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Spicy Delicata Squash Salad with Kale

October 28, 2020 Leave a Comment

Autumn means fall and winter squash begin to pile up at the market. Pumpkins, butternut squash, and delicata squash are among my favorites. Pumpkin and butternut squash are great for soups, but delicata is my pick for salads, like this Delicata Squash Salad with Kale. Can You Eat the Skin of Delicata Squash? One of the big reasons I love delicata squash is that yes, you can eat the skin. None of that time-consuming peeling is necessary at all. (Yay!!) This makes it uber-easy and quick ...

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Simple Vegan Chickpea Salad with Olives

August 27, 2020 9 Comments

Super-easy super-quick vegan chickpea salad that's ready to eat in 15 minutes. It has green olives, sun-dried tomatoes, arugula and my favorite vegan Parmesan-style cheese on top.

In summer, when it's way to hot to cook, and almost too hot to eat, I go for a chickpea salad. I have a few I like to make, but right now this chickpea salad with olives is my favorite. It refreshes me perfectly. This Chickpea Salad is Easy and Quick I often have cooked chickpeas on hand - since I cook up a batch most weeks. So this salad comes together in around 15 minutes, depending on what all I add to it. Here's a list of what I typically include, with a couple options. Main Ingredients for ...

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Moroccan Citrus Salad with Quinoa

January 21, 2020 45 Comments

Moroccan citrus salad of oranges and kalamata olives dressed in a spicy vinaigrette. Add peppery arugula and quinoa for a vegan main dish.

Moroccan citrus salad of oranges and kalamata olives dressed in a spicy vinaigrette. Add peppery arugula and quinoa for a vegetarian main dish. Citrus is at its peak right now, and brightening hearty winter salads is one of the best ways to use it. Like this Moroccan Citrus Salad that I love to make all winter, or this Sumo Citrus Salad with Cauliflower, Olives and Feta. As note: This recipe was originally posted in January 2012, and updated January 2020. Why Use Citrus Now Variety Grapefruit, ...

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Best Traditional Greek Salad

August 8, 2019 8 Comments

This super-easy traditional Greek salad is my current favorite for picnics, BBQ's, potlucks, and quick weeknight dinners.

This is the best time of year to make a traditional Greek salad, so if you're looking for your next salad, this is it my friends. All of the ingredients are in season at their peak flavor, and easily found at grocery stores and Farmers Markets. For bonus points, this might also be one of the easiest salads you'll make this year - and for the win, one of your most popular. Seriously. Make it for dinner, a pot luck, or a picnic. It travels well and is best made a little ahead of time. (And if ...

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Sumo Citrus Salad with Cauliflower, Olives & Feta

February 1, 2019 11 Comments

Citrus salad with Sumo citrus, roasted cauliflower, kalamata olives, scallions, raisins, and cashews + citrus vinaigrette. #HealthyRecipe #HealthySalad #Citrus #cauliflower #EasyDinner #DinnerSalad

I have 2 things for you today! First up, a Sumo citrus salad loaded with roasted cauliflower, kalamata olives, scallions, raisins, cashews and feta. It's dressed with a bright, orange-citrus vinaigrette. Second, a roundup of more than 20 roasted vegetable dishes for easy dinners that I posted on Parade's online magazine, Parade.com. It's Week 3 of my Vegetarian Meal Plan series. Citrus Salad Time Wintertime means citrus is at its peak, and the stores are full of citrus you only see a couple of ...

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Mushroom Powder for Health: Roasted Mushroom Vinaigrette + Warm Cauliflower Salad

January 6, 2019 38 Comments

FreshCap Mushrooms mushroom powder added a roasted mushroom vinaigrette over a roasted cauliflower and tomato warm salad.

Have you tried Mushroom Powder? One of the best things about blogging is having the opportunity to test drive new products for you guys. Granted, sometimes I get emails from people wanting me to post about their fabulous sunglasses, or cross post about selling real estate, but sometimes you strike gold. And this is one of those times. I’m talking about mushroom extract powders from FreshCap Mushrooms. Mushroom Healing Properties Mushrooms are totally on trend right now. And for good reason. ...

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Vegan Asparagus Salad with Potatoes and Lentils in a Lemon Vinaigrette

May 7, 2018 19 Comments

Asparagus and potato salad with lentils, mint and a lemon vinaigrette.

A spring vegan asparagus salad, hearty enough for a meal, loaded with asparagus, potatoes, lentils, radishes, sugar snap peas, and mint - all dressed with a bright lemon vinaigrette. Spring wakes slowly here in the mountains. After relishing the explosion of spring for decades outside San Francisco, I'm adjusting to a more tentative, gentle springing forth. I see four fuzzy buds one day on a bush when walking Paprika, and the next day another two gather up their nerve to step out and join ...

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Mediterranean Cauliflower Salad with Crispy Chickpeas + Miso Dressing

June 16, 2017 6 Comments

Perfect clean eating dinner. Warm cauliflower salad with crispy chickpeas, sun-dried tomatoes and Kalamata olives, all tossed in a miso dressing. Do you have certain ingredients you always go to? The Italians, IMHO, have this nailed. Tomatoes, pasta, garlic, basil, and Parmesan. Those five ingredients can make several days of meals for me. Nothing against this winning combination, but I have my own favorites I often go to year-round. Cauliflower. Sun-dried tomatoes. Kalamata olives. ...

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Smashed Roasted Beets with Goat Cheese Dressing + Menu Ideas for Next Week!

April 20, 2017 2 Comments

What kind of menu planning do you do? Are you the super efficient type who carefully plans the week’s menu over the weekend, creating itemized shopping lists before heading to the market? Do you whip up some condiments like bread crumbs or an aioli sauce, bake some bread, or maybe chop out some of the prep on Sunday afternoon so you can have quick healthy meals during an over-scheduled week? Or are you like me? Standing in front of the refrigerator at 6:30pm, shocked to find ...

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Grilled Fattoush Salad

July 25, 2016 17 Comments

Grilled fattoush salad with grilled peppers and zucchini, tossed with tomatoes, cucumbers, green onions, and chickpeas dressed in buttermilk-yogurt dressing.

Grilled fattoush salad with grilled peppers and zucchini, tossed with tomatoes, cucumbers, green onions, and chickpeas dressed in buttermilk-yogurt dressing. I attended  The Yoga Expo this past weekend in Santa Clara. It's a big yoga and meditation day traveling around the country, with a stop scheduled for Vancouver, BC as well. There are also exhibitors for everything from crystals to homeopathy and juices in a pill form. If you decide to go to one of them, and I do recommend it, here's my ...

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Italian Peach Panzanella Bread Salad

July 16, 2016

This Italian peach panzanella is a bread salad with peaches, tomatoes, red onions, basil, mint, burrata, and garlicky ciabatta for a quick summer salad. One of the many things I love about Italian food is its simplicity. Most Italian dishes don't have a ton of ingredients, allowing each ingredient to shine. A good example is panzanella salads. And just so you know, the word panzanella sounds a lot fancier than it really is -- it just means a bread salad. Panzanella bread salads, native to ...

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Crunchy Kale and Apple Salad with Thai Peanut Butter Dressing

March 3, 2016 11 Comments

Crunchy Kale Napa Cabbage Apple and Mint Salad with Peanut Butter Dressing

Crunchy winter salad of kale, Napa cabbage, apples, and honey roasted peanuts all dressed in a fabulous Thai peanut butter dressing. This post is part of The Food Network's #ComfortFoodFeast series on their blog, FNDish........ Some salads are all about the salad, and the dressing is just along for the ride. But sometimes, the salad is all about the dressing. This is one of those. The unassuming sauce you see in the jar is a peanut butter dressing, and may look a little drab, but trust me - ...

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