Category Archives: Salads

We’ve got a collection of the very best salad recipes! Easy and healthy.

Spinach Salad with Hot Bacon Dressing

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Spinach Salad with Hot Bacon Dressing

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Ok, let’s take a really healthy salad and cover it in a not so healthy salad dressing. Truthfully, I don’t make this salad often but every time I do I just love it. I don’t even feel guilty when I … Continue reading →

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Insalata Caprese

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Caprese Salad

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Caprese Salad is a salad made of fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, fresh basil, olive oil, and salt. I love all the components on their own, but put them together and you have a spectacular taste sensation. The creamy mozzarella with the … Continue reading →

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Marinated Mushrooms & Artichokes

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Marinated Mushrooms and Artichokes

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Hmmm… what to serve instead of a green salad at our BBQ tonight?? I had just bought a pound of mushrooms and decided to marinate half of them to create a savory marinated dish. The other half I’m saving for … Continue reading →

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Bang Bang Shrimp Salad

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Bang Bang Shrimp on a fork

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We go to Bonefish for dinner every few weeks, and it’s really difficult to resist the Bang Bang Shrimp. I might not be quite as tempted if everyone else in our party didn’t want them, too!! Oh, who am I … Continue reading →

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Sweet & Sour Celery Seed Salad Dressing

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Salad with Sweet & Sour Celery Seed Salad Dressing

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A really good salad is hard to beat. I didn’t share a recipe for the salad above, but the ingredients are: spinach, hard-boiled egg, cucumber, sliced carrots, kidney beans, and fresh uncooked corn. My focus today is on the salad … Continue reading →

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Steak Salad

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Steak Salad

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We’ve been on a real salad kick for the last few weeks. This steak salad is hearty enough to be the entire meal, as it was for us. I actually had to look at the picture to remember what I … Continue reading →

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Easy Bean Salad

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Bean Salad

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Garbanzo, Lima and Kidney Beans make up this refreshing salad! We eat a lot of salads, but sometimes I just don’t want lettuce. Sure, there’s all types of lettuces and greens, and radicchio, etc. but sometimes I’m just on overload … Continue reading →

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Egg Salad

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Egg Salad Ingredients

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I love egg salad. There’s something comforting about an egg salad sandwich. For me the secret to really good egg salad is adding Horseradish. It really bumps the flavor up a notch. I used real Mayonnaise in mine, and I’ve … Continue reading →

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Wedge Salad with Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing

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Wedge Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing

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I made this salad last night and I can’t stop thinking about how delicious it was. The crisp, cold iceberg lettuce, with the creamy blue cheese dressing and the saltiness of the pancetta… yum! I think what makes it great … Continue reading →

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Chinese Chicken Salad

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Asian Chicken Salad

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  I love the delicious refreshing flavors of this salad… soy sauce, honey, Mandarin oranges and almonds. What’s not to love! Plus, using leftover chicken makes this salad come together in minutes. Serves 2 INGREDIENTS For Asian Sesame Salad Dressing: … Continue reading →

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Green Salad with a Scoop of Tuna Fish Salad on top!

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Green Salad with a Scoop of Tuna on top

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Simple, easy and delicious. Our life is hectic right now with our big move across country and this quick salad with tuna was the perfect lunch.  I don’t really follow a recipe, so what I’ve put below is just something … Continue reading →

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Crab Stack with Mango & Avocado

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Crab Stack with Mango & Avocado

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I have been wanting crab for a few days and I finally satisfied my craving with this delicious and refreshing dish. It only takes about 20 minutes to prepare, with no actual cooking going on. As with most of my … Continue reading →

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Salad with Tuna & Hardboiled Eggs

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Salad with Tuna and Hardboiled Eggs

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Spring is the in the air. It’s a gorgeous day in Los Angeles, 82 degrees. In warmer weather I naturally gravitate toward having more salads. Today I made a salad with tuna and hard-boiled eggs. It was so refreshing and … Continue reading →

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