Category: Diet Recipe

Garlic Butter Roasted Carrots are caramelized carrots with slightly crisp edges in a garlic honey butter sauce. This vegetable side dish will steal the show on your plate. Garlic Butter Roasted Carrots are simply delicious. Garlic Butter Roasted Carrots Who would have thought of combining Sriracha, garlic, honey, and pepper on carrots? Rebecca Lindamood of Foodie with Family, that’s who. Rebecca Lindamood...

Sage sausage, dried cranberries, fresh herbs, tart apples, and cubes of sourdough add up to create the best stuffing I have ever tasted. For as long as I can remember, I steered clear of stuffing and dressing. People would tell me that it tasted amazing, I’d take the “polite bite” but it never was something I enjoyed. Stuffing was always the one thing on the Thanksgiving table that I avoided at all costs. So, when I tell you this is...

Crisp broccoli is combined with sweet, juicy grapes, and crunchy bits of red onion just before being tossed with a tangy, sweet balsamic dressing to make this Broccoli Grape Salad. This is a light summer salad that my broccoli-hating-children devoured in minutes. My oldest son avoids broccoli at every other opportunity and he has requested this salad three times in the past month. That alone is enough to convince me that this salad recipe is a...

This is a fantastic copycat Mexican salad fully loaded with our favorite salad ingredients and then drizzled with an awesome Creamy Tomatillo Dressing. Within a few months of moving to Ohio last year, my family was lamenting the fact that we no longer lived near a Cafe Rio Mexican Grill. Cafe Rio serves fresh options for salads, burritos, tacos, and more. Yes, I just realized this sounds like an ad for the restaurant. But alas,...

Filled with ground beef, pasta, peppers, and jalapenos, the Cowboy Pasta Salad is a hearty, spicy, pasta salad perfect for the meat-lover in your life. Serve this pasta warm or at room temp for an easy lunch or dinner. Pasta salads are my favorite kind of meal for summer lunches and dinners. And this one is an awesome dish for potlucks and barbecues because it holds so nicely at room temperature. I typically serve this pasta room temp, but...

This Penne Pasta Salad with Tomatoes, Cucumbers, and Olives is a light and tangy penne pasta salad that is potluck, party, and summer barbecue friendly, with no mayo or other ingredients to spoil in the heat. A light dressing keeps everything tangy and moist, while the pasta won’t dry out, even if it’s left on a table for a couple of hours. This Italian Pasta Salad is one of the simplest pasta salads you can make. You’ll have the entire...

Over the years this has become our go-to favorite classic potato salad. The recipe is a combination of several of the potato salads here on the site and it’s perfect for summer barbecues, potlucks, and weeknight dinners throughout the year. We like to serve potato salad alongside Filthy Burgers or a Hot Dog Bar for a classic summer barbecue side dish. However, potato salad also makes regular appearances on our...

A colorful assortment of fresh fruits are tossed with a tangy honey lime dressing to create the Rainbow Fruit Salad that everyone loves. Rainbow Fruit Salad Fresh pineapple, strawberries, grapes, blueberries, oranges, kiwis, and blackberries are combined in this flavor-filled Rainbow Fruit Salad. Any combination of fruits will work nicely in this recipe. You’ll need a total of 8 cups worth of chopped fruits. The fruits are tossed...

Sweet, tangy, crunchy Asian Ramen Noodle Salad is a great side dish for summer potlucks, barbecues, or to serve with your dinner any day of the week. I served this salad with Balsamic Dijon Glazed Ham, Rosemary Potatoes, and Glazed Carrots for Easter dinner this year and it was a huge hit. If you’ve been hanging out here with me for long, you’ve probably noticed that there aren’t very many recipes that I claim might be the best...