A food-loving girl raised on pasta and tamales
When I found out that Recipe Redux members would be teaming up with Sabra for National Hummus day on May 13, I immediately knew what I wanted to make. Hummus and salad bowls! I received free samples of Sabra Hummus mentioned in this post. By posting this recipe I am entering a recipe contest sponsored…
Its not even summer yet and I’m already wanting quick and easy dinners with minimal cooking, aka minimal stove and oven. This salad came about from just that need. We wanted a quick and easy dinner on a Friday night with minimal cooking and using mostly pantry staples. If you cook the quinoa in advance…
I am so in love with this salad I want to sing it from the rooftops! It is packed with flavor, texture, and color. It’s easy, yet feels special, and would be lovely to serve for guests. I received free samples of the Toufayan pita mentioned in this post. By posting this recipe I am entering…
Acorn Squash + Kale + Apple + Asiago + Red Onion+ Pepitas. That’s it! That’s the perfect fall salad. The flavors in this salad combined are such a win, and for those who are big on texture, this is salad is for you. I was inspired to create this salad following an interesting change of…
Creamy Grape and Walnut Lentil Salad For all of you chicken salad, egg salad, any type of creamy salad lovers, I give you lentil salad. Chicken salad’s vegetarian cousin. Chicken salad was actually one of the things I really enjoyed experimenting with when I first started to get into cooking, but something…
Thai Summer Roll Salad Some summer days you just need to be a little bit lazy. By lazy, I mean throw dinner together, avoid the stove and give yourself some time to unwind. Maybe being summertime lazy is really being smart. I find discovered summer rolls about 4 years ago. Sure I’d had my share…
Quinoa and Watermelon Salad I am back and ready for all the summer fruit. What says summer more than watermelon?! Watermelon happens to be my favorite food. That’s a pretty bold statement I know. Of all the delicious types of food out there, and I love many of them, watermelon is the one that…
Spring Time Sweet Potato & Strawberry Salad How’s that for alliteration! This salad has been a major part of my lunch life lately and I finally found time to share it with you! Did you know that North Carolina is the number one producer of sweet potatoes in the United States! Pretty impressive, right?…
Green on Green on Green Potato Salad Not exactly Irish, but green, and it has potatoes! Happy St. Patrick’s Day! You may find this hard to believe but this Mexitalian is actually Irish too. Some might say this holiday is all about green beer. I say it’s all about the food. Growing up our Mexican…
Easy Curry Chickpea Salad It’s only the beginning of February and I’m already sick of packing my lunch every day. Anyone with me?! I don’t have time or money to go out and buy food for lunch, nor the convenience of doing so at anywhere I would actually enjoy taking my lunch (university food court…