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Creamy dip topped with nuts, scallions, and crispy onions, surrounded by sliced peppers and cucumbers.

Blue Cheese Dressing/Dip

Once you make this, you won't be able to eat the grocery store stuff from a shelf-stable bottle ever again. This is the ultimate Blue Cheese Dressing/Dip and it's actually GOOD for you. Greek yogurt is the key!

Strawberry spinach salad with feta, nuts, and dressing served on a light blue plate.

Roasted Strawberry Balsamic Dressing

The best salad you have ever tasted! Perfect Bariatric Eating when you add sliced rotisserie chicken.

Colorful salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, corn, peppers, and herbs mixed in a white dish.

Garden Fresh Summer Salad with Buttermilk Vinaigrette

This is the absolute freshest, most satisfying way to work in some of the fantastic vegetables and herbs you'll find in the middle of the summer.
Cucumber, tomato, and red onion salad with herbs served in a bowl and on a white plate.

Big Ole Tomato Salad

This will help you to STOP overthinking food. At your next glorious bbq, all you need are chicken thighs, some fresh corn, and this salad. Boom.
A wedge of lettuce topped with creamy dressing, crispy bacon, sliced tomatoes, red onions, and chives sits on a white plate against a wooden background.

Buttermilk Wedge Salad

This salad makes any meal fancy. Perfect for a holiday meal alongside a slab of Prime Rib. Crisp and cool iceberg lettuce shines with the creamy rich dressing and a...
Cucumber and red onion salad with dill in a white bowl.

Grandma's Cucumber Salad

My Grandmother was the best cook, this simple salad is one that I remember from parties she hosted. 

     

    Iceberg lettuce wedge topped with creamy dressing, tomatoes, bacon, green onions, and blue cheese.

    Classic Wedge Salad with a homemade lower cal blue cheese dressing

    We have taken the flavors that make a Wedge Salad off the chain delicious but made it with calories we can live with.

     

    Ruby French Dressing

    Ruby French Dressing

    Tastes like the popular stuff from the 1970's. Make a jar to keep in the fridge. I love this dressing drizzled over my grilled burger plate.
    Snappy Taco Salad

    Snappy Taco Salad

    Super easy and perfect as a side dish to serve with pork chops, catfish, salmon, steak or chicken. The whole family will love the flavors. Easy and delicious. BIG winner....
    A baked dish with a golden, cheesy top is garnished with fresh herbs, surrounded by fresh vegetables on a wooden table.

    Summer Squash Casserole, Cheesy Baked Perfection!

    Your family will love a big scoop of this on their plate next to the roasted chicken thigh or pork chop. Avoid blurting out that its a vegetable casserole, or they may stop eating it!
    Zucchini Ricotta Pie

    Zucchini Ricotta Pie

    I could eat a slice of Zucchini Ricotta Pie every day, all summer long! Its that good.
    Three zucchini halves are layered with slices of tomato and mozzarella cheese, garnished with fresh basil, and arranged in a white dish on a striped green and white tablecloth, with tomatoes and olive oil nearby.

    Roasted Zucchini Caprese

    Enjoying a Summer Vacation Safe at Home! This wonderful dish has me dreaming that I am at a restaurant in Italy overlooking the sea, instead of my backyard.
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