This strawberry cobb salad was a hit with the bacon and candied nuts and strawberry balsamic vinaigrette. You can easily make it Whole30 friendly by using plain roasted nuts and compliant bacon! Before I gush about this strawberry salad — so many great things happened this week!
You know I love me a good salad. I also love bacon. And hard-boiled eggs. And candied nuts. Blackberries are probably my favorite berry, too. Making this salad dressed in maple dijon vinaigrette was a no-brainer when I saw it in Mary Younkin’s book, The Weekday Lunches & Breakfasts Cookbook. I’ve got the recipe down …
I feel like it’s not the right season for breakfast salad — or this salad in particular. It feels so springy to me, but maybe that’s why it would be a perfect November breakfast to balance out all of the heavier, sometimes indulgent dinner. However, waiting until AFTER Halloween season to start watching Stranger Things …
Earlier this year we were eating Sloppy Joe’s at my parents house. I made my 2-year-old a plate and set it in front of her, but a few minutes later she started complaining. “Want a Sloppy Joe!” “You have a Sloppy Joe. See? It’s right here.” “No! I want a Sloppy Joe!”
Last week I sat down and planned out my life for the next 6-8 weeks. I wrote down all of the things I wanted to get done (both online and offline) before the baby gets here and thoughtfully assigned each week its tasks. Over an hour later I looked at my schedule which contains, among …
After our CSA drop off last week, we were swimming in gorgeous, crisp salad greens and fresh baby spinach. Did I ever tell you that my husband loves salads? He not only loves salads, but he’s perfectly satisfied having one for dinner. I love him. A lot. I whipped this up in about 20 minutes …
I’ve already told you how much I love The Roasted Vegetable by Andrea Chesman. I checked it out from the library several weeks ago and fell so in love with it that I ordered it from Amazon. I love roasted vegetables, so naturally I want to make every single thing in this book. The next …
When I was going to college in Utah, I fell in love with Cafe Rio salads and discovered the “layered salad” which can be any variation of rice, protein, vegetables, greens, tortillas, etc. This particular salad is adapted from one of my current favorite cookbooks, The Roasted Vegetable by Andrea Chesman, and I am officially in …
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