Grilled Chicken and Peach Salad with Caramelized Barbecue Sauce is perfection in a summer salad! Hearty enough for a big appetite, and light enough for those days when you just want a good salad for dinner, this dish is sure to be on your most requested list of recipes to make! The summer of 2017… Read More
Salads: Meat, Poultry & Main Dish Salads
Grilled Chicken and Kale Salad with Apricot Vinaigrette
Grilled Chicken and Kale Salad with Apricot Vinaigrette is the perfect way to celebrate the end of a long cold winter and the unveiling of SPRING! This salad combines grilled chicken, fresh kale, spinach, seasonal berries, creamy Gorgonzola or Blue cheese, crunchy pumpkin seeds and sweet Craisins, all topped with my homemade apricot almond jam (you… Read More
Blueberry, Avocado and Chicken Salad with Grapefruit Balsamic Dressing
Since when did the week after the 4th of July feel like the week after Christmas?? So much gluttonous eating!! I’ve got just the salad to get you back on track to eating a bit more light and healthy. Blueberry, Avocado and Chicken Salad with Grapefruit Balsamic Dressing is made with fruits and veggies and… Read More
Tarragon Chicken Salad
Chicken salad on croissants is the ultimate classic luncheon food! I remember thinking I was really grown up when I finally was old enough to attend a bridal shower and partake of dainty chicken salad sandwiches on flaky pastries. Methods of making chicken salad have changed a bit over the years, but the basic… Read More
Pear and Pecan Salad with Sweet Red Wine Vinaigrette
The Pear and Pecan Salad at Plates and Palates in Bountiful is one of my most often requested recipes. I’m guessing it’s their top seller, along with their Lemon Tarragon salad. Oh, and their coconut cake. That’s another post… My friends and I have been loyal customers at Plates from day one and have watched this… Read More
Panera’s Strawberry Poppyseed and Chicken Salad
Have you tried Panera’s most popular salad? According to the girl who helped me last time I was there, it’s the Strawberry Poppyseed and Chicken Salad. She promised I’d love it. She was right. I loved all of the fruit in this salad: fresh pineapple, strawberries, blueberries, mandarin oranges. As I was eating the salad,… Read More
BBQ Chicken Salad with Creamy BBQ Cilantro Lime Dressing
Memorial Day weekend kicks off the start to Summer. Summer. Summer. It’s been a long Spring here in Utah. One of thosekeep 4 blankets,boots,hat,gloves,scarf and portable heater at all times in your car for the baseball game seasons. So glad it is finally warming up. Summer means salads. I’ve been looking for an excuse to… Read More
Cobb Salad with Creamy French Dressing
Don’t you love a good Cobb Salad? Cobb Salad usually consists of a combo of bacon, chicken, avocado, tomatoes, green onion, eggs and cheese on top of a bed of greens. I love the way it looks with the toppings lined up in neat rows. Why is this appealing to me? I like to make… Read More
Cafe Rio-Style Sweet Pork Salad
If you live in the great state of Utah, or have visited here in the past ten years, you know about Cafe Rio. Or Costa Vida. Mexican food with a Southwest flair. This recipe is a great option for feeding a crowd, because there’s something for everyone. Don’t like meat? Have a meatless salad. Don’t… Read More
Chicken Salad with Apples and Dill
One of my favorite things to eat this time of year is chicken salad. For some odd reason, I never make it in the fall or winter. It makes me think SPRING is on the way!! Maybe it’s tied to baby chicks. Wobbling around on their little spindly legs. Saying, “hey wait for me… Read More
Southwest Salad with Cilantro Honey Lime Dressing
LOVE this salad. Sheri made it for Stephen’s mission farewell. A few days later, I made it again. Then I ate it three days in a row for lunch. No meat or chips, just veggies and cheese. Could not get enough of the dressing. Fresh, tart, sweet, a little spice. It’s life changing. Ok, so… Read More
Cucina! Cucina! Chopped Salad
Are you a Chopped Salad fan? Every blue moon, I crave a chopped salad. Found this recipe a few days ago. It’s from a restaurant we loved in Bellevue, WA . Lived there for two years and had two kids in that time. As my mom likes to say: “busy, busy”. Anyway, this is a… Read More
Chicken, Apple and Smoked Gouda Salad
What’s for dinner?? Every mom’s favorite 6 o’clock question. I wanted to make a salad Sheri found in Southern Living Magazine. Jake’s response? Not enough of a man-salad to interest him. He wanted “5 Guys Burgers and Fries”. One of his favorite places to eat dinner. I couldn’t do it. Last time I ate there,… Read More
Teriyaki Spinach Pasta Salad
Spring always steers me in the direction of salad instead of soup. Found this recipe years ago in the cookbook “Favorites”. It’s another local cookbook, put together by the Ivory family. If you live in our neck of the woods, the Ivory Homes name is familiar. I talked to one of the authors right… Read More
Asian Grilled Flank Steak Salad
Goodness, this was yummy. Here is the manly part of the salad (below). BEEF. Tomorrow is my little brother’s birthday. He is my one and only sibling. Harold. Uncle Harry to my kids. The favorite uncle, on my side. He has a fun, YELLOW (if you are into the COLOR CODE) personality. I asked Jacob,… Read More
Michelle King’s Wonton Salad
4:00 AM- Birds chirping. Right outside my window. Most normal people would just roll over and go back to sleep. Not me. I’ve tried a pillow over my head, earplugs, meditation, medication…then my thoughts turn to – Where is Jacob’s Airsoft gun ? Would an Airsoft gun put an end to the sounds of spring?… Read More
Black Bean Chicken Taco Salad
I have fond memories of my Mom’s tacos. She made tacos using ground beef, chopped onion, a package of Schilling Taco Seasoning, Ortega taco shells, American cheese, chopped tomatoes, grated carrot, and iceberg lettuce. I LOVED taco night. When I was a young married girl (yes, very young). How young? Well, let’s just say I… Read More