Autumn Crunch Quinoa Salad with Apple Cider Vinaigrette

Keep meals fresh, fit and seasonally flavorful through the holiday season with my Autumn Crunch Quinoa Salad with Apple Cider Vinaigrette.

Autumn Crunch Quinoa Salad with Apple Cider Vinaigrette

This quick and easy quinoa salad features a cornucopia of fall’s signature flavors including dried cranberries, shaved Brussels sprouts and pumpkin seeds. Plus, it’s all tossed with a homemade, “just-whisk-in-the-bowl” vinaigrette made with apple cider. Continue reading

Crunchy Cabo Coleslaw

Nothing says summer side dish more than coleslaw, and there are so many tasty takes on it! My Crunchy Cabo Coleslaw adds vibrant color and a limey-spicy bite to your special summer events . . . or any ole night.

Crunchy Cabo Coleslaw

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Cali Quinoa Caprese Salad

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. Cali Quinoa Caprese Salad

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Bold Blackened Shrimp Chickpea Salad with Blue Cheese

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!  Bold Blackened Shrimp Chickpea Salad with Blue Cheese

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

Turmeric Quinoa Egg Salad Spread

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.Turmeric Quinoa Egg Salad Spread

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