summer salad

Green Bean, Bacon, and Pasta Salad

June 25, 2012 Bacon

It’s been a bit since I’ve shared a new bacon recipe. Check this out!  You’ve got pasta, red grapes, and green beans all mingling with crisp bacon and nutty pecans, tossed in a tangy/sweet cole slaw type dressing. Delish!  This hearty salad is perfect for summer and great with grilled anything. We had it along side teriyaki [...]

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Holy Broccoli! (a.k.a. Broccoli Sunshine Salad)

April 20, 2012 Bacon

Broccoli Sunshine Salad. Sounds amazing doesn’t it? It is! But first, a story on how this salad entered my life Back in the early 90′s, I was the clinical dietitian at a small nursing home and retirement center for the Sisters of Charity order of nuns. It was a curious place to work, virtually overflowing [...]

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Lemon-Basil Quinoa Salad

March 22, 2012 Quinoa

70′s and 80′s in March??  You just never know what’s going to happen with weather in New England.  All I know is this crazy warm weather is getting me in the mood for grilling and making cool side salads.  Last night’s supper was the always-delicious Crazy Lime Chicken along with the final bits of a delicious [...]

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