I know I know...everyone knows about caprese salad. But do you know about the balsamic dressing that goes with it??? Let's first chat about caprese salad - it's the best right? It never gets old and it's one of the more gorgeous salads out there. It's incredibly easy to make and has limited ingredients...I love when 4 ingredients come together and create a staple recipe that is undeniably good. Tomatoes are so pretty right now. I am not a huge tomato fan...I'm not popping them in my … [Read more...]
Festive Fall Farro Salad with Kale, Cranberries, Pecans & Goat Cheese
Do you need to take a break? The day after Thanksgiving can be quite overwhelming sometimes. We typically stuff our faces until we are uncomfortable. I think Vin said "I need to stop" 48 times yesterday. I however, felt perfectly full. I have no idea how that happened - perhaps the 16 month old toddler running around helped. There are usually leftovers and we typically eat them around noon the next day and do the same thing over again leaving us grouchy full, but totally satisfied. … [Read more...]
Italian Orzo Pasta Salad – Power Your Lunchbox: pledge to make healthy lunch for your kiddos!
Hello Friends! I am excited to share that I have partnered with Produce for Kids again to bring another important message to you. This time we are talking about ways to create healthy lunches for your kiddos. Yes, I know it's much easier to purchase pre-made lunches and snacks but unfortunately those are more than likely full of processed ingredients. As we all know, it's important to teach our youth to eat healthy at a young age so they learn to love foods like fresh fruits and … [Read more...]
Copy Cat Olive Garden Salad
A copy cat recipe for the Olive Garden Salad that you can't get enough of! Juicy tomatoes, salty olives, spicy pepperoncini peppers, crisp red onion, crunchy croutons and salty parmesan cheese are tossed with romaine lettuce and topped with that delicious Olive Garden Italian Dressing. Add chicken to make it a meal or serve along side your main course - this salad is a keeper! Who loves Olive Garden Salad and bread sticks? I do! I do! I will admit...I haven't been there in yeeeears, like … [Read more...]
Chickpea Salad
A healthy mix of chickpeas, tomatoes, cucumbers, and green peppers all tossed in a lemon dill dressing then topped with, but of course, feta cheese! So I am now staying at home with Miss Raya Mae and often find myself snacking randomly throughout the day. You other mama's agree? Of course, we're busy, trying to get things done around the house while taking care of our kid(s) so we hardly ever have time to just sit and eat. It helped with the baby weight so I guess there's some good out of … [Read more...]
Kale Caesar Salad with Chicken, Sun Dried Tomatoes, Avocado, and Cornbread Croutons
Sometimes I get inspired. I lied. I always get inspired. That is truly what I love about blogging - all of these recipes are inspired from something or somewhere. Yes, I make up ideas in my head for recipes but it's only because I've seen, heard of it, or crave it. You can be inspired from cravings right? I mean I crave chocolate chip cookies which is why I was inspired to make Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookies. Right? Right!? I like how I am talking about cookies and kale … [Read more...]
Steak and Corn Caesar Salad
This salad may beat a traditional chicken caesar salad... It juuuust might. It all depends on what you prefer, chicken or steak? I like both but we're talking about STEAK Caesar Salad today so STEAK for the win! Believe it or not, I LOVE salads. I still like sweets though...don't worry. I eat salads all the time and for some reason, I'm pretty good at making them. I'm tootin' my own horn a little...hope that's ok! It's ok right? It's my special talent I guess. We love steak … [Read more...]
Grilled Corn and Zucchini Salad
Summer is almost over, BUT it's not too late to make this salad! We love corn around our house, especially grilled corn. It's the perfect compliment to almost any meal and makes a great cold salad like this grilled corn and zucchini salad. Zucchini is also delicious during the Summer months. I'm sure you've seen all of the yummy zucchini recipes on Pinterest...especially the dessert ones...chocolate zucchini bread? umm yes! Grilled Corn and Zucchini Salad is incredibly easy to … [Read more...]
Blueberry Corn Salad
I can't believe I'm sharing another salad. This blog is called Stuck On Sweet right? I am so stuck on SWEET. Trust me I am, but it's been hard to find time to bake the past few weeks. We've been busy. I have excuses. Salads though...salads are so easy and quick to make. Plus, they're good for ya. Although I'm 28 weeks pregnant and eat ice cream every night, I know that I need to eat healthy, too. Healthy food is delicious ya know and oh so pretty! I am definitely a fruit … [Read more...]
Greek Salad
And my salad obsession continues. We typically go all out on the weekends - eat whatever we want whenever we want. I cook during the week but when it comes to the weekends, it's straight eating out and enjoying all the yummy food the Chicago area has to offer. Because of that I/we often don't eat as healthy - Portillo's cheeseburgers and cheese fries, ice cream from Graham's Chocolates, and Italian food, of course, from a few of our favorite local restaurants. So.... Monday … [Read more...]
Parmesan Peppercorn Chicken Salad with Sun Dried Tomatoes and Pasta
This is the best salad ever. Well one of them. I like A LOT of salads. Like Steak Salad with Roasted Corn, Strawberries and Blue Cheese (Hello Summer Salad!) or this Italian Chicken Salad with Vegetables and Goat Cheese. I love salads because they're easy, mostly healthy, and incredibly flavorful. Really they are. I think people sometimes see salads as boring or "healthy" or I really want a cheeseburger but I should get a salad type of dish. I disagree. I think salads are sometimes … [Read more...]
Roasted Vegetable Quinoa Salad
And the obsession with quinoa continues. I know quinoa is "trendy" right now, but it totally deserves to be popular. Just like clothes or hair styles, food goes in and out of trends. Have you noticed this? I absolutely love trendy food because it's usually pretty darn good and let's be honest, food never goes out of style. Some of my favorite trendy foods are boutique cupcakes, doughnuts (so trendy in Chicago, refer to my instagram to see what I mean), red velvet everything (not seeing … [Read more...]