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This colorful rice and garden vegetables salad recipe is just perfect for hot summer days. Summers in Georgia can be scorching. On these days, I avoid the stove and anything else that gives off heat like the plague. As a result, my family gets cool dishes and salads at meal time. Sometimes the salads contain meat but other times they don't. This works out great because the … [Read more...]
Chicken salad with strawberries breaks the salad monotony. Many people get bored with salads because they eat the same old salads time after time. What they don't realize is it's not that they are tired of salads but that they need a variety of salads with different ingredients and dressings. There are loads of healthier greens that can (and should) replace the standard … [Read more...]
If you know how to use and eat onions, your meals can be more tasty while adding a healthy serving of vegetables to your meal. Onions can be sweet, tangy, or hot. The taste is often associated with the various colors of onions. The most noted (bulb onion) colors include red, yellow, and white, with green being a variation of the white onion. These tastes and colors make … [Read more...]
Did you know that National Salad Month is in May? Yep, it is. This makes May the perfect time to talk a bit about the different kids of salads and add some yummy salad recipes. Almost everyone has a favorite type of salad, with good reason. There are so many to choose from that it's easy to find a type of salad that you like. Even picky eaters and kids usually like at … [Read more...]
It can be tough trying to find a salad that the whole family enjoys. If you're trying to eat lite on Mother's Day, Father's Day, during summer entertaining, or any other time, you may want to give this Steak and Herbed Feta Cheese Salad a try. As with most green salads, this one is very versatile. For example you can add olives, onions, purple cabbage, or any of your … [Read more...]
