Spinach Spring Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette

The next time you decide to have salad on your lunch or dinner menu, consider thinking beyond ranch as a dressing option. There is a whole world of delicious vinaigrette flavors just waiting for the opportunity to be paired with your farm fresh mixed greens. This vinaigrette has become my second favorite alternative to ranch [...]

Bacon Bleu Broccoli Salad

Flip through any fundraiser, spiral-bound, cookbook and you’re sure to find at least five listings for broccoli salad. Some of them sound great with simple ingredients that were probably harvested from local country gardens. Others are a little more creative with flavors that, I’m sure, only a mother could love. There are two common elements [...]

Pesto Pea Pasta Salad

I totally enjoy reading and making Ina Garten’s recipes. Even as I write this post, I’ve finished watching an episode of her popular Barefoot Contessa television show on the Food Network. Her food has great flavor, beautiful visually, and extremely easy to prepare. But there are times when I feel like her food tends to [...]