A refreshing marinated green bean salad with red onions, chickpeas, and homemade Italian dressing! This vegan side dish is loaded with nutrition and great for summer potlucks and cookouts.As I write this post, the windows are open and the sun is pouring into my office. Summer, I see you!And what's better than a refreshing, veggie-loaded dish like this cold green bean salad on a hot ...
Salads
Rotisserie Chicken Salad Lettuce Cups
These crisp butter lettuce cups are filled with a healthy rotisserie chicken salad, made with fresh herbs, grapes, celery, red onion, and a mayo/Greek yogurt dressing.Spring has definitely sprung in Minnesota! Perennial plants are popping up in our garden, the smell of fresh lilacs is wafting through the air, and it's almost farmer markets season.I absolutely love the change of ...
Quinoa Arugula Salad with Pineapple
Quinoa Arugula Salad with Pineapple is a quick and delicious side dish that's bursting with flavor from fresh, simple ingredients.This recipe started out as a total fail. I set out to make a pineapple arugula smoothie in honor of Cinco de Mayo. But as soon as I tried my super green concoction, I knew I couldn't salvage it.I think arugula has just too strong of a taste to be the sole ...
Endive Orange Salad with Tahini Dressing
Light, refreshing Endive Orange Salad with a delicious tahini dressing, sunflower seeds, and fresh mint. It's the perfect vegetarian citrus salad to transition from winter to spring!Are you guys familiar with Belgian endive?! If not, it's a cylinder-shaped veggie with pale yellow leaves that has a slightly bitter taste and crunchy texture. My first experience with endive was at my ...
Peanut Soba Noodles with Roasted Broccoli
These healthy, vegetarian Peanut Soba Noodles with Roasted Broccoli are finished with a drool-worthy sauce. It's the only recipe you'll ever need for buckwheat noodles! This post may contain affiliate links. For more information, see my affiliate disclosure. How many of you know about soba noodles? If you're not familiar with them, they're thin Asian noodles made from buckwheat, a ...
Shaved Asparagus Salad with Mint Tarragon Dressing
This easy Shaved Asparagus Salad is bursting with flavor from lemon, parmesan, and fresh mint and tarragon. It's a delicious dish to liven up any spring meal!This post may contain affiliate links. For more information, see my affiliate disclosure. There is a new way to eat asparagus on the block and let me tell you, it's DELICIOUS!!! I'm talking about this Shaved Asparagus Salad if you didn't ...
Lemon Braised Leeks and Quinoa Salad
This flavorful recipe includes lemon braised leeks and quinoa with fresh feta cheese - a perfect side dish for any occasion!Well hey there, Veg World! It's been a hot minute, hasn't it?! In case you didn't know, I was away for the past two weeks on my belated honeymoon to Australia. It was absolutely incredible. The sun, the food, the people, the animals. Everything was just ...
Shredded Brussels Sprouts Salad with Dates
Looking for the perfect fall or winter salad? Look no further than this delicious combo of shredded brussels sprouts, dates, toasted pine nuts, and pomegranate seeds!On the second day of Vegmas, my true love gave to me: BRUSSELS SPROUTS! Whether you hate or love brussels sprouts, this salad is for you. I mean it. Some people have told me that they don't like brussels sprouts. But I think ...
Maple Swiss Chard Salad with Turkey
Upgrade your leftover holiday turkey with this Maple Swiss Chard Salad! It's loaded with dried cranberries, pecans, apples, and shredded turkey, and tossed in a maple vinaigrette. It's the day after Thanksgiving, and all through the house, leftovers are aplenty...you even spilled some on your blouse?Ok, so I still need to workshop that one, but you're probably getting the ...
Raw Rutabaga Salad with Apples
Interested in trying rutabaga? Although this vegetable is commonly served cooked, you can eat raw rutabaga too! It tastes delicious in this rutabaga salad with fresh, crunchy apples, finely chopped kale, and a honey vinaigrette.If you aren't familiar with rutabagas, they are very similar to turnips! In fact, they are also called Swedish Turnips, or swedes for short, and are a popular vegetable ...