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Kale Avocado Salad (with Lemon Dijon Dressing!)

This Kale Avocado Salad is packed with nutritious flavor from fresh kale, creamy avocado, and protein-packed white beans. All topped with a homemade Lemon-Dijon dressing! The weather is warming up down here in Florida, and it has me searching for dinne…

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Artichoke Chickpea Salad with Lemon Dijon Dressing

This easy to throw together vegan Artichoke Salad is a wonderful fresh and light lunch that can be thrown together in 10 minutes.
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This easy to throw together vegan Artichoke Salad is a wonderful fresh and light lunch that can be thrown together in 10 minutes.

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Shaved Fennel Salad

This shaved fennel salad is as delicious as it is beautiful! Flavorful fennel, apples, and orange are served over fresh arugula – then topped with crunchy walnuts and a homemade citrus vinaigrette dressing. Yum. Warmer weather is finally here – at leas…

This shaved fennel salad is as delicious as it is beautiful! Flavorful fennel, apples, and orange are served over fresh arugula - then topped with crunchy walnuts and a homemade citrus vinaigrette dressing. Yum. Warmer weather is finally here - at least down here in Florida! And those sunshine-y days have me wanting to eat...

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Simple Greek Salad (no lettuce!)

This Simple Greek Salad is tasty, quick to prepare, and bursting with fresh flavors. And it’s made the authentic way – with no lettuce at all! Let’s get one thing straight about making a real-deal Greek salad: you can skip the lettuce. Yep, you heard t…

This Simple Greek Salad is tasty, quick to prepare, and bursting with fresh flavors. And it's made the authentic way - with no lettuce at all! Let's get one thing straight about making a real-deal Greek salad: you can skip the lettuce. Yep, you heard that right. I always thought that Greek salads came on...

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Warm Spring Quinoa Chopped Salad.

This warm spring quinoa salad is chock-full of roasted vegetables, toasty quinoa and all the crunchy toppings. Golden, crisp quinoa is mixed with chickpeas and kale, then topped with pistachios, feta, radish and a lemon vinaigrette for the ultimate crunchy, warm salad that is satisfying and delish! HELLO spring! This warm quinoa salad is filled […]

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HELLO spring!

warm spring quinoa salad

This warm quinoa salad is filled with chickpeas, kale, crunchy pistachios, creamy feta, radish, toasty quinoa and more. It’s drizzled with an incredible lemon dressing filled with herbs. And you’ll want to eat it over and over again this season.

warm spring quinoa salad

It’s the first full day of spring and we have snow on the ground! Crazy for a year where we’ve barely had any snow.

That means it’s the perfect time of year to combine the seasons; to enjoy a salad that is filled with spring vegetables but also warm and cozy. Yes, we can have both!

warm spring quinoa salad

If you haven’t heard of the “baked salad” trend, it was making its way around social media a few years ago. The idea of a baked salad doesn’t sound appealing to me, but that’s just because of the name!

The fact is that I’ve been toasting quinoa, roasted chickpeas and vegetables in salads for years. So what’s not to love?

warm spring quinoa salad

Nothing! This is super delicious and a lovely way to bring in a new season when it’s still cold and gray.

It’s also a fabulous dish to make if you have leftover quinoa. The cooked quinoa gets so toasty and golden and crunchy in the oven and it’s everything. I could eat quinoa like this all the time.

warm spring quinoa salad

This is how it comes together!

First, I throw half of the ingredients on a sheet pan to roast them. This includes kale, cooked quinoa, chickpeas and asparagus. I like to roast them at at least 425 degrees F and for about 15 minutes. And I give them a drizzle of olive oil, salt and pepper – then they are good to go!

I keep the seasons on that part simple because we’re making a delish, refreshing vinaigrette. A wonderful lemony herby dressing that will soak into the salad and give it even more flavor. It’s super easy to whisk up, so I do it while the vegetables and quinoa are in the oven. You can also make it ahead of time too.

warm spring quinoa salad

There are also a few ingredients that don’t get warm up: chopped pistachios, crumbled feta and diced radish. These things add the creamiest, crunchiest texture to the salad and really elevate the flavor as well.

I can’t even express how delicious this is! The combination of the warm, crisp ingredients combined with the cool creamy cheese and the crunchy nuts – it cannot be beat. I am such a texture freak and this salad is right up my alley.

lemon dressing

It also gets better as it sits!

The dressing sinks into the quinoa and the kale. It’s tangy and bright and tastes like a big forkful of spring.

Crunchy, cozy, crisp all while being refreshing and bright. This is how we bring spring into the air! (more…)

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Sweet Potato, Aubergine & Tahini Salad

Here is a salad we made for my sister’s birthday. It’s packed with flavor and perfectly combines crunchy (lettuce, nuts, cucumber) with creamy (tahini and roasted vegetables). A salad that is more than a salad.

Here is a salad we made for my sister's birthday. It's packed with flavor and perfectly combines crunchy (lettuce, nuts, cucumber) with creamy (tahini and roasted vegetables). A salad that is more than a salad.

Roasted Cauliflower Sweet Potato Chickpea Bowl

I make roasted vegetables every single week. I always mix up the veggies, depending on the season and my mood, but cauliflower and sweet potatoes are my my favorite. I love using them to make these Roasted Cauliflower Sweet Potato Chickpea Bowls. I lov…

Chicken Cobb Salad

This Grilled Chicken Cobb Salad recipe is easy to put together, very filling, tasty, and perfect for lunch or dinner. Topped with homemade ranch dressing…

The 5 Best Salad Dressing Containers of 2024

If you ask me, homemade salad dressing is the way to go if you want something that’ll taste as fresh as the greens you’re tossing together for a healthy meal. And here’s the thing: It doesn’t need to be a difficult process—some of the yummiest dressings are super simple, like my quick and easy Tahini Dressing! So,…

Cheese Tortellini Caesar Salad.

This cheese tortellini caesar salad is irresistible! Crisp romaine lettuce, greek yogurt caesar dressing, shaved parmesan and crunchy croutons are tossed with tender cheese tortellini. It’s a perfect side dish or base for your favorite protein! I love when I can share a ridiculously delicious and easy recipe! This tortellini caesar salad is a classic […]

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I love when I can share a ridiculously delicious and easy recipe!

cheese tortellini caesar salad

This tortellini caesar salad is a classic in our house. Crisp romaine lettuce, greek yogurt caesar dressing, lots of parmesan and crunchy croutons are tossed with tender cheese tortellini.

You can serve this whole salad chilled or even when the tortellini is still a bit warm.

It goes with everything!

greek yogurt caesar dressing

Last year I finally shared our favorite caesar pasta salad. It’s always a huge hit – I can’t even tell you how often I make it!

It’s embarrassingly easy too. Caesar salad + pasta. Lots of parmesan. Some toasty breadcrumbs! It’s always a crowd pleaser because the ingredients are ones that my entire family loves.

I serve it as a side dish often. Sometimes I throw in grilled chicken to make it our main dish and a little more filling. I’ve also added roasted chickpeas!

cheese tortellini caesar salad

So this is the same, but with TORTELLINI!!!

Oh my gosh, yum. Yes.

If you haven’t noticed, I’ve had a huge moment with tortellini over the last year. I don’t know why. Well, yes I do. It’s delicious!

We have loved eating it in soups, cold pasta salads and more. It’s also fabulous in baked pasta dishes.

cheese tortellini caesar salad

So while we didn’t necessarily NEED a written recipe for this… after all, tortellini IS a type of pasta… I still had to share. Because I had to get this on your radar! I had to make a stand alone post for it, because I reference my own recipes constantly for weeknight meals.

And for some reason, using cheese tortellini over a pasta like penne or fusilli is more filling and fun. It required its own corner of the internet. We needed a place for it to live!

cheese tortellini caesar salad

Here we are. This is how I do it!

I use romaine lettuce and chop it up. The fresher and crisper, the better.

Then, I make my greek yogurt caesar dressing. This is another staple in my fridge. I make it all the time. You can also find the recipe in Everyday Dinners!

Next, I love to throw on some croutons of toasted sourdough bread crumbs. This depends on how much time I have, what I have in my kitchen and what I feel like making. If you have a store bought crouton that you really love, that works too.

cheese tortellini caesar salad

Finally, shaved parmesan cheese is key. There is something so deliciously sharp and wonderful about the paper-thin parm slices. I love how they slide into the romaine lettuce. And I will never complain about getting a bigger bite of cheese in a salad. Never! (more…)

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