Salads

Easy Mediterranean Salad

August 3, 2020 by Joel Leave a Comment

This easy Mediterranean salad brings our summer salad series to a close. This simple yet tasty salad uses the usual vegetables that are probably already on your grocery list but is significantly dressed up by the Greek style Vinaigrette. By combing olive oil, red wine vinegar with fresh basil and oregano this salad presents some complex flavors. Add in the feta and chickpeas it all comes together. Why oh why is feta so good and seem to go with everything?!

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Best Spicy Potato Salad

July 27, 2020 by Joel Leave a Comment

This spicy potato salad is a tasty spin on a summer classic. There are a few ingredients that really kick up the flavor: jalapeno, chili powder, and cumin. Potato salad to me a comfort food and very filling. It’s an awesome side dish to take with you to a picnic or family gathering, just remember to be safe and wear a mask. There is still a pandemic out there.

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Grilled Salmon and Lemon Dill Salad

July 20, 2020 by Joel Leave a Comment

We’ve been focusing a lot on salads because of how versatile salads can be. I think Joel also enjoys proving me wrong, since for long I was anti-salad as an entrée. So far, each salad he’s been making pack in a lot of flavor. I think the thing that takes the grilled salmon and lemon dill salad from a side to an entrée is having protein and complex flavors. In this one the salmon is the protein, but the cashews bring the nutty flavor to contrast with the refreshing lemon.

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Grilled Watermelon and Honey Lime Salad

July 13, 2020 by Joel Leave a Comment

We’re continuing with our summer salad series. The grilled watermelon and honey lime salad has a really complex flavor profile. If you’re feeling fancy and adventurous this salad is for you. The main flavors that come through are the grilled watermelon and mint.

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Simple Summer Salad

July 7, 2020 by Joel Leave a Comment

It’s getting hot here in the Midwest and as much as we love soups there comes to be time to put the ladle away. I come from one of those families where the vegetables are mostly canned and/or drowned in sauce, and the only green was iceberg lettuce. Hate on the iceberg lettuce all you want, but at least it was a vegetable. Joel had to convert me over to the beauty of salads as an entrée. This simple summer salad, is so easy to make, combining apples, tomatoes, and cheese to give you a great side salad.

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