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Ten favorite healthy and fresh salad recipes perfect for the season! Keep things light between holiday celebrations with these easy recipes.
With the holidays comes lots of celebrations and lots of delicious foods. After a big Thanksgiving weekend, I am craving lighter, fresher, and healthier foods! Especially because there are more holidays and celebrations right around the corner.
If you are in the same boat, this post is for you. These are some of our favorite salads, perfect for the winter season. Make a meal out of them by adding chicken, salmon, shrimp, etc. Full of flavor and healthy veggies, you'll find yourself craving these easy and delicious salads. Enjoy!
This Orange Fennel Watercress Salad with Lemon Ginger Poppyseed Dressing is a heavenly combination of fresh, beautiful, seasonal ingredients!
This delicious Pomegranate Pear Kale Salad is loaded with fresh, healthy ingredients. The simple, vibrant lemon dressing ties it all together.
This Caramelized Pear Arugula Salad is a show-stopper with fresh greens, pan-roasted pears, ruby red pomegranates, thin slivers of sweet white onion and butter-roasted pecans. The delicious honey cider dressing ties it all together.
A fresh, yet hearty entree, this Steak and Potato Arugula Salad is easy enough for every day, elegant enough for a dinner party!
This Cranberry Clementine Arugula Salad also includes butter-toasted pecans, candied bacon, ruby-red pomegranate seeds and a delicious Honey-Cider Poppy Seed Dressing. It makes a beautiful side for a dinner party and a fabulous whole meal salad with rotisserie or grilled chicken, shrimp, steak...
This healthy Roasted Veggie and Crispy Chickpea Salad combines crispy, spicy chickpeas, caramelized veggies, Israeli couscous, buttery, toasted pine nuts and a generous shower of fresh herbs. It makes a delicious side or fabulous main course!
This delicious Roasted Carrot Salad with Honey Cider Dressing is a perfect (and gorgeous) side for just about any entree. It also makes a fabulous vegetarian meal on its own!
This Warm Chicken and Roasted Potato Salad is fresh, healthy and loaded with delicious seasonal flavor!
Granny Smith and Fennel Arugula Salad - A beautiful, delicious, seasonal salad - the perfect way to add a fresh touch to all those winter, comfort meals!
Fresh, healthy and loaded with fabulous flavor, this Clementine Avocado Spinach Salad is a delicious way to celebrate the season!
Thought for the day:
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea
in the days of Herod the king,
behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem,
saying, "Where is he who has been born king of the Jews?
For we have seen his star in the East, and have come to worship him."
Matthew 2:1-2
What we're listening to for inspiration:
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