Category: Salads
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Cucumber, Corn and Avocado Salad
A cold, satisfying, fruit-and-veggie salad is just perfect for the summer! We JUST got done with a mad crazy heat wave that sent me spiraling on an “eat only the cold things!” spell, with a touch of “eat only the things I don’t have to turn on stoves or oven for!”Something about chilled refreshing cucumbers…
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Breaded Artichoke Salad
Bowl-licking salad recipe ahead!If you read regularly, you know I’m a sucker for a recipe that is a nice compromise between packing in some healthy goodies but still feels like a splurge. My go-to meal when I want unhealthy food is to make some kind of special treat and throw it on a salad. That…
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Squash & Brussels Sprouts Pasta Salad w/ Brown Sugar Balsamic Vinaigrette
Long title, I know! But I just couldn’t imagine leaving anything out, every ingredient is a selling point with this dish. Roasted veggies, pasta, and a sweet-and-tangy vinaigrette = my new winning dish. Plus candied pecans! But enough was enough in the title 🙂 Just a quickie post for you today, jumping straight to the…
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Sweet Curried Carrot Slaw
I have a couple friends who raved about this curry carrot salad at the Co-Op in Sacramento. They love it. Crave it. Tell me I must must must try it. I went. They were out. A few times. Finally I got this salad a couple weeks ago. Meh.
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Truffled Strawberry Salad
The first salad for my June Salad-a-Day Challenge is very special to me. We had a little reunion this weekend. We had a little rift after I gave up goat cheese to become vegan. He’s finally come around with an equally wonderfully vegan version. So I decided we could make it work after all. This…
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June Salad Challenge + Basil Gnocchi + Roasted Asparagus Salad
Ohmygosh it’s June already! Can you believe it? I am done with all the posts about myself, but I really did enjoy having a blogging challenge last month. This month I’m giving myself a new challenge: a salad a day. I always aim for a salad a day, but it’s usually just a goal…
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Caprese Salad w/Cashew Buffalo Mozzarella
Vegan cashew mozzarella has arrived! I had the fantastic opportunity to see Miyoko Schinner, the author of an amazing book Artisan Vegan Cheese, do a cooking demonstration. It. was. mind-blowing.
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Avocado Wasabi Cole Slaw
I bought myself a long-overdue awesome present yesterday!
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Avocado-Cilantro Dressing & Tex-Mex Salad
Happy holiday, lovelies! I have a yummy salad recipe for you today that I’ve been procrastinating because I have absolutely nothing to create a good intro with. It’s not inspired by an old favorite, I don’t have any interesting anecdote about how I created it. It’s just a really good salad. With an awesome creamy…
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Pizza Roll Salad
You know those days when you really want to indulge in something unhealthy, but you really shouldn’t? Well, I’ve taken to putting a small portion of that unhealthy craving on a salad. Every time, my craving is satisfied and I have zero regrets about a small indulgence when it’s on top of a yummy loaded…