Salads

Penne Pasta Salad with Shrimp Chili & Lime. A deliciously simple pasta salad that’s terrific to serve with cold cuts, grilled, chicken  or fish, or as an ideal BBQ side dish.

Mango Orange Dressing on Prosciutto Apple Salad. Using pureed fruit as the base makes for an incredibly delicious, no fat added salad dressing.

Spinach and Parmesan Quinoa. A delicious, healthy side dish that’s sure to please and goes with everything from grilled chicken and fish to baked pork chops. This would also make a terrific vegetarian lunch idea or included as part of a Meatless Monday supper.

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! 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 a planter box so …

Honey Lemon Vinaigrette on Peach Bacon Salad. A vinaigrette recipe that goes particularly well with salads containing summer fruits and berries like peaches and plums or strawberries & raspberries.

Creamy Curry Orzo Salad. Here’s a terrific, easy, flavourful summer side dish perfect for cookouts, barbecues and picnics. Delicious with lots of different  grilled meats or fish. Orzo is a great choice for pasta salad. If you don’t have it or if it’s hard to find at your local market, you can easily substitute any …

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. As regular readers will know, our family practically lives off the backyard grill in the summer months. With the season so short here in Newfoundland …

Roasted Pineapple Barbecue Sauce. A deliciously different, sweet and sour version of a BBQ sauce glaze. It is incredibly tasty on slow cooked pork ribs, pork chops or grilled chicken. It’s also a great topping for a grilled chicken burger.

Fried Chicken Caesar Salad. Maybe the perfect lunch salad. Boneless fried chicken fingers get served atop a crisp caesar salad with a homemade roasted garlic caesar dressing.

20 flavour filled recipes for pasta salads & potato salads that all make terrific additions to summer barbecue dinners or with leftover cold cuts any time!