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Summer Chicken Slaw Salad
What a weekend it has been. A weekend filled with more bliss than the heart can take in. Friday night BBQ, concert date with my husband and I actually watched a movie from start to finish for the first time in months. It felt great. Now for the cherry on top tonight the season 2 premiere of Big Little Lies. In an attempt to get us back on the “healthy” bandwagon heading into the week I whipped together the Summer Chicken Slaw Salads tonight. They were easy to whip together and tasted amazing. I love throwing together healthy Sunday night meals, because not only is it good Sunday night, but…
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Kiwi Blackberry Salads
I crave vegetables and fruits everyday most all day. Don’t get me wrong I do crave other things, but there is something about eating clean and healthy that makes me feel so good. It gives me energy and does not drag me down. Monday’s tend to be salad days at our house, as over the weekend we let ourselves indulge in some of the not so healthy food loves. Last night I whipped together this Kiwi Blackberry Salad. It was the perfect combination of sweet and refreshing for dinner. Both my husband and I loved it. The only “pain” to making this salad is peeling the kiwi. I feel like…
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Grilled Chicken Cesar Salads
Grilling romaine lettuce has to be one of my favorite healthy summer dinner options. Charring the lettuce gives it a bit more flavor and makes for a heavenly salad. It also makes for an easy week night meal, or meal when you just don’t feel like cooking. The below Grilled Chicken Cesar Salad is currently my favorite and on frequent rotation in our house. I introduced this salad to my Mom this week and she loved it. She had never heard of grilling romaine lettuce. Variations You don’t have to make this salad a Cesar Salad. You literally can throw any toppings and dressing you would like on the grilled…
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Chicken Strip Salad
With all the crazy the last month before the wedding our meals took a turn towards the easy side as time was extremely limited. These chicken strip salads were amazing, and combined a comfort food with a healthy base. We all desire to eat bad every once in a while. I figured this was the perfect way to help keep my figure and let us have chicken strips at the same time. I love making our own chicken strips as I know exactly what goes into them. While the ease of picking up a bag of already made chicken strips at the store is desirable, there are way to many…
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Summer Potato Salad
We had a house full of people this past weekend. A house full of people and my thoughts are what am I going to make for everyone for lunch. With the hot summer heat I decided to have a sandwich bar, fresh cherries, this homemade potato salad with a beer and a fresh rhubarb crumble with espresso for dessert. Boy of boy was this combination a hit and it was extremely easy. The best thing about this potato salad is you can make a day or two ahead of time when you actually have the time. I grew up with a rendition of this potato salad. My mom never made…
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Honey Mustard Broccoli Slaw Salad
What a treat this Honey Mustard Broccoli Slaw Salad was. I threw this baby together this past Sunday night for a healthy meal to get back into the week. I knew it would be good, but I really didn’t know how good it would be. I am in love with this salad and the ease of making it was fabulous. While the time on the directions may seem a bit long it’s due to the larger cooking time of the corn, quinoa and chicken, so don’t let this deter you from making it. I found this salad to be quite the detox and rid my body of all it’s bloating,…
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Grilled Romaine Chicken Cesar Salad
Cesar salad is definitely one of my more favorite salads. When I make them for us at home, I never really abide by “typical” Cesar salad rules, I tend to just through whatever we like together with some Cesar dressing and call it delicious. A few weeks ago I was watching one of my favorite bloggers, Living with Landyn’s instagram story and saw that she was grilling romaine lettuce. While I am pretty sure my food repertoire knew about grilling romaine lettuce it hadn’t come to mind in a long time. Love it when someone else sparks your creative pallet. Especially when it comes to food. Grilling romaine lettuce definitely provide…
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Garbanzo Bean Herb Summer Salad
Summer is here! What better way to kick off the start to summer than this healthy Garbanzo Bean Herb Summer Salad? I made this salad the other night and it easily became my new favorite. I will definitely be making this numerous times. It’s easy and delicious and keeps well in the refrigerator, so the leftovers are just as delicious as the first initial bowl. The inspiration for this recipe came from our lack of groceries in the house. I had all good intentions of going to the grocery store on Sunday. Good intentions clearly became no attentions after my fiancé wash and waxed my car and the weather decided…
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Tzatziki Salad with Lamb Meatballs
I broke every rule of making a list this Sunday when I headed to the grocery store. I literally walked into Sprouts, without a grocery list, not knowing what I was going to make or what I had to get. This is a first and I panicked a bit at first, as I kept thinking, what to make, what to make. While cruising through the meat department I saw ground lamb and somehow thought to make lamb meatballs, and then decided to put it together in a salad format (I figured we could use some greens). Voila Tzataiki Salat with Lamb Meatballs. Don’t ask me how this came to me…
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Basil Peach Salad with Spicy Italian Chicken Sausage
Another summer delight for you to make tonight. Like that rhyme there? This Basil Peach Salad is extremely easy to whip up during the week, and I promise it’s delicious. It had my mouth watering making it and didn’t disappoint when it was done. We used an olive oil and white wine vinegar drizzle for the dressing with the salad. Some nights I just like the easy basics and they seem to never disappoint. If you aren’t an olive oil vinegar dressing type of person feel free to jazz up the salad with whatever dressing your heart desires. Also, if you don’t much like Spicy Italian Chicken Sausages, don’t use…
