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  Having a flourishing 2 foot potted basil plant makes one foresee many dishes with added basil. First was this savoury and fragrant salad. ...

  A few blustery snowy days had enticed me to make a salad not only because I enjoy crunchy savoury things but because we just marked Spring...

  Having leftover roasted chicken went into making this flavourful crunchy chicken salad. Reminiscent of a Waldorf Salad minus the grapes. I...

  Having leftover smart veggie elbow macaroni, a Catelli brand pasta made with carrot and cauliflower flours with twice the fibre as regular...

  I know I have said this before and I am sure that I am not the only one who has, however... salads don't necessarily mean or need to b...

  Fresh and invigorating is what this salad is all about and it will add a colourful zesty spring to your plate. Savoury and crunchy with th...

  For a healthier potato salad without the opaque familiarity of mayonnaise, I thought I would try a no-mayo potato salad. It certainly emph...

  With warm spring... summer like temperatures, some say, the season of salads is upon us, honestly, I think they never left. Forego the lea...

  Salads may not have such an autumnal presence like summer does however this bejewelled salad, due to the pomegranate arils looking like sc...

  No long weekend would be complete without me making potato salad. Fresh golden nugget potatoes from British Columbia, shredded carrot and ...

  A classic Caprese or Capri salad consists of fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, basil leaves, salt and olive oil. Instead, I had tomatoes, cucumb...

  An easy change from rice, pasta or salad that can weather many seasons; relatively light but substantially satisfying and although savoury...

This was an epic salad. Greek salad is a popular one in our house and although I would eat this salad any time during the year, this dish sa...

  When purchasing a salad dressing that is deeply discounted and soon to expire in a few weeks; there is one dish that comes to mind... past...

Potato salad the dependable summer side dish that goes with just about everything. When you have leftover homemade potato salad and leftover...

With some creativity and a little culinary know how c reating meals using canned food may be a necessity or a regularity at times.  As ...

I have made this potato salad before however not with bacon and after finding a package of bacon in the freezer I decided to use it up. C...

This colourful salad is simple. Rainbow tomatoes and Bocconcini cheese resting on a bed of dark romaine lettuce and drizzled with a Cranb...

We have had a run of warm weather and bright sunshine only to be handed overcast skies and snow however that doesn't mean we can enjo...

It has been an interesting week and with the World Cup winding down this mixed salad pretty much sums it up. Chopped fresh veggies, like ...