From the category archives:

Salads

Summertime Salads

August 12, 2010

Summertime is the perfect time for salads. We eat them as main dishes and side dishes. We enjoy vegetable salads and pasta salads. Here are a few of our favorites. Tomato Salad Tomato Pasta Salad Creamy Fruit Salad Greek Pasta Salad Here is a dessert salad for you. Snickers Apple Salad ( My kids are going [...]

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Teriyaki Steak Salad

July 19, 2010

Since we love salad in the summertime, I am always thinking of new ways to serve it. I recently served some leftover teriyaki steak with lettuce and other vegetables, and it was so good. An Asian style dressing works perfectly with this salad. I like to make steak salad because it is an inexpensive way to [...]

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Grilled Buttermilk Chicken Salad

July 5, 2010

During the summer and warmer months, I often want something a little lighter for dinner. You won’t find many soups or casseroles on my menu plan right now. I am much more likely to grill something or make a salad. I love salad for dinner. It is a quick, easy, and healthy meal. However, my [...]

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Julia Child’s Vinaigrette Salad Dressing

June 17, 2010

So often people assume that Julia Child’s recipes are fancy and complicated, but I have found that many of them are just basic recipes for homemade food. This vinaigrette type salad dressing of Julia Child’s is an example of that. It is a simple homemade salad dressing. It contains just a few ingredients that most [...]

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Restaurant Style Coleslaw

June 14, 2010

My sister recently called me asking for my coleslaw recipe. I told her it was on my site, but she could not find it. Well, it turns out it was not on my site, which I could not believe.This dish makes a regular appearance at our house, and yet I have never put it on [...]

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Lemon Fruit Salad

February 25, 2010

Fruit salad, I have always wondered if it is a side dish or a dessert. It seems like some people consider it one and some the other. But let’s leave that debate for another post and talk about the reasons I love fruit salad. Fruit salads are great because they are easy and always popular. [...]

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Olive Garden Style Salad Dressing

September 24, 2009

My sister was recently telling me about a salad dressing recipe that she had made and really enjoyed. She had found it in the food network magazine. She also told me that she really likes that magazine. I think it is becoming one of her favorite cooking magazines. She gave me several other recipes that she [...]

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Eating Healthy

July 25, 2009

Do you agree that it is so much easier to eat healthy during the summer?

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Sour Cream Potato Salad

July 21, 2009

I really like potato salad. I think I always have. My husband on the other hand enjoys it occasionally, but it has never been his favorite. After we had been married for a while, I figured out why he did not like it all that much. He hates mayonnaise or Miracle Whip. It is one of [...]