Just when I thought Spring was here to stay… POW, snow. 🙁 Oh well… I can’t be that sad… I’m leaving to LA with the hubby on Sunday!! Wooo hoo! This salad screams summer to me, and that’s totally where my head has been these days – in the clouds, thinking about summer! It’s these
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Grilled Beet & Tomato Caprese Stacks
I’m going to (try my best to) keep this post simple and to the point, just like this recipe… simple and to the point! As you may already know, I like simple recipes…not too intricate, minimal ingredients, and limited effort required. Sometimes I wish I had a little more ambition to make all those complicated
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Asian Chicken & Satsuma Salad (GF option!)
Ok, so I already know the first question on many of your minds… What’s a SATSUMA?? Yep, that’s what I was thinking too when I saw the little bag of them at the grocery store and read the label – Satsumas are also known as tangerines… and are part of the mandarin orange family! So…
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DIY Salad Dressing in 5 Easy Steps
This post is long overdue! I’ve been meaning to do it for a long time! Back in November of last year I had the opportunity to go to an event called Christmas In November at the Jasper Park Lodge. Talk about a magical weekend. You can read all about it here. I got to
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Plumcot, Orange & Lentil Salad
I’d been conjuring up the idea of this salad in my mind for quite a while now, and I kept saying to myself.. “oh but it’s such a Summer salad, and it’s barely even Spring here yet… I can’t post that.” Well, you know what! I’m posting it anyways! Maybe this will urge Summer to
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Chili Crusted Ahi Tuna & Avocado Salad with Cilantro Garlic Dressing
First, let’s all just pause for a moment and take in the sheer beauty of that salad…(yup, here I ago again referring to food as beautiful…but seriously, such a pretty little salad!!) I unfortunately don’t get to buy Ahi tuna often, for a couple of reasons; it’s hard to get (here in the Alberta prairies),
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Mexican Chicken Salad with Chipotle Yogurt Lime Dressing
By now I’m sure you know that I am a big fan of salads! In fact, it was only a couple weeks ago that I did a Fave Five Friday on delicious, bright, healthy salads! I made this salad on a whim – it was a sort of spur-of-the-moment, what-do-I-have-in-my-fridge kind of thing! I often
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Moroccan Spiced Sprouted Grain & Prawn Salad …and Challenge Update #1!
Yay! The first few days of the challenge have gone wonderfully thus far! Justin and I made a big grocery trip this week and stocked up on everything we needed. I’ll admit, the bill was pretty hefty BUT this food will last us at least a month, and we will save money on NOT eating
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Artichoke Salad & A Blogging Book Tour : A Family Farm In Tuscany
You may remember a little while back when I was on my jaunt through Europe, I stayed at an amazing place in Italy called Fattoria Poggio Alloro. It is a working farm with guest accommodations, also termed now as Agritourism! This place was absolutely magical, and although my hubby and I only spent