It’s officially feels like spring! I know that it’s been spring for almost a few months now, but the weather is finally getting nicer, the birds are singing, and the flowers are blooming! Everything is coming back to life and it brings me such joy! With the weather getting warmer, I want to spend maximum…
Hearty Harvest Salad
What do you make for dinner when the calendar says October, but the weather screams SUMMER. Seriously, guys, it is going to EIGHTY DEGREES today. On October 11th. While I am totally craving all my fall favorites (apple crisp, pumpkin bread, these stuffed acorn squashes), I simply can’t shake my need for cool, crisp dinners…
Summer Cobb Salad
I am happy about two things. 1. It finally is feeling summer-like. I’m totally over this 60-degree, soggy weather in JUNE. 2. The CDC has stated that it is basically a-okay to eat romaine lettuce (since the infected lettuce shipments are now past their shelf-life date). Which means that I can get back to my…
Traditional Salad Niçoise
My first Salad Niçoise experience was in the teeny, tiny cafe in the garden of the Rodin Museum in Paris, France. The perfect setting to try the most famous French salad, right? I can remember like it was yesterday. I was wearing my absolute favorite black eyelet sundress and a sparkly headband (because sparkly headbands were…
Stacked Caprese Salad
When I have a day off, all I do is blog cook. Which means that I completely and totally trash my kitchen, using every single pot/pan/utensil/kitchen towel. As much as I love the creative process of food blogging, the clean-up aspect is definitely not a favorite side bonus. So that’s why I try to make…
The End of Hunger Action Month
Happy Last Day of September, everyone! Can you believe how fast this month has gone? But today is not just the end of September, but the last day of Hunger Action Month.
Hunger Action Month: Fiesta Corn Salad
Happy Tuesday, kiddos! Hope you are having a good week. This is the last full week of Hunger Action Month, which means this is the final food pantry-friendly recipe that I am sharing with all of you ( 🙁 ) . While you can alter ingredients in the two soup recipes I shared earlier this month,…
Salad Niçoise with Salmon
My love affair with salad niçoise started during a family trip to Paris before my senior year of college. We were exploring the Rodin Museum (if you are going to Paris anytime soon, I highly recommend a visit) and our bellies started rumbling. With the hunger pains starting, we decided to try out the café…
Thai Cabbage Salad
Sometimes as I gaze into my huge (sometimes cluttered) fridge looking for something to eat, I ask myself questions to jump-start my brain to help me figure out what I am going to make to feed my constantly rumbling tummy (anyone else suffer from Stomachus Rumblingous Constantous? Okay, good!). My internal dialogue usually goes like…
Quick Marinated Tomato-Cucumber Salad
I love a good easy summertime side. Because sometimes you just don’t want to deal with mayo/sour cream, long cooking times, or having the oven or stove on for long periods of time in the middle of August. That’s why I am a big fan of marinated salads. They are vinegar-based, which means low food-borne…