Olive Salad

Is it a cliche to post a salad recipe on a Monday?  You know, because many of us go into detox mode on Mondays in order to try to reverse the food bingeing you did over the weekend.  No, not you?  Jealous. Salads…  You probably don’t turn to a recipe when you want one.  If you’re like me then you search your fridge to see what you have and then you throw a bunch of stuff on top of lettuce and call it a salad.  Except today’s salad was totally planned.  See, I love olives.  I suppose it’s in my nature, being …

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Summer Barley Salad

How the heck has half of the year already passed by already?! Since summer is in full swing I was inspired to use veggies that are readily available to me during this time of the year.  I cannot get enough of corn on the cob and tomatoes since this is the best time to eat them.  I think I could eat corn on the cob everyday.  Since salads are synonymous with summer, I thought I’d throw my two favorite summertime veggies into a salad.  The corn adds a little bit of crunch and a lot of flavor here. Barley… have you ever …

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Genuine Greek Salad

What do you cook when it’s hot and super humid out and you’re lazy?  I eat a bowl of cereal or whip up a quick salad. I’m pretty sure a blog post about how to make a bowl of cereal wouldn’t go over very well, so I figure a salad recipe is a better thing to share with you.  By the way, in case you’re curious, I’m into Grape-Nuts cereal lately (still not going to tell you how to put milk in the bowl though).  😉 The other day my husband and I had a conversation about Greek salads.  When we went to …

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French Fry Salad

I had my youngest sister in mind when I created this salad. One day my sister and I had a conversation about salads.  I have no idea how we even got on the topic.  Anyway, we said that everyone knows that a salad is supposed to be healthy.  Therefore we concluded that you could put whatever you wanted on it and the entire plate of food would still all healthy.  Let’s add ice cream, doughnuts, and cookies!  Yes, in our minds, if it’s on a bed of lettuce, all that junk food instantly becomes healthy.  😉  Unfortunately, we both know that’s not …

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Power Salad

I don’t really believe in new year’s resolutions.  Instead I like to call it a new year’s evolution. Great phrase, right?  I wish I’d thought of it.  I heard Shailene Woodley (from the movie Divergent) say it the other day.  Speaking of Divergent, I still have yet to see it and I want to.  Has anyone seen it or read the books? If I want to make a change I’ll do it on March 23rd, or June 14th, or October 9th.  Meaning that I don’t wait around for the new year to make a change and I’ll make the change (or try) right away. …

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