Salads

Curry Chicken Salad with apricots and walnuts. A bright, intensely flavourful twist on good old chicken salad! Delicious on sandwiches or as the star of a dinner salad.

Warm Honey Dijon Potato Salad. Add plenty of flavour to plain potatoes with this simple quick side dish to serve with chicken, beef, pork or fish.

Warm Grilled Potato Salad with Lemon and Oregano. A tasty, warm grilled potato salad with plenty of bright fresh flavours in the dressing and finished with some crumbled feta cheese. Originally published June 2013. As regular readers will know, our family practically lives off the backyard grill in the summer months. With the season so …

Lemon Mint Orzo Salad. A super easy, super fresh pasta salad that makes a delicious barbecue side dish or an accompaniment to leftover cold cuts for lunch! Originally Published Sept 2015. At summer’s end there’s still plenty of fresh mint in the small herb garden steps from my back door. I keep it contained in …

Spinach Caesar Salad on Honey Oatbran Pizza, with Lemon & Bacon Glazed Chicken. A very delicious and satisfying combination for either lunch or dinner.

Cranberry Kale Salad with Pecans and Fat-Free Creamy Lemon Thyme Dressing. Plus a bonus recipe for Jalapeño Cheddar Biscuits. Great side dishes for a quick dinner.

Lime Salsa Quinoa Salad. This delicious quinoa salad is bursting with fresh healthy flavour & can be served warm as a side dish or cold as lunch salad. Makes a great picnic item too.   Originally published April, 2018. This terrific, colourful, healthy lime salsa quinoa salad side dish was a bit of a leftover …

Caprese Inspired Pasta Salad. A new favourite summer salad that’s bright, and boldly flavoured with an easy Parmesan Herb Dressing. Hey , Lynn here (aka Spouse). During a recent girls trip to Edmonton, I visited a lovely Italian market  which had the most amazing fresh produce, cheese and olives. I gathered my ingredients and whipped …

Bacon Potato Salad with Sweet Mustard Dressing. This satisfying bacon potato salad has a a sweet and tangy mustard dressing. It borrows the best from a combination of a few favourite potato salad recipes.

Honey Dijon Chicken Salad with Brie, Pear and Walnuts. A bright fresh grilled chicken salad full of bright flavours and textures