I like salad. Salad is good. You know what else is good? Adding quinoa to a green salad for extra texture and protein My recipe for Cali Quinoa Caprese Salad is an easy-peasy, summer-breezy meal perfect for those nights when you want to satisfy your laid-back mood in a no-cook vegetarian way. 
With Austin’s temperatures already in the 90s, it’s officially salad season in my book. Also, May is National Salad Month, so there’s that! 
My Bold Blackened Shrimp Chickpea Salad with Blue Cheese is a tasty way to kick off my “Let Us Eat Lettuce” binge for the next three, four, maybe even five months! Continue reading
When I make hard-boiled eggs, I always do a dozen at a time. Between breakfast-on-the-go and lunchboxes, we usually polish off the stash in a couple days. But, when the family starts to bore of basic boiled eggs or I’ve made way too many (like a post-Easter surplus), I use them as the protein base for quick and easy recipes – like my Turmeric Quinoa Egg Salad Spread.
Read on to get this healthy-boosting recipe that uses leftover hard-boiled eggs: Continue reading
Nothing better than a beautiful salad alongside dinner and there have been so many fresh and colorful “fixings” at the market. In Texas, our seasons seem to not pay attention to the rules — they intersect and linger around, meaning lots of produce choices for me!
For example, I’m still seeing fresh, summery figs in abundance, but also cooler weather fruits and vegetables like pomegranates and purple sweet potatoes. I can’t decide what to choose, so I choose it all and make a Purple Sweet Potato Salad with Figs, Pomegranate & Balsamic Syrup. Read on to get the recipe and (hello) learn more about these out-of-the-ordinary, colorific tubers! Continue reading
I’m a salad eater year ‘round. In fact, I don’t think a day goes by that I don’t enjoy some sort of salad and fall is full of hearty possibilities. My Spiralized Green Apple Butternut Squash Salad is super delicious and nourishing, incorporating some of the season’s yummiest picks from the produce department.
Read on to get all the details about this main or side-dish salad that gets you well on your way to eating fruits and veggies for the day. Continue reading
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