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The BEST Oriental Pasta Salad Recipe!

by madeitateitloveditupdated on March 27, 2019March 21, 2019Leave a Comment

Oriental Pasta Salad Recipe Looking for the best non traditional pasta salad recipe? How to make Oriental Pasta Salad Add the chicken, pasta, spinach, cilantro, mandarin oranges, craisins, pine nuts and edamame to a bowl. Whisk together dressing ingredients Toss And serve! Oriental Pasta Salad ingredients 1-2 cups cooked chicken 16 ounces bowtie pasta, cooked 3 handfuls of spinach 1/2 bunch of cilantro, roughly chopped 15 ounce can mandarin oranges, drained 1 cup craisins 4 ounces pine nuts, toasted 10 ounce bag of edamame steamers dressing 1/3 cup teriyaki sauce 1/3 cup rice wine vinegar 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 …

appetizer, cheese, greek, italian, main dish, pasta, salad

Not Your Average Tortellini Antipasto Salad Recipe

by madeitateitloveditupdated on March 25, 2019February 20, 2019Leave a Comment

Tortellini Antipasto Salad Recipe Here is the best pasta salad recipe that is sure to be a hit for any occasion! It is not your average pasta salad recipe but so much more! Made with a simple, yet delicious red wine dressing. This recipe is made with some of my favorite ingredients and is a must try! How to make antipasto pasta salad Combine all the ingredients together in a large bowl. Mix well. Then drizzle the dressing ingredients into the pasta salad Mix Well Then enjoy! Tortellini Antipasto Salad Recipe ingredients 20 ounces cheese tortellini water olive oil 1/2 …

healthy, salad, wintertime

Wintertime Spinach Salad

by madeitateitloveditupdated on January 20, 2019December 28, 20181 Comment

Wintertime Spinach Salad with poppyseed dressing ingredients Spinach 4 cutie oranges 1 pomegranate or a container of the seeds 1 avocado, cubed 1 cup raspberries ½ cup almonds ½ cup walnuts ¼ cup sugar Goat cheese instructions In a small skillet add the nuts and the sugar. Cook on low while stirring until the sugar crystalizes onto the nuts and you have sugared nuts. Then immediately remove nuts from skillet onto a plate to cool. Then grab the spinach, cutie orange slices, pomegranate seeds, diced avocado, and goat cheese and make a salad. Top with cooled sugared …

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The Best Homemade Fruit Salad Recipe

by madeitateitloveditupdated on January 25, 2019November 20, 2018Leave a Comment

Homemade Fruit Salad Recipe This is the best creamy fruit salad recipe. Using ingredients you have right in your house! Fruit Salad 1 large bowl of cut up fruit (I like to use pineapple, blueberries, kiwi, apples, strawberries) 2 cups milk 1/4 cup sugar 2 T cornstarch 1 teaspoon lemon zest 2 teaspoons vanilla In a saucepan over medium heat pour in 2 cups of milk. Then add the 1/4 cup of sugar. Whisk it together. Then add 2 Tablespoons of cornstarch. Bring to a boil for 8-10 minutes until it begins to thicken. Then add the lemon zest and …

appetizer, copy-cat, mexican, salad

Mexican Cobb Salad

by madeitateitloveditupdated on January 31, 2019November 2, 2018Leave a Comment

Mexican Cobb Salad Looking for the Copy-cat El Pollo Loco Mexican Cobb Salad? Mexican Chopped salads are super easy to throw together and can be made for lunch or dinner. Adding Grilled chicken to make this a Grilled Chicken Mexican Chopped Salad makes this salad or dense and can be easy done. Personally this salad is hearty enough without grilled chicken in my opinion. But if you want it to be more similar to the el pollo loco salad add it away! This salad is perfectly topped with a creamy cilantro dressing to make it even more amazing! Hope you …

appetizer, hawaiian, salad, side dish

Hawaiian Macaroni Salad

by madeitateitloveditupdated on January 31, 2019October 23, 2018Leave a Comment

Hawaiian Macaroni Salad Looking for a macaroni salad recipe?

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Wedge Salad

by madeitateitloveditupdated on January 31, 2019September 18, 2018Leave a Comment

Wedge Salad Wedge Salads have always been a favorite of mine to order at restaraunts. After ordering them weekend after weekend on date night I decided one night to whip up my own. I did not realize how simple and potentially cheap and fast wedge salads were to make! They are a type of salad that can be customized very easily and made within minutes. Wedge Salads are really a personal preference (mine and my husbands are completely different) But here is what my husband and I put on our wedge salads Wedge Salad Head of Iceberg Lettuce toppings: tomatoes, …

chicken, chinese, main dish, salad

Chinese Chicken Salad

by madeitateitloveditupdated on February 27, 2019August 3, 2018Leave a Comment

My Favorite Chinese Chicken Salad The key to the perfect Chinese chicken salad is the chicken having the right breading, the salad having enough crunch, and the perfect dressing! I love applebee’s…yes i know…some people (like my husband) aren’t fans. But man I love it. So one day I was wondering How do you make applebees oriental chicken salad. And that is when this copycat applebees recipe was born! I absolutely love this salad!! That is all I can say! It is in my top 3 favorite salads for sure! And better yet when I serve my husband this salad …

appetizer, healthy, mexican, salad, side dish, vegetable, yogurt

Top 5 Companies that are changing society

by madeitateitloveditupdated on January 31, 2019March 6, 2017Leave a Comment

Top 5 Companies Changing Society One of my favorite things about being a food blogger is having the chance to work with brands that I already love. Stonyfield has always been one of those companies. Besides the taste and quality of ingredients another thing I love is getting to know the companies better. A little over a year ago I was able to go on a farm tour for Stonyfield and see the behind the scenes are their mission to create great quality products all while helping to “save the earth”! So today when they announced that they were part …

dinner, easy, lunch, pasta, salad, summertime, yogurt

Summer Time Spinach Salad with a Creamy Citrus Poppyseed Dressing

by madeitateitlovediton May 23, 2016May 23, 2016Leave a Comment

It gets hot here in Arizona during the summertime! I am always looking for refreshing lunch and dinners to enjoy that don’t heat up the house! This salad paired with bowtie pasta takes it up a notch and makes it a little heartier. Which means you can enjoy it for dinner as well as lunch! I always love using Stonyfield Greek yogurt to create a creamy dressing to pair my salad with! I love using these 5.3 ounce containers because they are perfectly measured with the right amount of Greek yogurt to make a dressing for my family! There is …