Chicken Kale and Walnut Salad

 Low-Calorie Living 

So you know we had to do a salad. And to be honest I may do another one in this series. I love a good salad, with all the elements; sweet, a bit of spice, salty, crunchy, just all-around perfect bite. This salad is remarkably easy to make, yet it does pack a punch of lovely flavors. If this sounds like something, you’re interested in keep reading for the recipe.

Ginger lime Grilled potato salad

"We be Grillin"

Ever made a grilled potato salad? No? Then here is your chance. I can’t lie, this recipe was a reach. I wanted to make potato salad, but I had to make the dish fit in with this month of grilling. I had no idea if it would work, but I took a leap of faith, and it paid off.

Regular degular shmegular Potato salad

Brunch knows best

Who wants potato salad? That’s the line my sister says in a family home video we have. She was walking around with a fork full taunting me as I set the table. It was a Sunday dinner tradition. My mother used to throw down every Sunday. She is the reason my sister is absolutely obsessed with potato salad. So while I am setting the table (by climbing on top of it) my sister would taste the potato salad. No Sunday dinner, potluck, bbq or brunch is complete without it.

Spicy pumpkin potato salad

Pumpkin Everythang!

Last May while in NY for mother’s day and a slew of graduations, I made a roasted poblano pepper potato salad that was so good. It was definitely in my top 5 potato salads ever made.  Every time I make a potato salad it is always a unique one with a different flavor and completely different ingredients. Today I decided to bring back my roasted poblano pepper potato salad with sweet roasted pumpkins added to the mix.

Grilled seafood salad with mango salsa

Mango is in season! 

When cilantro, grilled fish and mango show up to the party you know it’s going to be wild. This is by far one of, if not the best salads I have ever had. Flavors are bursting all over, sweet, salty, spicy, Smokey and everything else in between. A very light and delicious summer salad you will probably want to try.

Curry shrimp with stelline pasta

I love Pasta

Curry, coconut milk, spicy grilled shrimp with a hint of ginger.  You can’t go wrong with this dish that can take on two personalities. If you love cold pasta salads this dish can transform into a cold salad. And if you want a warm hearty pasta dish it can be that as well. This is your Friday two for one special.

Creamy Honey Coleslaw

Summa Summa Summa time!

I previously wrote that the Cesar salad is the summer salad king. Well if Cesar salad is the king coleslaw is the queen or at least the prince or princess.  A perfectly seasoned and flavorful cold coleslaw does wonders for a burger, hotdog or aside some delicious fried chicken, bbq chicken or ribs. It’s a recipe we must all have under our belts for the summer.

Lemon Mint Fruit cocktail

Summa Summa Summa time!

What summer BBQ would be complete without a fruit salad or a fruit cocktail? On this, another Friday I bring to you a jazzed up fruit salad you won’t make any other any after you have tried this. Its minty, sour, sweet so refreshing and perfect for summer in every way.

Kale and apple salad with pomegranate vinaigrette

Summa Summa Summa time!

Its about that time when we mix veggies and fruits. The lovely and highly anticipated summer months are here. I too have joined the club but instead of bringing you the typical Cesar salad which is clearly the official salad of summer BBQ’s or worse the ready-made flavorless salad in a bag, you get this;  A fresh, crunchy, tangy, sweet, oniony and yummaaaay Kale salad. Yes you can eat kale raw, taste just like lettuce I promise.

Quick veggie stir-fry

M...eat...less

For the next episode of meat less month we have the stir fry of veggies. Who doesn’t love a good vegetable stir fry? This one is extremely quick, easy and delicious. This stir fry is probably the most simple you will ever attempt, perfect on its own or with a side of…meat

Pesto Pasta salad

  

Lunchables

Sometimes you want an easy lunch you can whip up from the night before. Something you can have hot or cold. It’s filling and flavorful and healthy to boot; that would be this lunch. This salad has an overload of veggies. You’ve got spinach, sweet peas, basil, tomatoes and if you use whole wheat pasta (which I don’t recommend) you have even added fiber to the mix. I love the garlicky pesto paired with the little sweet peas and the refreshing tomato slices, maybe not exactly a child’s dream lunch, but this would certainly make you the envy of everyone in the office.

Warm Kale and Pumpkin salad

"Pumpkin Everythang”

Pumpkin salad surprisingly has been my biggest challenge so far. In trying to conceptualize the dish I made a few decisions very early on...

•  I’ve never been a fan of warm salads, but this had to be one, because raw pumpkin es no bueno
• Texturally pumpkin gets mushy no matter how it’s cooked, so I needed a way to prepare it so it would maintain its shape for the most part.
• I didn’t want it boiled
• I didn’t want it roasted
• I didn’t want a pumpkin dressing

Doc’s Macaroni Salad

Cookout and BBQ Season!

I have realized that my love for cooking must have come from my grandmother Doc. We spent most  summers with her as children, and and even though she did not actually teach us how to cook,  I vividly remember  how much she enjoyed cooking and serving people. She was always cooking; there was a large spread of food every single Sunday, without fail. She loved Christmas, thanksgiving, making green bean casserole, turkey and chicken salads, lasagna the works.