This Cobb Salad in a Jar recipe is a great way to make your weekdays easier by preparing them ahead of time so you can grab and go. It's a nutritious and filling salad packed full of protein. My weekday schedule is busy all year round but summer always seems keep me just that much busier with the kids home from school. Some days I … [Read more...]
Chicken and Pea Pasta Salad
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This Chicken and Pea Pasta Salad is a quick and easy dinner that makes for a great school lunch kids will actually eat! When I think back to school lunch I remember a few different varieties of sandwiches. There was the old peanut butter and soggy jam soaked sandwich, egg salad sandwich, salmon sandwich, random deli meat and mustard, … [Read more...]
Pesto Pasta Salad
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This Pesto Pasta Salad Recipe features bow tie pasta and fresh ingredients for a summer salad or side dish that is full of flavour! Growing up the dinner was always the place our family just stopped and connected around everyday. We caught up with each other, joked and enjoyed good food. Life was a little bit simpler back then. There was no video … [Read more...]
Mexican Macaroni Salad
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This Mexican Macaroni Salad recipe is a very versatile summer salad perfect for picnics and barbecues. I love serving it at family BBQ's as a side dish. When I first made The Pioneer Woman's Mexican Macaroni Salad I completely fell in love with it. It's zesty and full of flavour and quite different from the typical Macaroni Salad your mother makes. This … [Read more...]
Roasted Butternut Squash Quinoa Salad
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Roasted Butternut Squash Quinoa Salad with goat cheese, cranberries and other drool worthy ingredients tossed in a delectable homemade lime-soy dressing! So I guess this is kind of a fall recipe, and here we are in spring. Call me crazy though, I kind of love Butternut Squash all year round. Especially roasted. This salad works really well as either a … [Read more...]
Soy-Lime Vinaigrette Recipe
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This Asian inspired Soy-Lime vinaigrette is perfect to elevate and change up your everyday salad garden salad - it's also fairly light at only 69 calories for a generous 2 Tbsp serving! It's a totally guilt-free way to have your salad and enjoy it too! It also works well with heavier asian noodle salads made with soba noodles or rice noodles and is absolutely heaven … [Read more...]
Asian Spring Noodle Salad
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This Asian Spring Noodle Salad combines the flavours of Canadian spring with an Asian flair. This salad can be served as a first course, a side or even eaten as a meal on its own. Asian Spring Noodle Salad Prep Time: 15 minutes | Cook Time: 9 minutes | Makes: 6-7 servings Ingredients: 14 … [Read more...]
Blueberry & Quinoa Salad with Flax Lemon Vinaigrette
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This Blueberry & Quinoa Salad and the Flax Lemon Vinaigrette that goes with it is full of "Superfoods". Kale is loaded with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and fiber, but it’s also super low in calories. Quinoa is high in fiber, filled with protein, and is naturally gluten-free. Blueberries are one of the best sources of … [Read more...]
Five Bean Salad
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This Salad is a classic in our family. It is always found at summer get-togethers and tends to go pretty quickly. It is easy to throw together, full of nutritious vegetables and legumes and goes well with pretty much any summer barbecue food. It is the perfect vegetable side! Five Bean Salad Recipe Ingredients: 1 Can Green Beans 1 Can Wax … [Read more...]
Kale and Brussel Sprout Salad
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Kale and Brussel Sprout Salad is a great salad recipe for those who hate brussel sprouts! There is no bitter flavour, just yumminess! Kale seems to be a leafy green that people either love or hate. I love Kale and find that eating it is a good way to curb my appetite for more carb dense foods (like my Garlic Lemon Pasta with Roasted Shrimp). Kale is great … [Read more...]
Calabrese Pasta Salad
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An easy recipe fir Calabrese pasta salad! It is wonderful pasta dish served either warm or cool and it works as both a side dish or as a vegetarian entrée. This is one of my most favourite recipes. I found it first on a box of Primo Tri-colour Fusilletti but have made a few modification from the original recipe. When I make it I have to add the Feta and Olives to … [Read more...]
