Over the holidays, my favorite fella and I slipped away to Chicago for a few days. I’m excited to share more about the trip with you because there are few cities where food is as fantastic as Chicago and we stayed at a real gem of a hotel. What’s that got to do with a…
Hawaiian Salad, a recipe renovation
Aloha! Today I’m sharing a recipe for a renovated version of Hawaiian Salad. Did you grow up eating salads filled with marshmallows and cool whip served up at church basement potlucks, salads that were actually desserts? I come from a place where “casserole” requires a can of cream-of-something soup and “salad” almost always contains something…
Avocado Kale Salad, Quick & Easy for Summer!
Here’s another recipe from my “this is simple and we eat it often” category: Avocado Kale Salad. There are actually a few more ingredients than just avocados and kale. Tomatoes, Onion, Cucumber, Basil…If you are like me with a backyard garden in the Midwest, you may have those ingredients right outside your door. Talk about…
Cashew Crunch Quinoa Salad
I recently snagged a two pound bag of red quinoa for two bucks. What a steal, a restaurant sized packed of red quinoa for a song. What’s a girl to do with all of that quinoa? Well, for starters, I made Cashew Crunch Quinoa Salad.
Roasted Potato & Green Bean Salad
One of my favorite tapas to share during happy hour at La Bodega is their Judias Verdes, a dish of roasted potatoes and green beans with figs and walnuts. In my recipe idea file, I had made a note to re-create this dish at home when fresh green beans were harvested from our garden. My…
Tomato Cucumber Onion Salad, A Simple Summer Salad
This year, cucumbers have been the most prolific vegetable in our garden. I’m bringing in several each day. Soon we will have so many that I will be making cucumber chips in the dehydrator. But for now, we’re enjoying lots of salads. This one keeps well for 2 or 3 days and gets better with…