Category: Salads

Maple-Roasted Carrot Salad

Maple-Roasted Carrot Salad – Hello, favorite new salad! I love roasted vegetables and especially love roasted carrots. Roasting concentrates the flavor of vegetables and in carrots makes them even sweeter and more delicious. I’ve made

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Rosemary Chicken Salad

I’ll be honest here….lunch is not my favorite meal of the day. I’m often running here and there during lunch time and end up throwing some leftovers together, making a salad, or eating the oh

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Asian Noodle Salad with Shrimp

Asian Noodle Salad with Shrimp – Perfect for hot summer weather! This is an incredibly versatile salad. It can be made ahead and refrigerated or made when you’re ready to eat and served at room

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Thai Beef Rice Bowls

Thai Beef Rice Bowls! Rice, savory beef, tons of veggies, and fresh green herbs are having a bowl party and you’re invited. We had these last night and then I ate the leftovers as a

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Charred Cauliflower Salad

Remember my addiction to funky salads? Well, sign me up for a BIG BOWL of Charred Cauliflower Salad! We’ve learned that roasting vegetables does weird and wonderful, flavorful things. Well so does charring in a

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Thai Quinoa Salad

Thai Quinoa Salad! Also known as The Salad That Kept Me From Starving Last Week. Sorry for the light posting here lately. Life has been overwhelming and crazy with the symphony season(s) winding down, commuting

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What to Cook for Easter

What to cook for Easter? If you’re hosting Easter dinner this Sunday or looking for a dish to bring along to celebrate with family & friends, we’ve got some suggestions that will put a spring

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Last Minute Thanksgiving Suggestions

I’ve done a few of these Thanksgiving round up posts in the past and was going to skip it this year until I found myself googling “slow cooker Thanksgiving side dishes” last night. Jim has

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Easy Carrot Salad

Easy Carrot Salad! My mom used to make this when I was a kid and it was my job to grate the carrots. I never minded because whoever did the grating got to eat the

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Summer Corn, Bean & Carrot Salad

According to the calendar, tomorrow is the first day of Autumn. According to my thermometer, it’s still grossly hot where I live. Even if you’re lucky enough to get fall weather, chances are you still

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Roasted Potato & Asparagus Salad

Roasted Potato & Asparagus Salad. We’re roasting potatoes for a salad! What a great idea. Wish I’d thought of it. I’m a huge fan of roasted potatoes (especially Smoky Roasted Potatoes) so when I saw a

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Greek Green Bean Salad

My love for Funky Salads is well documented here at Idiot’s Kitchen and Greek Green Bean Salad has quickly shot to the top of that list. Fresh green beans are the star of the show

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Cucumber & Mango Salad

Almost everyone I know is having a hot summer right now. Even my friends up north, many who don’t have AC, are having temps well into the 90s.  That’s when it’s time to break out

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Warm Mushroom & Arugula Salad

Warm Mushroom & Arugula Salad! We love having big salads for dinner so I’m always on the lookout for new recipes and ideas other than the standard grilled chicken chopped up over greens. Boy was

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Roasted Beets

Before you say, “EWWW! Gross, beets” and click away, allow me to try to convince you… My theory is that most people who hate beets have never had fresh from the garden, into the oven, lightly

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