Are you ready for a hearty yet light fall and winter salad?? Simply combine orange juice, olive oil, dijon mustard, shallot, salt and pepper in a jar and shake. Hello, salad dressing. Make the dressing up to 1 week in advance and store in the fridge and you're golden. In fact, the flavors are even better when the dressing has time to marinate in itself for days. When you're ready to serve, shred kale and Brussels sprouts. I used a sharp … [Read more...]
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Thanksgiving Menu – Recipe Roundup!
Soooo as I mentioned in my last post, I wasn't able to share with you Thanksgiving recipes (besides BreakingFall, the best cocktail ever) before the holiday. Working a new full-time job and moving on top of trying to have a life and take some time for myself won over stressing out. So alas, this will turn into a Thanksgiving Recipe Roundup... a recap of this year's menu, and the best Thanksgiving Menu Plan for years to come!! I'm … [Read more...]
Roasted Radicchio and Butternut Squash Salad
Hellloooooo, Fall. <Insert big open arms.> Charred radicchio + roasted butternut squash + fresh sweet-and-tart honeycrisp apple + candied pepitas + balsamic vinegar. Yes please!!! Roasting squash becomes a staple for me come fall. Acorn squash, butternut squash, spaghetti squash, pumpkin, you name it. They all scream fall, fall, fall! Or Autumn. Whatever you call it. I decided to add roasted butternut squash to a salad today instead … [Read more...]
Southwest Quinoa Taco Salad Bowl
My mom makes this uh-maze-ing Black Bean Salsa. It's 4 simple main ingredients {black beans + corn + red pepper + red onion} plus 3 ingredients for the dressing {balsamic + dijon + (optional) olive oil}. A little salt and pepper and bam, you're good to go. It's a great dip but I also love it over salmon or over a salad as the dressing. My college buddy and RD blogger Rachel posted the salsa on her blog Delicious Balance not too long ago. … [Read more...]
Summer Frittata with Creamy Herb Dressed Greens
Greetings from a new home base!! We officially U-Hauled it from Durango up to Denver and everything made it in one piece. Except our bodies. Moving yourself is freakin' hard. But that's done for now! Thank the lawd. So I'm giving my body a little rest by sitting down, propping my feet up, and bringing you this yum-tastic frittata recipe. Is it sad that as good as it is my favorite part of this recipe is the salad?? The herb-y salad dressing … [Read more...]
Hot and Cold Power Salad
Let me sum it up for your really quickly = {warm cooked kale with apple cider vinegar and soy sauce} + {chilled spiralized raw beets} + {chilled spiralized raw carrots} + {grape tomatoes} + {goat cheese} + {warm, spicy, salty, sweet quick honey-candied walnuts}. It comes together in just three easy steps. Sauté the kale. Add the raw veggies and goat cheese. Quick honey-candy the nuts (which makes your dressing at the same time) and … [Read more...]
Kale Chopped Salad
I used to HATE kale in salads. I thought kale was too tough, too chewy, too grassy. I think I had some bad ones. Someone else I was with ordered on in a restaurant one time and when I tried it I was pleasantly surprised! It was tender. I wasn't chewing and chewing the same bite feeling like a grass-grazing cow. I was converted. I learned that it's important to slice the kale thinly. That helps. Also, dressing the salad 10-30 minutes … [Read more...]
BLTC Salad
Bacon. Lettuce. Tomato. Caesar. BLTC. Heck yeah. So I lied. I said two posts ago when I talked about stress that I'd not just share mental, physical, and spiritual symptoms of stress but also what the speaker said you can do to alleviate stress. Annnd I didn't. I left you all looking at a long list going, I have that, that, that, that, that, and that. Great. Now I'm more stressed realizing how much I show signs of stress! … [Read more...]
Spicy Kale Caesar with Chicken and Candied Pepitas
You guys. I cannot tell you how much I love this recipe. Caesar salad with kale. Plus candied nuts. Plus hot sauce. Plus chicken. I hope the pictures are conveying the deliciousness or I'm going to have to keep inventing words like deliciousness to describe it. I think I'm loving on it so much because it has everything: salty, sweet, spicy. Crunch and creaminess. Hot and cold. Fresh and cooked. It hits so many notes in one bite. … [Read more...]
Blackened Salmon Caesar
ALL HAIL CAESAR! Let this recipe kick off the first of THREE Caesar recipes on Laughter and Lemonade! Caesar salad is one of my all time favorite foods, so I have three Caesars coming your way, starting with this Blackened Salmon Caesar. If you saw my teaser photo on Instagram or Facebook you know that a Spicy Kale Chicken Caesar with Candied Pepitas is on its way shortly too... … [Read more...]
Spanish Radicchio Salad with Manchego
One of the best things about living in Portland was the amazing restaurants. My favorite of which was probably Toro Bravo. I think I ate there more than any other restaurant in Portland. It's a Spanish tapas type restaurant and I enjoyed it so much because most of the time the menu looked quite simple like "tomato rubbed toast" for example. What came out was … [Read more...]
Tuscan Salad with Tuna Steak
If ever I'm in a food rut, I turn to the food network. As soon as I watch show, I get inspired with flavor combinations, ingredients, and dishes. That's where this one came from. It's an adaptation of a Bobby Flay recipe that combines classic Tuscan flavors like lemon, fennel, rosemary, tuna, basil, olives, and anchovies. Do you read "anchovies" with a scowl? You like caesar salad right? What do you think is in that dressing? Delicious … [Read more...]
Italian Roasted Mushroom Salad
This is one of those dishes I like to prepare and enjoy throughout the week. When I have a day off, I'll whip dishes like Homestyle Beef Brisket and Mediterranean Sweet Potato Salad so that throughout a busy week I have excellent, tasty choices for breakfast, lunch or dinner. All you need to do is … [Read more...]
Thai Beef Salad
There's nothing like fresh, crunchy ingredients and exotic flavors to satisfy my taste buds. My version of Thai Beef Salad does just that. I cannot eat the same thing every day. It would be so much easier if I could, but alas, my cooking adventures continue. And kudos to you people who can eat salmon and broccoli for every meal. I could never be you. I need spicy, sweet, sour, salty, and umami to satisfy me. I need both new flavors from … [Read more...]
Mediterranean Sweet Potato Salad
Today's post is my favorite way lately to enjoy sweet potatoes. My lifelong friend Sarah came to visit recently, and when we were out to eat and had this dish together we knew we had to re-create it. Simple, bright, and flavorful. Start by tossing the chopped sweet potatoes with olive oil, cumin, paprika, cayenne, salt and pepper. Then bake for 30 minutes, tossing once half way through. In a large bowl combine olive oil, lemon juice, … [Read more...]