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Sweet and Sour Shrimp Salad

Whole Foods has some pretty frikkin’ fantastic frozen (and gluten free) shrimp options; coconut crusted and these, Boom Boom shrimp. Do not get me started on the Nashville Hot version, which seems to be all breading and next to no … Continue reading

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Grilled Asparagus Caesar Salad

Full disclosure: I did not, in fact, grill the asparagus for this salad.  My husband had grilled the night before, and was not feeling the love to fire up the grill for some veggies, so I sautéed this batch in … Continue reading

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Cucumber Salad With Sweet Thai Chili Vinaigrette

Aside from the fact that salad  is wicked tasty, it is also wicked simple to toss together, and you get to choose whether to dress it up with sesame seeds or onion or anything else you feel in the mood … Continue reading

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Summer Sunday Bonus! Jardinière Salad

Not all of those recipes our moms clipped and stashed in a box back in the day are good for nothing but a laugh. Take this, a recipe my mom dutifully clipped from the back of a Kraft Mac and … Continue reading

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Burger Bun Panzanella Big Cheeseburger Taco Salad

Yeh. We have all been there. Big ‘do planned with all of the family, but then, Great Aunt Effie goes off on Great Aunt Ettie (it really doesn’t take too much, to tell the truth) over who, exactly, is gonna … Continue reading

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Chopped Salad

When I was a kid, my mom felt it was very close to rude to serve a salad that required a knife to enjoy at the table. Perhaps why, today, a chopped salad is one of my fave choices eating … Continue reading

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French ‘n Feta Pasta Salad

This is a slightly different take on a pasta salad. I make a similar salad with a box of Kraft Mac and Cheese, some mayonnaise, and Catalina French dressing – Jardinière Salad – but this version starts with plain dried … Continue reading

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Blue Cheese Spinach Salad With Honey Mustard Dressing

Back in the day, spinach salad was served with a warm bacon dressing, but we don’t need to hold to old habits; especially when this spinach salad is so very good! Crumbled Maytag blue cheese, dried cherries, thinly sliced red … Continue reading

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George’s Salad

Who the heck is George? Well, traditionally, in my family, George was just about any guy whom’s name my Pepé (grandfather) couldn’t bother to recall. In this case, George’s is a restaurant somewhere around about Indianapolis where I went to … Continue reading

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Caesar Salad With English Muffin Croutons and Blanched Asparagus

So… there I was… in the produce section, and this happened: Husband: “Hey, can we have a salad with dinner tonight?” After I regained consciousness, I quickly agreed and, since I had some lovely organic Romaine in the fridge at … Continue reading

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