PIN the Cauliflower Potato Salad to try it later!

Loaded Cauliflower Potato Salad is a recipe that’s been a hit on the blog since I first posted it. Shortly after I created the recipe I took it to a family party. And everyone loved it, in a family where very few people care about their carbs (and some don’t even like cauliflower!) And it’s starting to feel like summer, so this is a perfect summer salad to feature for Friday Favorites this week.

I do understand if you’re skeptical though. I saw recipes for cauliflower potato salad for long time before I came up with this one. And every time I read through one of those recipes, it didn’t sound like a wow to me. So when I got inspired to see if I could come up with a version that would be something special, I consulted my sister Sandee who’s the potato salad queen in my family.

It was the recommendation from Sandee that inspired me to use a lot of mayo and just a tiny bit of mustard in the dressing. I also used a generous amount of chopped eggs the way Sandee does in her family-favorite potato salad. And we added plenty of bacon and sharp cheddar to make a cauliflower potato salad that would be extra flavorful!

Unless you’re someone who absolutely doesn’t like cauliflower, I hope you will try this salad! For me it’s been a repeater recipe I’ve made over and over; hope you will enjoy it too!

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PIN the Thai Larb Salad recipe to try it later!

When my niece Kara and I made this Thai-Inspired Turkey Larb Salad to update the photos, we were so intrigued by the flavors in this amazing salad. Both of us love the complex blend of flavors in Thai food, and this salad tastes like something you might get in a Thai restaurant. I ate my leftover salad cold for breakfast the next day, and Kara told me she also couldn’t wait to eat the leftovers!

I’m not claiming this is an authentic Thai recipe, of course! But I have been to Thailand twice, so I know the salad has authentic enough Thai flavors to be called Thai-inspired! And it uses ingredients I think will be available to most people. We increased some ingredients to make the Larb Salad a substantial main dish salad when we updated the photos. And doubled the amount of dressing to make sure the salad was loaded with flavor. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

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PIN the Chicken and Avocado Salad to try it later!

Chicken and Avocado Salad with Lime and Cilantro was inspired by a recipe my sister Pam discovered on Pinterest! And my version of this tasty salad is a recipe I’ve made over and over since Pam first told me about it. She sent me an e-mail that had just a list of ingredients. So I worked on the salad and made up my own amounts and directions!

My version of this favorite salad has chunks of chicken and avocado, and I mix the lime and mayonnaise to make a dressing. And my family has some cilantro avoiders, so I often make an equally-delicious version without cilantro. Through the years I’ve made this chicken and avocado salad for so many parties. And if you like these ingredients, I bet this salad is going to be a keeper for you too!

The salad became so popular on the site that a few years ago I decided I should improve the photos. I also realized now I usually make a slightly larger amount than the original recipe. So this recipe is the new-and-improved version of this chicken and avocado salad, with slightly more chicken, avocado, and cilantro than the original version. Feel free to adjust ingredients and amounts any way that suits your fancy! And I think this combination will be good no matter how you switch it up!

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PIN Chopped Greek Salad to make it later!

It’s Memorial Day in the U.S., which is the unofficial start of summer! I just got home very late last night from a wonderful trip to Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and Albania. And in those Balkan countries I swooned over the salads with tomatoes and cucumbers that were served as a starter for nearly every dinner! Every country had slightly different Greek-Style tomato-cucumber salads with cheese, olives, and sometimes peppers, onions, and other raw vegetables. 

And of course summer means Greek Salad will be on the menu at my house too! Today I’m reminding you about this favorite Chopped Greek Salad with Peperoncini! This recipe combines my fondness for tomato-cucumber salads with my absolute love for spicy Peperoncini peppers. I could go on and on about why I think this is a perfect summer salad combination. But if you like these ingredients and enjoy Feta cheese, you probably don’t need to be convinced!

The Chopped Greek Salad salad starts with tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, and Feta. Then I kicked it up by using brine from the Peperoncini peppers in the lemony dressing and adding some sliced Peperoncini to the salad. This recipe has been popular on the blog, and it’s a treat I’d never get tired of. And when the weather really heats up, I’d eat salad like this any day for lunch or dinner; hope you enjoy trying it!

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PIN the Chicken Salad with Basil to try it later!

Today I’m reminding you about this amazing Chicken Salad with Basil! This is a recipe you should make as soon as you see basil plants showing up in the grocery store. OR if you have basil growing in your garden, you can make it it all summer long! 

I’m a huge fan of fresh basil, and I’ve been growing basil and freezing the basil for many years, so I’m excited when basil season gets started every year. And this basil-loaded chicken salad recipe is one of my favorite summer salads. Through the years I’ve decided you just can’t ever put too much chopped basil in this salad.

And yes, I used the word SUMMER, but please don’t hesitate to make this salad any time you have chicken and fresh basil on hand! If you have to buy basil in the grocery store you can get away with using less in this recipe. But please try it if you’re a fan of these flavors. I could eat this over and over again and never get tired of it!

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PIN the Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese to try it later!

This colorful Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese also has artichoke hearts and sweet mini-peppers, and this is a combination I absolutely love. And we’re entering into the time of year when nothing seems better than salad as a tasty side dish for something cooked on the grill! I love salads of every kind, something that’s probably obvious if you follow my blog.

And long-time readers might have noticed my fondness for the peppery greens called Arugula. I know some people aren’t really fans, but I love the sharp spicy flavor and those clamshells of arugula find their way into my grocery cart quite often. I’ve been making fun salad combinations with arugula since the very early days of my blog!

And this favorite arugula salad has goat cheese, which is one of my other favorite ingredients! If you’re also a fan, be generous with the goat cheese like we were when we took these photos, and I bet you’ll love it!

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PIN the Curried Chicken Salad to try it later!

Curried Chicken Salad is a recipe I’ve been waiting to feature, because in Utah we kept getting rainy weather so I thought cold chicken and asparagus salad might be pushing it. But I noticed when I checked my blog stats that a few salad recipes had gone crazy on Pinterest, so I decided some of you are ready for salads!

I’m a huge salad fan, and some of my favorite restaurant meals are salads that I order over and over and never get tired of. And when I ate leftovers from this salad for breakfast the day after we shot the new photos, I wished there had been a bit more left!

We made a few changes to this salad recipe when we updated it, including switching out the peanuts in the original salad for pine nuts, which were an amazing change! Here’s the printer-friendly version of the original recipe, in case anyone was a fan of the older version.

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PIN Artichoke Heart Salad to try it later!

This amazing Artichoke Hearts Salad is my idea of the perfect dish to make for a special meal or a party, and I’m a life-long fan of artichokes! This salad has artichoke hearts, roasted red peppers, and capers, with finely diced red onion and sliced basil bumping up the flavors. But it’s the roasted artichoke hearts that make this salad so much of a wow.

You can make the artichoke salad ahead and chill, or it can sit for hours at room temperature. That which makes it perfect for summer entertaining, but I can also imagine this salad served warm on a buffet at a holiday party.

I bet this is going to disappear pretty quickly no matter who you serve it to! If you’re also enthusiastic about artichoke hearts, I hope you make it soon.

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PIN the strawberry and spinach salad recipe to try it later!

This Strawberry Spinach Salad is a recipe I originally got from a reader named Robin Oliver, and it’s been a favorite on the site through the years. And I’m reminding you about it today because I think this would be perfect for Mother’s Day!

I no longer have a garden where dill is growing. But I’m still intrigued with the idea of dill in a strawberry and spinach salad, and I didn’t mind buying a little package of fresh dill at the store. This salad also has a delightful slightly-sweet dressing with a touch of dry mustard and onion powder giving it a sweet and savory combination of flavors.

I used my favorite sweetener of course, to make my Strawberry Spinach Salad lower in sugar, and when we tasted the dressing using Monkfruit sweetener we decided some people might like to make it even slightly sweeter, so I’m giving you that option..

If you don’t like dill, or don’t have any fresh dill in your garden I think this salad would also be delicious with chopped sweet basil! This is a lovely salad for a special occasion; hope you enjoy!

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PIN Broccoli and Cauliflower Salad to try it later!

This Broccoli and Cauliflower Salad has a dressing with that distinctive tarragon flavor that I like so much. I remember when I first tried fresh tarragon, and how much I loved the interesting flavor. And tarragon is one of the first herbs that shows up in the spring.

But through the years I’ve realized not everyone likes the slightly anise flavor of this herb. So let me be clear that you can skip the tarragon completely in the dressing for this tasty salad (or use another type of herb.)It will still taste great! And this is a perfect salad for spring when many summer vegetables aren’t available yet.

When we made the broccoli and cauliflower salad recently to update the photos, Kara and I couldn’t help adding creamy Feta cheese And OH MY, what a great addition that was. Of course the Feta is optional, but if you like Feta I hope you use some. And both broccoli and cauliflower are cruciferous vegetables that are loaded with nutrients, right? I’m reminding you about this healthy salad for my Friday Favorites pick this week, and I hope you try it as a new idea for a think-outside-the-box salad!

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