Category Archives: Salads
Colorful Grilled Corn Salad
Welcome to August! Wow, where on earth is the summer going? We’ve been having a fantastic summer so far, I just can’t believe how quickly it is flying by. We will need to do some back-to-school shopping soon, I guess. I love buying the new markers, pencils and supplies for the kids, but this year, I’m just not ready to think about sending them back yet. July went by so quickly though, that if I blink twice, August may be past too. We have actually been having a beautiful, hot summer this year. Some years, we have a very cool … Continue reading
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Strawberry Mango Salsa
The kids and I went berry picking at a U-pick earlier this week, and we came home with 5 large baskets of strawberries. I’ve cooked some jam, cooked some more jam, and some more jam (my kids love strawberry jam, what can I say?). I’ve also frozen some berries whole in glaze. My Mom does this trick. The packets of glaze that you can buy at the grocery store, the one you just mix with sugar and hot water, that’s the glaze that we use. It’s super easy, and when you defrost your berries in winter, they are like fresh, … Continue reading
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Real Women of Philadelphia – Side Dish Entries
Well, the weeks continue to fly by, and this week we’re submitting entree recipes. Looks like by Sunday night, there will be a LOT of entries. You can view all the entries HERE. Some amazing dishes submitted already. Right now, I’m going to share the recipes that I submitted for the side dish week though. These are both so quick, and so delicious, I’m sure you’ll love them. Creamy Dill, Tomato and Cucumber Salad I don’t know why, but I forgot to take a picture of this salad after I made it. Sorry about that. But, I have a video, … Continue reading
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Waldorf Inspired Quinoa Salad
This salad isn’t a Waldorf salad in the traditional sense, but it takes a lot of the same great flavours of a Waldorf salad, and combines it with the power-house seed, quinoa. I made this for supper one day while we were having BBQ beef ring and potato salad, it was like summer. So great to get some of those lighter, make-ahead-salad meals in, now that the weather is finally warming up. This salad was fantastic the up until the 3rd day, and then it was gone. But, the apples did not brown, the yogurt dressing did not get runny, … Continue reading
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Greek Quinoa Salad
Yum! If I had the ingredients on hand, I’d make this salad again. But, I don’t have any feta cheese. Or quinoa right now either. Shoot, guess I’ll just have to be patient and wait a little longer. We (read “the adults”) really loved this salad. I can’t wait until the summer, when I know I will make it more often. It is a great cold salad, although I’m sure if you were impatient, you could eat it warm as well.
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Fabulous Fruit Dip
The other day I was looking for a fruit dip. While we were at the grocery store, my boy asked if we could buy a pineapple. Both he and my daughter pick pineapple off of their pizza, so I thought…sure! Then you can eat pineapple, and see that it really is good. Mind you, the stuff from a can doesn’t hold a candle to the fresh cut fruit, so I guess I can’t blame him. When he tried the fresh pineapple, he said it was delicious! When I asked him why he picked pineapple of his pizza just the day … Continue reading
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Quinoa and Black Beans
We had this for supper last night, together with Salsa Chicken and let me tell you, I’m really looking forward to having the leftovers for lunch. Before this past summer, I’d never had quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) is like a gluten-free super food. It is loaded with protein and other vitamins & minerals. It cooks up really quickly, and depending on the seasonings used, can be mild, spicy, sweet or savoury. My husband and I enjoy it as a side dish, and the kids are getting used to it (they seem to be potato & noodle lovers, rice and quinoa are … Continue reading
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Winter Fruit Salad with Lemon Poppyseed Dressing
Alright, I know, it’s a lot of words in that one, but the flavours are worth saying all of that. I have made this salad twice in the past week. Once for a family gathering, where it was entirely devoured with everyone giving it two thumbs up, and again to get a decent picture of it. I was glad that I got to make it again, I served it with some chicken on the side, and it was a great light supper. While the princess & the pirate didn’t enjoy this supper, the adults did.
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Carrot Apple Salad
First off, HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I trust you all had a great holiday season, spending time with family & friends. We had our first snow storm of the winter on the 25th & 26th. Perfect timing, huh? Sheesh! So, some Christmas gatherings had to be rescheduled, but it all worked out. I also want to say THANK YOU to each & every one of you that has emailed me and left me comments. I really, really appreciate it. I haven’t found made time to respond to all of the comments & emails yet, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t appreciated. … Continue reading
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Russian Salad
This recipe was submitted by my Mom. It is a fantastic twist to a regular jello salad. The flavours are really great, and the sour cream doesn’t make it sour, but rather, makes it very creamy. Delicious!
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