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This Pesto Tortellini Pasta Salad is an easy pasta salad recipe that can be ready in less than 20 minutes! Perfect for warm summer weather, it is made with 6 ingredients including a delicious pesto dressing. If there is one sauce besides spaghetti sauce that my kids love, it’s pesto, especially my lemon pesto. My…
Caprese salad is a delicious way to use garden fresh ingredients like tomato and basil paired with fresh mozzarella. This Italian classic is a staple summer salad or appetizer. One of the ways I have found to get kids excited to try new foods is to grow our own little garden. With just a few…
If you are looking for an easy meatless meal perfect for summer, Greek Couscous Salad is a healthy vegetarian dish that makes fantastic potluck dish and a great make ahead main dish idea! I’ve made this Greek Quinoa Salad dozens of times over the years. I love to pair it with gyros for a hearty meal or…
Hawaiian Macaroni Salad is an easy to make pasta salad side dish for any luau, potluck, or Hawaiian plate lunch craving when paired with sticky rice, kalua pork, and spam musubi. There’s something special about Hawaiian Macaroni Salad that’s hard to explain. For me it’s the unique tangy flavor of the dressing paired with the…
Fruit tossed with honey, lime, and mint for a honey lime fruit salad makes for a fancy easy side dish that is easily customizable based on fruits in season! My skeptical picky eater kept grumbling about the leafy greens on the fruit but gobbled it up quite happily when she tried a bite. Even my…
This Apple Bacon and Goat Cheese Salad is an easy fall recipe that is big on flavor. Made with mixed greens and a simple homemade honey mustard dressing it is a good side dish that can pair with lots of different main dishes. I love the amazing salads that you can get at restaurants but…
Tropical Chicken Salad Sandwiches are made with a lighter dressing made with Greek yogurt, filled with macadamia nuts, pineapple, mandarin oranges, and cherries, and served on Hawaiian sweet rolls. Chicken salad is a great option during the warm summer months. You can either pick up a rotisserie chicken at the grocery store and shred it…
This post is sponsored by Maple Leaf Farms in conjunction with #CookoutWeek. All opinions are my own. Enjoy the flavors of duck with mandarin oranges and fresh mango slices on a bed of spring greens and topped with a simple sesame dressing. In my opinion, roast duck is a richer version of chicken thighs. If…
BBQ chicken pasta salad is a crowd pleasing favorite for a summer picnic. Made with mozzarella cheese, olives, broccoli, tomatoes, peppers, and artichoke hearts it’s a hearty pasta dinner. This is the absolute best chicken pasta salad I’ve ever had. My mom has been making this for as long as I can remember. Growing up, this…
This delicious fruit filled chicken salad is chock full of delicious pineapples, grapes, mandarin oranges, apples and cashews. It is an easy no-cook weeknight dinner idea, ready in under 30 minutes. Chicken salad is such an easy option for dinner and it can be made in so many different ways! Serve it on rolls, over…
I served this pasta salad with the ribs I posted last week. My hubby digs on this salad and I love how versatile it is. I have made it with crab, tuna, shrimp, and just the plain ol’ pasta salad. They all have been awesome and they all taste slightly different depending on what kind…
Carbonara is a traditional Italian dish that is quick and easy to make. This carbonara recipe is topped with roasted asparagus and bacon for a little twist on the classic. This carbonara recipe is definitely not traditional but the base pasta is one that I know my kids will always eat. It’s simple, cheesy and…