Creative and Healthy recipes
A wannabe Vietnamese Papaya Salad with papaya, cucumber, carrots, scallions, peanut and crunchy lettuce served with a Vietnamese dressing made of lime, fish sauce and maple syrup.
Salmon on Quinoa and Bean Salad is a full-filling side dish to any fish or poultry! Its lovely ruby colour comes from the balsamic vinegar and beet juice with a nice crunchy red quinoa, red pepper, arugula and other aromatics.
Shrimp Pasta Salad is made the ‘Ceviche Style’ meaning at the base it’s a lemon marinated shrimp, pepper, onion and a tad of hot pepper served on quinoa pasta and fresh cilantro.
Citrus Couscous Salad is a fresh side dish with zucchini, tomatoes, onions, cilantro and garlic drizzled with a lime and olive oil dressing.
A Mediterranean classic combo of fresh figs and goat cheese in a salad form with tomatoes, walnuts, the usual honey touch, and a balsamic cream not to overpower the dish.
This is a spring pasta salad with lovely green asparagus, cherry tomatoes, small fresh mozzarella balls, basil and olive oil served with penne.
Chicken, Feta & Broccoli Pasta Salad is a cold pasta salad made with broccoli, chicken bit, red bell pepper, onion and feta cheese covered with olive oil!
Zucchini Carpaccio is thin slices of zucchini complimented with cherry tomatoes, shaved parmesan and a drizzle of olive oil.
Avocado & tahini dressing is a creamy and nutty dressing going very well with any salad or bowl.
Corn chowder with aged cheddar is a great way to use those leftovers of corn or do something different with it.
Everyone love a good Caprese salad (tomatoes, fresh basil, mozzarella with olive oil), so why not change it a bit and make it a pasta salad, and since it’s spring why not add a few green aspa…
This recipe I’ve encountered in a Catalan village, so simple but highly surprising.
There’s nothing like a fresh spring salad with goat cheese to bring back the summer.
This is a recipe I make pretty much every week, because it’s a tasty and healthy meal.
Gravlax on a spinach salad is such a good mix! The crunchy texture of the spinach goes perfectly with the tender salmon and the sweet mustard dressing.
Another recipe with the magical Turmeric! This weekend it was the “Fira de la Tierra” a Earth Fair that brings many artisans from around Barcelona, to the Arc-de-Triomf place.
Vinegar coleslaw is the first salad I’ve ever loved and it’s so healthy, when no mayonnaise is used… There was that restaurant called St-Hubert in my hometown, when ordering, they…
Vietnam has some of the best gastronomic treasures on this earth, if you ask around which soup would be the most popular worldwide… I think the Pho soup would surely be in the top 5.
I have to confess… I am a salad freak… I love salads, and love to change them all the time.