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Salads

Healthy Light Salad Recipes, highlighting seasonal fresh produce

Sweet and Savory Chinese Watermelon Rind Pickles Recipe

July 26, 2013 by Jeanette 29 Comments

Chinese Watermelon Pickles © Jeanette's Healthy Living

This quick recipe for Chinese Watermelon Rind Pickles is perfect as a summer side dish. Pull it out when it’s too hot to cook. A few years ago, a woman from Shanghai named Wendy lived with our family to help take care of my aging in-laws. Chinese people never throw food away, and eat every part…

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Filed Under: Asian, csa, dairy-free, farmer's market, gluten-free, healthy choices, salads, side dishes, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian

Burmese Cucumber Watermelon Composed Salad Recipe

July 24, 2013 by Jeanette 25 Comments

Composed Burmese Cucumber Watermelon Salad © Jeanette's Healthy Living

This Burmese inspired Cucumber Watermelon Composed Salad is like a party in your mouth, with sweet, sour and savory flavors, and lots of crunch and juiciness. I’ve been having some fun looking through Modernist Cuisine at Home this past week.  I am curious about how some of the techniques and ingredients might be used to…

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Filed Under: Asian, csa, dairy-free, dips and sauces, gluten-free, healthy choices, salads, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: Burmese cuisine, Burmese food, Burmese Melon Salad, cucumber salad, gin thoke, watermelon salad

Sweet and Salty Greek Watermelon Feta Mint Salad Recipe

July 17, 2013 by Jeanette 19 Comments

Greek Watermelon Mint Feta © Jeanette's Healthy Living

The combination of sweet juicy watermelon, salty feta and bright mint in this simple salad play to all the senses. Our family loves to eat, and on special occasions, I use that as an excuse to eat out (it’s nice to get a break from the kitchen every once in a while). We have our…

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Filed Under: gluten-free, salads, vegetarian

Cool Noodles with Green Pesto and Sweet Spicy Soy Sesame Dressing Recipe

July 15, 2013 by Jeanette 20 Comments

Cool Soba Noodles with Sweet Spicy Soy Sesame Sauce © Jeanette's Healthy Living

When it’s hot out, I crave foods like these Cool Noodles with Green Pesto and Sweet Spicy Soy Sesame Dressing for lunch or dinner. Keep some cooked noodles, pesto, and soy sesame sauce in the refrigerator, and toss this noodle salad together whenever your heart desires. When the peak of summer heat hits, I crave…

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Filed Under: Asian, dairy-free, farmer's market, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, lunch, main courses, Pasta and Noodles, salads, vegetarian Tagged With: Asian noodle salad, cold noodle salad, cool noodle salad, kale pesto, soba noodle salad

Juicy Summer Heirloom Tomato Stone Fruit Salad Recipe

July 10, 2013 by Jeanette 22 Comments

Heirloom Tomato Fruit Salad © Jeanette's Healthy Living

This Summer Tomato Stone Fruit Salad is full of juicy heirloom tomatoes, nectarines and mango. A drizzle of sherry vinegar, a little honey goat cheese and chopped fresh mint are all that are needed to make this fresh summer salad tantalizingly delicious. With the sweltering heat that has hit our area the past few weeks,…

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Filed Under: csa, farmer's market, gluten-free, healthy choices, salads, side dishes, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: Cooking Light, Heirloom Tomato Salad, honeyed goat cheese, mango in salad, nectarine in salad, sherry vinegar

Light Mexican Corn Salad Recipe (Esquites)

July 3, 2013 by Jeanette

Mexican Corn Salad (Esquites) © Jeanette's Healthy Living

This Mexican Corn Salad or Esquites recipe is a lightened version of a common street food. Spiked with lime juice, chili powder, and pillowey cilantro leaves, it’s a party in your mouth. I always look forward to summer corn and although our local corn harvest has yet to ripen, I’ve been picking up some fresh…

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Filed Under: csa, gluten-free, salads, side dishes, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: corn salad, esquites recipe, farmer's market salad, light corn salad, light esquites, Mexican corn salad

Grilled Caesar Salad with Light Caesar Salad Dressing Recipe

June 26, 2013 by Jeanette 12 Comments

Light Grilled Caesar Salad © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Who doesn’t like Caesar Salad? This Grilled Caesar Salad is a twist on the traditional salad served with a lightened up dressing that is rich and tangy tasting. I still remember the first time I had Caesar Salad – I was entranced by the table side service as a garlic clove was rubbed against the…

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Filed Under: dips and sauces, gluten-free, healthy choices, salads, sauces, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: grilled lettuce, grilled Romaine lettuce, healthier Caesar Salad dressing, healthy Caesar salad

Massaged Kale and Mango Salad Recipe

June 12, 2013 by Jeanette 32 Comments

Massaged Kale Salad with Mango © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Kale is a Power Food that may seem passe to some, but it remains a powerhouse of nutrition regardless. I’ve made kale pesto, kale kimchi, kale chips, sauteed kale, tossed kale salads, used kale in soups and massaged kale salads. I have to admit that the first time I heard of massaged kale, I thought…

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Filed Under: csa, dairy-free, farmer's market, gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, salads, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: healthy salad, kale salad, mango, massaged kale salad, summer salad

Mexican Chopped Salad with Lime Cilantro Dressing

May 8, 2013 by Jeanette 19 Comments

Mexican Chopped Salad with Lime Cilantro Dressing © Jeanette's Healthy Living

This Chopped Mexican Salad with Lime Cilantro Dressing is perfect for lunch or as a side dish at a Spring or Summer barbeque. Chock full of black beans, roasted corn, avocado, red bell peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers and red onion, this salad has lots of textures and will keep you coming back for more. This Chopped…

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Filed Under: gluten-free, healthy choices, lunch, salads, vegetarian Tagged With: healthy entertaining, lime cilantro dressing, Mexican Chopped Salad, salad for BBQ

Roasted Beet, Grilled Corn, Tomato Salad with Montamore Cheese and Walnuts Recipe

April 1, 2013 by Jeanette 11 Comments

Baby Green Salad with Roasted Beets Grilled Corn Tomatoes © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Today, I’m sharing a recipe for a Roasted Beet, Grilled Corn, Tomato Salad with Montamore Cheese and Walnuts that I view as a transition salad – that is, a salad that speaks to the cooler weather that we are hopefully putting behind us for the season, and the warmer Spring air that I hope is…

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Filed Under: gluten-free, healthy choices, salads, vegetarian Tagged With: beet and corn salad, beet salad, montamore cheese, Sartori cheese

The Mediterranean Diet – 11 Eatings Tips For Improving Heart Health

March 24, 2013 by Jeanette 7 Comments

Roasted Beet Orange Pumpkin Seed Green Salad © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Last month, The New England Journal of Medicine published an article entitled, Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet, which discusses a trial conducted in Spain that demonstrated a Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil or nuts resulted in a substantial reduction (30%) in the risk of major cardiovascular events.   I…

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Filed Under: healthy choices, Resources, salads, vegetarian Tagged With: Dr. Ramon Estruch, New England Journal of Medicine, prevention of cardiovascular disease with Mediterranean diet, The Mediterranean Diet and heart disease

Warm Kale, Farro and Winter Fruit Salad Recipe

February 4, 2013 by Jeanette 15 Comments

Warm Farro Kale Winter Fruit Salad

What do you do when it’s snowing out? I know what I do…cook. At least that’s what I did on a recent snowy day when the kids were off from school. I dug through my cabinets and refrigerator to see what needed to be used up, and found a bunch of goodies, including a wedge…

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Filed Under: Dinner, healthy choices, lunch, main courses, salads, side dishes, vegetarian, whole grain Tagged With: dried cranberries, dried figs, farro, kale, warm farro salad

Recipe for Quinoa and Black Lentil Salad with Mixed Salad Greens

October 17, 2012 by Jeanette 15 Comments

Quinoa Lentil Mixed Green Salad

Today, I’m sharing a recipe for Quinoa and Black Lentil Salad over Mixed Greens for this week’s Food Network Fall Fest event where Mixed Lettuce is being featured. Each week through the fall season, a group of talented bloggers will be featuring a recipe using fresh fall produce that’s in season. Recently, a dear friend…

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Filed Under: csa, dairy-free, gluten-free, healthy choices, salads, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian, whole grain Tagged With: Black lentils, Fall Fest, Food Network, mixed green salad, quinoa salad

Thai Grapefruit and Orange Citrus Salad Recipe

October 12, 2012 by Jeanette 15 Comments

Thai Citrus Salad

Thai Grapefruit and Orange Citrus Salad is a refreshing, light salad. Yesterday, I showed you how to peel and cut citrus fruit segments, and today, I’m featuring a Thai inspired Grapefruit and Orange Citrus Salad using grapefruit and orange segments. So, please refer back to yesterday’s post if you would like to see how to…

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Filed Under: dairy-free, gluten-free, healthy choices, salads, vegan Tagged With: citrus fruits, grapefruit, health benefits of citrus fruits, lemons, limes, oranges, power foods

Roasted Beet, Apple and Walnut Salad with Honey Lemon Yogurt Dressing

September 5, 2012 by Jeanette 15 Comments

Roasted Beet, Apple, Walnut Salad with Honey Lemon Yogurt Dressing

If you’ve ever read any of my Beet Recipe posts, you know that I did not like beets growing up, but came to love them after I tasted my first Roasted Beet Salad. During the summer, beets abound at the farmer’s market and in my CSA Box, so I have plenty of opportunities to experiment…

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Filed Under: csa, farmer's market, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, salads Tagged With: beet and apple salad, beet salad, csa, farmer's market, Food Network, Food Network Summer Fest, roasted beet salad, yogurt dressing

Asian Sesame Spinach Salad Recipe

August 24, 2012 by Jeanette 20 Comments

Sesame Spinach Salad

Asian Sesame Spinach Salad is a healthy side dish that is easy to prepare. Remember when Popeye would open a can of spinach just before his muscles would pop out of his shirt? Well, Popeye was onto something because as it turns out, Spinach is a Power Food. Although canned spinach sounds just as unappealing…

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Filed Under: Asian, csa, dairy-free, farmer's market, gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, salads, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: Asian spinach salad, power food, sesame spinach salad, spinach health benefits

Marinated Portobello Mushroom Salad Recipe

August 17, 2012 by Jeanette 25 Comments

Marinated Portobello Mushrooms

Marinated Portobello Mushroom Salad can be made in advance and is a healthy side dish. Mushrooms are one of those foods that sometimes don’t get enough credit. At least, I know I didn’t until I discovered fresh shitake mushrooms, portobello mushrooms, and dried porcini mushrooms as an adult. Growing up, my dad used to make…

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Filed Under: Cooking For Cancer, gluten-free, healthy choices, salads, side dishes, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: mushroom salad, mushrooms, portobello mushroom salad, portobello mushrooms, power foods

Peach Blackberry Arugula Salad Recipe

August 15, 2012 by Jeanette 15 Comments

Peach Blackberry Arugula Salad

Peach Blackberry Arugula Salad is a beautiful fresh salad featuring fresh peaches and blackberries. One of the fruits I look forward to most during the summer are fresh peaches. There’s just something about taking a bite of a fresh, juicy peach in season. The fragrance of a fresh in-season peach is intoxicating. White peaches are…

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Filed Under: csa, farmer's market, gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, salads, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: blackberries, peaches

Tomato Gazpacho Salsa Recipe

August 1, 2012 by Jeanette 13 Comments

Gazpacho Salsa on Whole Grain Toast Rubbed with Garlic

One of my favorite summer soups when I was a young girl was Gazpacho. Gazpacho is served cold and is so refreshing, it’s like giving your body a spa treatment. Chock-full of fresh vegetables, gazpacho is a tomato based soup, traditionally made with fresh tomatoes, green pepper, cucumber, onion, garlic, olive oil and sherry vinegar….

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Filed Under: dairy-free, dips and sauces, gluten-free, salads, sauces, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: Food Network Summer Fest, gazpacho, salsa, tomatoes

Sesame Summer Squash Stir-Fry Recipe

July 25, 2012 by Jeanette 8 Comments

Sesame Summer Squash Stir-Fry

This Sesame Summer Squash Stir-Fry is quick and easy to make, and goes well with grilled proteins. Lately, I’ve been getting lots of Summer Squash in my CSA Box. I’ve been grilling them the last few weeks, but decided to stir-fry them instead for a change. This easy recipe can be made in less time…

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Filed Under: Asian, csa, dairy-free, farmer's market, gluten-free, healthy choices, salads, side dishes, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: stir-fry, stri-fry vegetables, summer squash, yellow squash

Easy Cold Soy Sesame Cucumber Salad Recipe

July 21, 2012 by Jeanette 12 Comments

Cold Soy

Cold Soy Sesame Cucumber Salad makes a regular appearance at our dinner table during the summer. My dad used to make this all the time in the sweltering Maryland heat. It takes less than 15 minutes to make this simple, refreshing cucumber salad. Each Saturday, I trek over to our local farmer’s market to see…

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Filed Under: Asian, csa, dairy-free, farmer's market, gluten-free, healthy choices, salads, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: Asian salad, csa, cucumber salad, easy recipe, farmer's market, no cooking, raw food

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