Salads

Need a quick dinner or a side to take to a cookout or BBQ? This Bacon Caesar Pasta Salad is IT. You can even make parts of it the day before in just a few minutes. Handy, right? Plus bacon Annnnnnnd you’ll love it.

Welcome to my lunch every day for the last week. Really — I’m not even exaggerating. I am totally addicted to this salad/dressing/hopeful spring-summer combo. I’m on a blackberry trip lately, and if you are too then you will also want to try the Easiest Blackberry Cobbler. It’s almost as fast as making a salad!

Tangy. That is my favorite word of the day. I was so happy to type out the name of this recipe. I mean… it’s really the little things, you guys. So anyway. Tangy is the perfect way to describe dressing that is red-wine-vinegar-heavy. It is also the perfect way to describe my mood lately.

I think I am doing this all backwards. It is freezing cold, half the country is covered in snow and ice, you probably want soup, and I am giving you salad. The heart just wants what it wants, you know? Plus, eating salad you can pretend you are in California, land of eternal sunshine and …

  Southwestern Chicken Salad is loaded up with all your favorite Tex-Mex goodness! It’s easy to make, totally nutritious, and extremely tasty.      I have been lost in the land of technology garbledy gook since Sunday and really all I have to show for it is some freaking delicious food that I worked on …

Wait!!! Stick around! The Tuna Casserole got a makeover! I realize that Tuna Casserole is one of those majorly polarizing foods but I promise you that on this I did you good.

I keep talking about the boys heading back to school and having a quiet house for a few hours a day to get things done, but there are still 3 girls here with me daily that require looking after. I think I have managed to acquire the 3 most special needs rescue pets ever and …

The Best Dang Egg Salad Recipe Ever! Separating the whites from the yolks is what makes this egg salad recipe something super extra special. Add-ins include options of jalapenos and bacon for some delicious variations of a traditional sandwich spread! I have this major obsession with all foods that are diner-ey. Obviously I love breakfast …

Lately I’ve been watching that show Kitchen Nightmares while I cook and test recipes and do my daily thing. In case you’re new here or just missed this weird but true fact, I am basically incapable of accomplishing household tasks without the TV on in the background (or the music… it depends on my mood …

I grilled the lettuce! It smells delicious.