I made the most delicious Butternut Squash Rice Salad yesterday and could not wait to share the recipe with you all! With roasted butternut squash, dried cranberries, pomegranate arils, feta cheese, and pumpkin seeds, this rice salad is bursting with flavor and nutrition. Plus, it’s just plain gorgeous! I came up with this for a fall picnic…
Category: Lunch
Summer Pearled Couscous
Looking for a great veggie side dish or summer lunch? Make my Summer Pearled Couscous! This is the perfect dish to make when you’ve got a ton of zucchini and cherry tomatoes in the garden. Add lots of garlic, fresh corn, feta cheese, and fresh basil and you’ve got yourself a winning dish. I love…
Watermelon Mint Feta Salad
Looking for an easy, healthy summer salad? You found it! My Watermelon Mint Feta Salad is incredibly refreshing. The secret ingredient? Fresh lime juice! This is a super satisfying dish that only takes about five minutes to make. You really don’t need to know how to cook to pull off this elegant dish. This would…
Mediterranean Pasta Salad
Looking for a delicious, easy-to-make pasta salad to pack up for picnics or lunchboxes? You found it! This delicious Mediterranean Pasta Salad has cherries, artichoke hearts, Kalamata olives, pine nuts, feta cheese, fresh basil and oregano, and a delicious lemon dressing with fresh lemon zest. Wow, that’s truly a laundry list of some of my…
Spicy Basil Caprese Salad
I’ve been growing a Spicy Basil Globe plant this summer and used this delicious herb to make the most intriguing caprese salad. If you grow Spicy Basil, you must try my Spicy Basil Caprese Salad – especially if you grow your own tomatoes! I make caprese salad all summer long. It’s truly the quintessential summer…
Artichoke and Olive Pasta Salad
Looking for a simple pasta salad to take on a picnic or pack for lunches? You found it! This Artichoke and Olive Pasta Salad is so quick and easy to make. I picked up gorgeous artichokes and saffron Kalamata olives from Amanida at the farmers market the other day and decided to make a simple…
Simple Summer Salad
This simple summer salad is the perfect side dish in the summertime to showcase those juicy garden fresh tomatoes! Make this all summer long when you have an abundance of tomatoes and fresh dill. (It’s also perfectly delicious with fresh basil, Italian parsley, or oregano.) I couldn’t even count how many times I’ve made this….
Flank Steak and Gorgonzola Sandwiches
I love, love, love this flank steak sandwich. Grill up a flank steak, then grill buttered baguette, smother it with creamy gorgonzola, top it with flank steak slices, and add a bit of arugula on top. So easy and so delicious! My mom taught me how to grill flank steak and trust me when I…
Squash Blossom Quesadilla
Have tons of squash blossoms in your garden? Girl, same! I’ve been putting them on everything: pizza, sandwiches, and yes, in quesadillas. I can’t take any credit for this. One of my TikTok followers commented on one of my squash blossom videos and told me that growing up in Mexico, her mom used to make…