Southwestern Shell Pasta SaladChop, chop, chop and get your frustrations out making this pasta salad with south-of-the-border appeal. Choose your heat level by amount of peppers, hot sauce and chilies you add. This yields a generous bowl and serves 12-14. Make this ahead of time and chill ~ if you can wait and can keep everyone out too! |
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Grilled Sweet Potato-Poblano Salad with Honey, Lime, Cilantro and PepitasSweet Potatoes in a salad? Yep. It was a first for me too but it won't be the last. This is so flavorful and festive and if you use an indoor grill pan you can have it any time of year! Enjoy! Read more:… |
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Mexican ColeslawI looked over a lot of Mexican flavored coleslaws and this is what I came up with...we wanted full flavor to go with our fish tacos and this fit the bill. |
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Fish Taco SaladThis is adapted from a recipe that appeared in Cuisine at Home. The original used fresh tilapia that was deep fried in oil. Since I had frozen breaded cod on hand and wanted to reduce the calories a bit I elected to bake the fish. The recipe makes two huge main dish salads or four medium size servings. There will be dressing… |
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The Sante Payback, the Dog Park Dinner Part 2! Plus A New Cabbage RecipeI know this sounds like a cross between a sequel to the Bourne Identity and the Ostermann Weekend. Instead it was an all Indian weekend at our house. I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that we were treated to a marvelous dinner at Sante, Sonomas'… |
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Prawn SaladIn Mexico, this salad would form the fish course in a formal meal, but it is so good that you'll want to serve it on all sorts of occasions. It is perfect for a buffet lunch or summer meal. |
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Mexican Black Bean and Corn SaladThis is a great side dish for picnics and outdoor parties since there is no mayo in it. The cilantro, fresh garlic and lime juice really bring a crisp freshness to this salad/ salsa. It's great on it's own but its also wonderful with fish tacos or as a salsa with corn chips... great over eggs or in an omelet. Cook time refers to… |
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Mexican Brown Rice, Quinoa and Black Bean SaladAs a main dish or a side to any number of meats or fish meals, this perky bright salad is tasty and healthy. The recipe is from the USA Rice Federation, with only slight modifications. (You can also substitute brown rice for the quinoa for simplicity.) One side serving (7/8 cup salad) provides 215 calories; 31 G. carbohydrate; 5.6 G… |
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Cinco De Mayo And Veg. Mexican Taco SaladA Very Happy Cinco De Mayo to all the readers out there!!!! One More reason to enjoy Mexican fiest, here it is !!!!! A quick and healthy, after school veg. Mexican snack/lunch/or even a better dinner idea for warm weather now-a-days is famous in my house, which also gives you lot of time to enjoy outdoors with kids/other activities.… |
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Smoked Turkey Confit Carnitas Salad with Orange VinaigretteThis is adapted from a recipe from Chef Magazine in 2009. It is from the National Turkey Federation. The original cooked the thighs in oil only; confit style. The original used Mesclun for greens. I used an organic spring mix instead. I added the smoking with cherry and mesquite chunks as first cooking step. I used 3 ounces of… |
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