This easy Dijon vinaigrette dressing with minced shallots gives any salad a classically tangy French vibe. Home cooks have been duped into thinking salad dressings and vinaigrettes should come from your grocery store shelves. Don’t believe the hype! The truth is, homemade salad dressings like this simple Dijon vinaigrette just might be the […]
Salads and Sides
Here you’ll find several types of salads, from easy salad recipes to dinner salad recipes, plus a variety of side dishes.
Easy Arugula Salad Recipe with Parmesan
The fresh, Mediterranean-inspired arugula salad features a simple lemon dressing, toasted pine nuts, tangy sun-dried tomatoes, and salty Parmesan for a simple side salad recipe for any meal. Choosing a main course dinner idea is a pretty simple task. But when it comes to rounding out the meal with some extra plant […]
Roasted Potato Salad
Thanks to roasted potatoes, this potato salad is next-level good and teeming with awesome savory flavor, with rosemary, bacon, and hard boiled eggs, and a creamy mustardy-mayo dressing. I’ve shared several different types of potato salad recipes here on the blog, and this roasted potato salad happens to be my […]
Italian Chickpea Salad
This simple chickpea salad is loaded with big Italian flavor from hot soppressata, provolone, black olives, pepperoncini peppers, and more, and is the perfect salad for potlucks that isn’t pasta salad, plus no soggy lettuce here. Chickpeas might be my favorite bean, and I have a trove of recipes that […]
How to Make Elote (Mexican Street Corn)
This elote recipe (Mexican corn) features fresh sweet corn on the cob, grilled and slathered in mayonnaise, sour cream, and lime juice mixture topped with spices, and cotija cheese for the best Mexican street corn. I’ll sing the praises of sweet summer corn until the cows come home. While I […]
How to Make The Best Grilled Corn On the Cob
Grilled corn on the cob is a summer staple and after years of experimenting, I’ve found cooking corn right in their husks on a hot grill is the easiest and quickest way to cook the best corn on the cob. We grill just about anything and everything we can get […]