I start out with the empty salad bowl & mixed in my family's oil & vinegar recipe for the dressing (Plain Olive Oil -Filippo Berio- and balsamic vinegar... More olive oil than vinegar. Slice up onions (I used red this time) thinly & let sit in the dressing for a bit with a little salt & pepper.)
Once the onions had time to soak in the dressing (5 mins or so) I tossed in:
~Baby Spinach Leaves (& a few leftover Boston Bibb leaves)
~Crushed Walnuts
~A Cut up Pear
~ Feta Cheese
~More Salt & Pepper
It was Heaven and so easy.
Now that the baby's a bit older, we're able to be a bit more organized about our meals again, which makes me so happy. We've been making tentative weekly menus before grocery shopping & have been putting together some yummy meals. There aren't many things I love more than making food at our big island and feeding my family. (including feeding myself-- I'm no martyr ;) ;)
If I can get a tad more organized, I'll try to start sharing some of the recipes! Have a great week!!
To check out some other easy recipes I've mentioned on the blog in the past, click here (or under categories at the top, Click "Food")
ps- Thank you so much for all of the encouragement about the last project I shared!!
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Love healthy and easy. I am definitely trying this. I have tried your garbanzo bean salad and it is a staple in our home. Love your blog and admire your design/decorating talent.
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One of my favorite combinations, hazelnuts are really good with the pears. My favorite pizza is pears with hazelnuts served with arugula on top. Yum, can you tell I am from California? lol
ReplyDeleteLauren- Looks so yummy!
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I love delicious, easy stuff - must try it. I signed up for thefresh20.com menu plans and they are simple, healthy, gourmet and cheap. We're eating amazing meals and grocery shopping is so fast now. I don't work for them, I'm just sharing :)
ReplyDeleteThis looks great! You know, my Mother in Law marinates the onions in olive oil for her salads too! I think it's a special secret, I need to start doing this.
ReplyDeleteSounds delicious! I am adding dried cranberries to it in my head right now :)
ReplyDeleteThis sounds amazing! I can't decide if I'm more excited to try the dressing or the salad :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for inspiring a similar salad for our dinner. I added roasted beets picked from our garden.
ReplyDeleteCatrina-- mm so good!! Will have to try!! :)
ReplyDeleteLooks delish. Gwynnie's people on Goop said that Walnuts are a superfood. I love eating them raw, but will add them to my salads now. Yum!
ReplyDeleteYUM! Definitely healthy too :)
ReplyDeleteDelicious..:)
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So funny! I randomly dropped by while eating the SAME salad!!! Minus the feta and I toast the walnuts on the stove and glaze with maple syrup. YUM!!
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