I love pasta salad, but the problem is sometimes I find that the pasta is quite tasteless & worse for me is if it is undercooked…or overcooked I suppose! I realize I don’t love the vegetables in there either…I am not being critical of other peoples pasta salads…I just wanted to make mine a bit different & see how it turned out.
Continue reading “Greek Pasta Salad”
I was visiting Murray’s aunt a few months ago & went through her recipes! This bean salad recipe is most likely from the 70’s she said! Written on a scrap of paper…I do not know where she got the recipe from.
Continue reading “Dasha’s Bean Salad”
I posted this recipe in March 2017. I think I will add some raspberries to this salad…I am going to buy a bag of frozen raspberries & toss some into this salad. To make this a dinner salad, you can add some cooked chicken or fish to this! I think this is what we are having for dinner tonight!
Continue reading “Spinach Salad with Quinoa”
I am having company for dinner tonight.. & cold not decide what to make a side dish with the chicken… so, ha, I decided to look through my own blog for some recipe that I might have forgotten about! & I found this! I love it..
Continue reading “Quinoa Pilaf with Dried Fruits ( first posted in January 2017)”
I am re-posting this salad …. I really need something green for dinner!! We are in a snow fall warning today in Edmonton….ha so green on our plates tonight!!!
Continue reading “Chopped Broccoli Salad ( originally posted Jan/18)”
This recipe is adapted from one my mother-in-law makes. I have cut down the sugar & some of the spices… My MIL always had coleslaw in the fridge whenever we went there to visit! Everyone ate coleslaw at least once a day!!
Continue reading “Simple Coleslaw”
An old favourite salad recipe that I forget about! With all of the new recipes I look at everyday & the new ‘trendy’ way to eat vegetables…kale, shaved brussels sprouts… it is nice to turn back & re-visit some past favs
Continue reading “Asian Coleslaw with Ichiban Noodles”
Fresh corn cut off the cob, fresh crisp tomatoes, mint & feta! This corn salad is delicious with just olive oil & salt & pepper to dress it. A perfect accompaniment to anything really.
Continue reading “Fresh Corn Salad with Tomatoes”
I don’t know if you have ever eaten Halloumi cheese but I love it. This cheese is having ‘a day’, showing up on menus in restaurants & it is available in most major grocery stores….in my city of Edmonton anyway.
Continue reading “Arugula Salad with Grilled Halloumi”
This spinach salad with fruit is an old favourite & one of my daughters all time favs! It comes to me from my friend Nora probably over 25 years ago….
Continue reading “Spinach Salad with Strawberries & Blackberries”
This is the quinoa salad that I made to use the Miso – Turmeric dressing from Bon Appetit with. Here is the link to that recipe from a previous post.
Continue reading “Quinoa Salad….with Miso-Turmeric dressing (or use any grain)”
We are invited out tonight & I am bringing this broccoli salad! It is crunchy, colourful & slightly sweet… Broccoli, purple cabbage, grated carrot …. and a few other ingredients. This salad is quick to put together & a good accompianment to any meal!
Here is the link to the original post !
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