I sometimes have people who contact me and ask if it’s permissible or if you’re allowed to eat a carefully chosen fast food salad as your “lean and green” medifast meal. I occasionally do this and I find it to be perfectly acceptable in a pinch. The key though is to select very wisely. Some [...]

Do you like seafood? If you do, do you like pasta salads? If you don’t like seafood but like pasta salads or if you dislike salads but like seafoods – I think it does not matter. Give this recipe the chance to turn you around. Actually, let us rephrase that – give experimentation the chance [...]

I think, for most people, chicken salad is something awesome. I have a really hard time thinking that anyone would dislike it (apart from, maybe, vegetarians; but even them, I would imagine – if they forgot, or didn’t know, that they were eating chicken – would enjoy it). So, that is a pretty good base [...]

In this article I am going to give you a great, very simple, salad to add to your arsenal of delicious summertime dishes. When it comes to simple things to do, that are edible, perhaps the carrot salad is unsurpassed. All you need to make this glorious salad is a few peeled carrots, depending on [...]

How about some broccoli in a salad..? No? How about if it is mixed with apple (and, of course, other things)? No? Really, I think you should try this before giving your “professional opinion” (as you simply cannot know how something tastes without trying it out first). As I usually – yes., actually not only [...]

If you are taking the trouble to use a great steak marinade, you will want to serve an impressive side dish with your succulent meat. A cool, colorful salad is a great choice because you can use your imagination or use one of the following recipes to make something mouthwatering and tempting. Feel free to [...]

Do you like potato salad? If not, realize it can be endlessly varied (if you have read some of my earlier recipes you know I say this a lot but that is because it is so important; variation can make anyone passionate about and interested in cooking). If your view of potato salad is “nothing [...]

It seems like the growing trend in researching the nutritional value of most popular foods on the market is they all have adverse health effects on the human body. The key to any diet is eating a balanced diet by adding a piece of every food group to a meal. However, when speaking of instant [...]

A pasta salad is – or, can be – as simple as any other dish. And, pretty much, taste as good as anything (and, honestly, if it does not you are probably the one to blame; rather than “pasta salad”). As with anything else, you can make a pasta salad in very simple ways, using [...]

Thought eating soup and salad was good for your diet, huh? Well, you probably thought wrong! First off, I’m glad you’re eating soups and salads. It’s a step in the right direction generally speaking. However, I’m not just going to give you the thumbs up until you can tell me what exactly is in those [...]