lanphier, whose successful college fundraiser led to a thriving granola company. Nuts About Granola produces a variety of uniquely delicious flavors–think carrot cake and PB&J–as well as a grain-free Forager line. Recently, Sarah launched a line of savory granolas, fittingly named Sarah’s Savory…
Easy Chicken Burrito Bowls
DIY burrito bowls are wholesome, loaded with fresh flavor, and easy to customize to taste! Thereโs a well-known restaurant that is famous for its burrito bowls, and I can see why. The flavorful all-in-one meal offers a high degree of customization and itโs sort of fun. Itโs viewed as a healthier option than many…
Teriyaki Salmon Bowls
This heart-healthy, flavor-packed meal takes advantage of the cook-once-eat-twice method and can be customized to taste! When considering foods that taste good as leftovers, lasagna, chili and the Thanksgiving turkey likely come to mind. Fish, not so much. Once cooked, however, leftover seafood can be safely stored in the refrigerator for…
Hamburger Wedge Salad
You’ll never miss the bun when you serve aย juicy, protein-rich burger over thisย crisp wedge salad…and you need not be cutting carbs to adore this meal! Various sources credit the early fame of the wedge salad to diners in the 1950s and 1960s. Its appeal waned in the 1970s as consumer…
Greeked-Out Gorgonzola Dressing
Blue Cheese Dressing was the first salad dressing I ever tried at a restaurant, at a long-shuttered establishment called The Rose Bowl. ย It became a favorite and still is. ย Nowadays, I often pass it by because–tasty though it is, it’s so laden with fat. ย Happily, the following recipe is an option that is every bit…
Southwestern Confetti Coleslaw (no mayo)
Classic, creamy coleslaw is a perennial picnic and cookout favorite. Like potato salad and baked beans, coleslaw plays a popular supporting role on any plate starring fried chicken or barbecued ribs. While I adore a thick slaw with a hearty dose of mayonnaise, many people prefer a lighter vinegar base. Smoky cumin, tangy lime and…
