If you love tomatoes, here’s a super simple summer salad with all the wonderful tastes of the season!
Salads
BLT Salad
Although it’s true autumn is just around the corner, it’s still hot as blazes here in Atlanta and the humidity is a force to be reckoned with. In self defense, it’s too hot to do much cooking so I rely on lots of main dish salads to get me through the dog days of August, like …
3 Fresh Summer Peach Recipes
When peach season arrives in Georgia I take full advantage of the bounty! Today I’m sharing my four favorite ways to enjoy ripe peaches in a myriad of ways–an icy refreshing drink, a spicy appetizer, a healthy main dish salad and a light dessert. Enjoy!
Roast Chicken Salad
We had an authentic old fashioned diner in Westfield, New Jersey, the town where I grew up. It was called The Excellent Diner and they had the best chicken salad sandwich ever. I would go after school with friends and I always ordered a chicken salad sandwich on rye toast with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise. Oh, and a side of well done french fries! It was heavenly chicken salad and I’ve endeavored to recreate it here. It’s not necessary to roast the chicken first but when you do, it gives your chicken salad a wonderful, deep flavor. You can use rotisserie chicken instead of roasting it yourself. This recipe is so easy! I hope you enjoy it. Let me know what you think!.
Raw, Vegan, Veggie Pasta Salad
I love a good, spicy peanut sauce and mixed with spinach fettuccine and lovely shredded veggies this becomes a wonderful cold main dish pasta or a perfect side dish to bring to a pot luck. Use gluten free pasta if you want to keep this totally gluten free. Or, keep it completely raw by subbing ribbons of zucchini for the pasta!