salads

Apple Barley Salad

Apple Barley Salad Barley is a great source of fiber, B vitamins, and selenium. I serve it with apples in this bright, crunchy salad. For the corn kernels, I prefer fresh-roasted corn, but you can use thawed frozen corn kernels, too. The apples can be any READ MORE

Summer Berry Salad with Lemon Chia Dressing

Summer Berry Salad Lemon Chia Dressing (5 of 8)

Summer Berry Salad with Lemon Chia Dressing This colorful and refreshing salad is perfect for summer afternoons and evenings. Fresh, seasonal berries offer up sweet and juicy flavor, while also providing a concentrated source of beneficial antioxidants and phytonutrients. Chia seeds provide energy in the form of healthy READ MORE

Strawberry Hempseed Kale Salad

Strawberry Hempseed Kale Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette A simple massaged kale salad gets an anti-inflammatory boost from antioxidant rich strawberries and essential fatty acids from hemp seeds. This is an easy make-ahead salad that can be stored in the fridge for 2-3 days, eaten as a side dish or on READ MORE

Bitter Melon Salad

Bitter Melon Salad Bitter melon, which resembles a wrinkly, light-green cucumber, is something of an acquired taste. Soaking it in salted water to remove the bitterness is the first step in getting people to fall in love with it. It’s worth the trouble, because boiling bitter melon in water releases READ MORE

Wild Rice and Quinoa Salad

Wild Rice and Quinoa Salad This hearty, filling salad has a nice mix of textures thanks to the chewy grains, crunchy raw vegetables, and soft-cooked vegetables. The vinaigrette and dried golden berries add a sweet-sour tang. You can chill this salad for an hour or two to let the flavors blend, but I READ MORE

Spinach and Grapefruit Salad

Spinach and Grapefruit Salad Spinach contains iron as well as age-defying antioxidants. Grapefruit is chock-full of vitamin C and potassium. You can use pink or white grapefruit in this salad, though pink grapefruit has the added benefit of lycopene. If you use whole segments of the grapefruit, you’ll also add fiber. The candied walnuts READ MORE

Fresh Vegetable Herb Salad

Fresh Vegetable Herb Salad Getting bored with regular green salads? Spice things up with a fresh spring salad packed with flavor and protein READ MORE

Radish Salad Rocks For Health

Radish Salad Radishes belong to the same family of vegetables as kale and cabbage and offer some of the same health-protecting benefits. I use the same simple oil-and-vinegar dressing here as on my Bitter Melon Salad, so both salads can be served together at a picnic or on a buffet. SERVES 2-4 2 daikon radishes READ MORE

Roasted Fall Vegetable Panzanella Salad

Sweet Potato baked with Red Onions and Rosemary

Vegetable Panzanella Salad A twist on the traditional panzanella salad using fall vegetables and homemade whole grain croutons. This is the perfect salad for adding to your fall harvest table! Ingredients For the roasted vegetables: 3 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 3/4 inch cubes 8 Brussels sprouts, READ MORE

Asian Chicken Salad

Asian Chicken Salad In my version of Chinese chicken salad, I use mangoes instead of Mandarin oranges. The base of the dressing is a bottled sweet chili sauce. The crispy noodles, though not very healthy, are fun in moderation. Chicken is a great source of lean protein, which helps keep READ MORE

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