This Caprese Pasta Salad, with its summer tomatoes, fresh mozzarella cheese, and fresh basil leaves, coated in a red wine vinaigrette and drizzled with a Balsamic Glaze, makes a perfect pasta salad for a picnic, potluck, or summer party! Caprese Salad Transformed into a Caprese Pasta Salad! Have you ever had a Caprese Salad at an Italian…
Soups / Salads
Find your favorite soups and salads, such as Chicken Noodle Soup, Beef Stew, Split Pea Soup, Apple Walnut Cranberry Salad, and much more.
Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad Texas Style
This Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad, made with bacon, cheddar cheese, ranch seasoning, Texas Shape pasta and jalapenos gives this pasta salad a Texas flair for any potluck, picnic, or party. I have partnered with Skinner® Pasta to bring you this awesome Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad recipe! While this post is sponsored, all opinions are 100%…
Bacon Ranch Potato Salad
This Bacon Ranch Potato Salad adds bacon and ranch to this potato salad that is made with roasted potatoes and jalapenos for a Texas twist on your favorite picnic dish! One of the reasons I love summer is because I can make this Bacon Ranch Potato Salad ahead of time and take it to our neighborhood…
Lentil Soup with Mexican Chorizo
Lentil Soup with Mexican Chorizo adds a kick of spicy chorizo, taco seasoning and jalapeños to traditional lentil soup for a hearty, bold and flavorful one pot meal. Growing up in South Central Texas, we did not eat lentils. We ate Texas BBQ, Tex-Mex, and traditional meatloaf and mashed potatoes and other meat and potato dishes. What Are…
Apple Pomegranate Side Salad with Lime Garlic Vinaigrette
This easy and delicious Apple Pomegranate Side Salad with Lime Garlic Vinaigrette is a perfect side dish to complement your meal.
I love bold flavors, especially with the changing of the seasons, I love the big bold flavors of the Fall season. Yet since this is one of the busiest seasons I don’t always have time to fix a complete meal from scratch.
Bacon Broccoli Tortellini Salad
This Bacon Broccoli Tortellini Salad is one of my favorite pasta salads for an outdoor BBQ, picnic, or tailgating party and has been lightened up by reducing the sugar in the sweet and tangy dressing! I created this recipe as part of a sponsored series with Socialstars and SPLENDA® Brand; all opinions are my own….
Blueberry Gorgonzola Farmer’s Salad
Blueberry Gorgonzola Farmer’s Salad is a crisp summer salad made with fresh Florida blueberries, corn, and tomatoes and creamy gorgonzola cheese with grilled chicken that is perfect for lunch or dinner.
Blackened Chicken Salad with a Cajun Creole Dressing
Blackened Chicken Salad with a Cajun Creole Dressing makes a cool, crisp, refreshing salad topped with zesty flavorful Blackened Chicken and a creamy Cajun Creole Dressing. To me, nothing is better than a cool, crisp, refreshing salad topped with my slightly spicy Cajun Blackened Chicken and combined with a cool, creamy ranch salad dressing with…
Easy Lasagna Soup
Easy Lasagna Soup is an easy cheesy and comforting soup that tastes like lasagna in a bowl, and can be on the table in 30 minutes. You are going to be so happy today! Why? Because you are going to love this comforting Easy Lasagna Soup. It does not have to simmer for hours. You do…
Mediterranean Vegetarian Chili
This post is sponsored by Prego®, but as always, all opinions, recipes, and photos are my own. Mediterranean Vegetarian Chili is an easy delicious one pot 30-minute meal that is perfect for a Sunday supper or an easy weeknight meatless meal. This one pot meal has received rave reviews from my family, especially my mother-in-law,…
Muffuletta Olive Salad
This post is sponsored by Mezzetta but the content and opinions expressed here are my own. This Muffuletta Olive Salad brings back memories of an awesome olive appetizer that our brother-in-law’s mother used to bring on the holidays. When I see olives I am always reminded of the holidays when Millie would bring this delicious olive…
Fiesta Garden Ranch Pasta Salad
This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and Ronzoni, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #RonzoniSummer http://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV This Fiesta Garden Ranch Pasta Salad is a healthy, colorful and flavorful Pasta Salad made with Ronzoni Garden Delight Pasta, greek yogurt, spicy ranch dressing mix, and lots of…
Green Bean Potato Salad with Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto
This easy gluten-free Green Bean Potato Salad with Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto makes an outstanding side dish to take to a summer picnic or potluck because it has no mayo and only 5 ingredients. This Green Bean Potato Salad with Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto recipe features: A delicious Gluten-Free side dish Gourmet ingredients, such as Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto Only…
Easy Picnic Potato Salad
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Maille® Mustard. All opinions are 100% mine. This Easy Picnic Potato Salad recipe makes your classic American potato salad that is perfect to take to a picnic or potluck this summer. This week has been potato salad week. Since I have made some unique…
Greek Potato Salad
Greek Potato Salad is an easy, light, healthier version of potato salad that is loaded with flavor from the Greek vinaigrette dressing with lemon juice and Greek seasoning, and feta cheese, black olives, and tomatoes. It is perfect for a picnic because it has no mayonnaise. Summers in Texas are hot, hot, hot. However, we…
Cajun Honey Jalapeño Slaw
Cajun Honey Jalapeño Slaw is a light and refreshing vinegar-based cole slaw, with no mayonnaise, but sweetened with honey, and spiced with cajun seasoning, worcestershire, and hot sauce. Makes a great side dish for a barbecue, picnic, or pot luck. With the warmer weather, we are eating more barbecue and having picnics, and this Cajun…
Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Soup
Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Soup, made with red enchilada sauce, is an easy, healthy, deliciously flavorful soup with a kick. I’m always on the lookout for easy, delicious healthy dinners, and this Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada soup delivers on all those things. First of all, it is easy. It’s almost as easy as my Crock Pot…
Red Wine Poached Pear Gorgonzola Salad #CleverlyPoached
Red Wine Poached Pear Gorgonzola Salad is a beautifully elegant green salad with bosc pears poached in red wine and combined with salty gorgonzola cheese and crunchy chopped walnuts for a flavor combination that is sure to impress your family and friends.
Copycat Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli Soup
This Copycat Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli soup is a wonderful, warm, hearty and comforting Italian inspired soup that is delicious and super easy to make. Finally, we are having some fall weather. For us that means temperatures below 90 degrees F. With fall football and festivals and cooler weather, I love making hearty cold-weather…
Cauliflower Chowder
Cauliflower Chowder is a delicious, budget-friendly creamy, low carb soup that is perfect on a cold night or anytime you want comfort food without all the carbs. The prices of groceries keeps rising making it expensive to feed a crowd, which hopefully you have for your Sunday Supper. One of the best ways to reduce…
Pumpkin Chipotle Vegetarian Chili
This smoky, spicy Pumpkin Chipotle Vegetarian Chili recipe makes a delicious, hearty, and budget-friendly fall or autumn one-pot pumpkin chili that is perfect for tailgating or game day. Fall is in the air and pumpkin is everywhere. Don’t believe me? Check out my other pumpkin recipes I have been busy making such as Pumpkin Praline…
Texas Barbecue Loaded Baked Potato Salad
Texas Barbecue Loaded Baked Potato Salad is a creamy potato salad dressed up like a Texas style loaded baked potato topped with barbecue sauce similar to what you would find in one of our local Texas barbecue restaurants. When I was a child, I would always add a touch of barbecue sauce to my potato…
Mediterranean Chicken Bacon Spinach Salad
My Mediterranean Chicken Bacon Spinach Salad with chicken, bacon, roasted chickpeas, tomatoes, cranberries and feta cheese on a bed of baby spinach was inspired by the Roasted Chickpea BLT Salad with Pesto Parmesan Dressing from Pinch of Yum’s new eCookbook, Everyday Healthy. I love reading other food blogs for fun, ideas, and inspiration, and fun!…
Bacon Pasta Salad Primavera
Bacon Pasta Salad Primavera is an easy summer pasta salad with only 5 ingredients but plenty of bacon and a variety of Italian spring vegetables like you see in a pasta primavera dish. This Bacon Pasta Salad Primavera is best made ahead of time. This makes it perfect for Memorial Day or July 4th or…