So since I felt a bit of success with my Tri-Color Pasta recipe I thought I’d go out on a limb and post another one. This is just an easy salad I threw together with stuff I had on hand and it has turned out to be a minor hit this summer for BBQ’s and get togethers. It is SO easy. All you need is lettuce, apples, Craisins (dried cranberries), oven roasted almond accents, feta cheese, strawberries, an onion, cooked cut up chicken (optional) and my favorite salad dressing – Brianna’s Poppy Seed dressing (the one with the peach on the front).
First thing you need to do is spin your lettuce with a salad spinner. Why? Because it’s fun. Especially if you have extremely talented spinners on hand to do the spinning for you.
Next I like to combine the apples, feta cheese, almonds, and Craisins in a bowl. You don’t have to do this, I just love the feta cheese all over everything…and I love to snack on this yummy mixture before I eat the salad. Snacking along the way is the only redeeming quality I’ve found in cooking.
Add the diced onion and strawberries (if you like onion and strawberries) and wa-la! If the salad is a side dish, I don’t add the chicken. The chicken is for when I want to pass my salad off as a meal. Many people who live in San Diego eat only salads for meals and are super skinny. It’s rather annoying.
Impressive! I need a salad spinner. My boys idea of a salad is lettuce, croutons and ranch–borring! I want to come to your house for salad:)
I seriously was going to start my comment with “impressive” just like Kath! :) Truly impressive!!! Looks yummy!
Yum, Erin! That sounds so good. I love my salad spinner.
You actually put Martha to shame!
Since you’re such a
Betty Crocker/Martha Stewart now, I expect gourmet meals at every available chance when I’m down there!
Did you hear that huge thumping sound just now??? That was me, falling out of my chair, onto the floor and hitting my head.
I am mondo impressed! You’re doing a great job with your little cooking projects!
I love you Erin. You just make my day all the time and you don’t even know it. Thanks for making me laugh and for the yummy idea. Oh and what’s with the salad spinner anyway? Why do I not know what that is?!
a blog post on cooking??!! wow, i’m impressed. and all this time you’ve been telling us that it’s not your thing. that salad looks delish! i will have to give it a try this weekend. thanks for sharing. i do love a yummy salad for dinner but don’t worry, i’m not one of those annoying skinny san diegans. i like to have a nice BIG dessert afterward. ;) who can pass up chocolate?
Look at you. So impressive. Do you want to come to my house:)
That looks tasty, I just don’t want to make it. Do you mind? You know, sending me some? um for dinner tonight please, no rush.
That looks soooo GOOD! I need to go eat breakfast! Thanks for sharing, I want to try it!
Wowee Martha! I love salad directions, but even more, I love that you took the time to pose all the dishes and ingredients and take photos for the blog. You are pioneer woman. Next stop, desserts flambé and roasted lamb with rosemary infusion. Do you cater weddings? By the way….give Kenny a BIRTHDAY SHOUT-OUT for me! Woot woot!
Annoying? Would you like to know what’s annoying? The fact that you smother the poppyseed dressing
(my all time fav as well, outside of Olive Garden dressing) on your salad and you are still super skinny. Talk to the hand….!
Who would have ever thought that I would be printing off recipes from YOUR blog. You are completely throwing me for a loop Erin. You must be an imposter, what have you done with my friend?
Ditto on Carly’s comment! Love the posed/stage by stage pictures! Your a professional blogger!
I am impressed indeed! I would prefer you just come make these yummy meals for me family so I don’t have to do it.
About the digi frames in the Addison post…do you have photoshop or elements?
We love our salad spinner! It also works fantastic as an art spinner, just drop in some paint ~ The girls love it! Yummy looking salad and I’m anxious to try your BBQ sauce… I think I have dinner planned – Thanks
Yum. This looks delicious! I seriously need to by myself a salad spinner. The barbeque sauce looks way good too. I’ll have to try both!
Yum!! Can’t wait to try these recipes out! And what are you talking about? You are super skinny!
I made this today. Amazing!