While it surprises many of my friends and family, there are nights when I don’t really feel like whipping up something elaborate for dinner. It is assumed that since I started a food blog, I must cook and bake every waking second of the day. Some days I do – but many days, I don’t.
The misconceptions [...]
fresh recipes from the heart...
Tag Archive: salad
Cranberry Almond Chicken Salad
Mexican Cucumber Salad
I don’t know about you, but when it’s hot and humid in the summer, the last thing I want to do is cook on the stove or use the oven. With the amount of delicious fresh produce I have been getting from our CSA and our garden, I have been able to make a [...]
Friday Favorites – Episode 21
I missed last week’s Friday Favorites post because I had the flu, but this week, I am back in full force! The worst part about being sick was that I couldn’t stand even the thought of food. Needless to say, reading and blogging about food was completely off limits.
Fortunately, this week, there have been plenty [...]
Mission Complete: BSI Lime
This week’s MIssion: Lime is officially complete… Thanks so much to everyone who participated! I had a great time hosting this week’s Blogger Secret Ingredient. It’s been fun to discover a few new blogs and read all of the great recipes! I am always amazed and inspired by the creative recipes I discover each week [...]
Balsamic Green Bean Salad
The one thing that the $100 Challenge and my CSA are teaching me is to make sure that I use the fresh produce I have before it goes bad in the refrigerator. That may seem like no big deal, but in the past, I have been guilty of purchasing fresh produce at the grocery store, [...]
Friday Favorites – Episode 15
It’s Friday again, which means it’s time for the 15th episode of my Friday Favorites! Even after 15 weeks, I still enjoy picking my favorite blog posts each week. Hopefully all of you enjoy reading about my picks each week and aren’t too sick of reading about them!
This week the weather has felt unmistakably like summer. It’s [...]
Friday Favorites – Episode 11
Happy Friday, everyone!
I am having difficulty focusing today because my new DSLR (Canon 50D) is scheduled to be delivered today! According to the UPS site, it was put on the truck for delivery at 7:08am this morning.
I am really excited to finally have an SLR again. I took photography in high school and used my dad’s [...]
Caprese Pasta Salad
It’s hard to believe that Memorial Day weekend is already over! I had a busy weekend and didn’t have much time for blogging. On Sunday, we went to a picnic at my grandmother’s house. I had offered to make burgers and a pasta salad. I wasn’t really in the mood for the usual pasta salads. I love caprese [...]
Friday Favorites – Episode 7
It’s Friday again, which means it’s time for my favorite blog posts of the week! Time really does fly – it’s hard to believe this is my seventh week of Friday Favorites. When I started this blog back in January, I had no idea that it would be this much fun or that it would lead [...]
Perfect Pairings Part 2 – Grilled Corn and Black Bean Salad
As promised, here is another recipe using cilantro and lime. I have had countless black bean salads made with corn and various other ingredients. The one thing I always find lacking, though, is the flavor of the corn. Many recipes simply call for thawed frozen corn or steamed corn on the cob. My favorite way to [...]
