Sweet potato avocado salad (& video!) Check it out – a video!
We recently partnered with the North Carolina Sweet Potato Commission to create videos about one of my favorite foods – the sweet potato. Here’s a recipe that will start to get you in the mood for fall, but is still light and fresh. Below are a few of my favorite screenshots. Scroll down (or click the image above) for the video. Special thanks to Rightfrog Productions for the video work! Sweet Potato & Avocado Salad 1 large sweet potato 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided ½ teaspoon salt, divided 1 teaspoon chile powder 2 tablespoons lime juice 1 teaspoon honey ¼ teaspoon black pepper 4 cups baby salad greens ¼ cup cotila or feta cheese ¼ cup toasted pepitas (pumpkin seeds) ½ avocado, pitted, peeled and cubed Preheat oven to 400°F. If you make this, let us see! Video Production by: Christian Remde of Rightfrog Productions.Typography overlays by: yours truly.Commissioned by: the North Carolina Sweet Potato Commission. Spicy Shrimp Ceviche with Cucumbers and Burnt Peanuts.
A large part of me (the sweaty part) despises summer, but this year I’m like super into it.
I’ve been inspired to make all sorts of stuff. Also, I’ve embraced wavy hairs. This shrimp ceviche might be my most favorite thing EVER. It’s inspired by the ceviche I always order at one of my favorite LA restaurants, Corazon y Miel. The chef there loooves Peruvian food, you can just tell. He sort of blurs the lines of tradition, taking what he likes from each region’s version of a dish. This is sort of a combo of the two, mainly because Peruvians never eat their ceviche with chips and Mexican ceviche tends to be tomato-based. The base is spicy, a little gingery and very, very lime-y.
Peach Mango Salsa. SEE I told you I’d make some new recipes!
One sliced finger and a broken garbage disposal later I was finally able to complete some new dishes…..yeeeeeeeah I guess I’m a little rusty when it comes to the kitchen. Or I’m just super clumsy, whatever. I’m definitely excited to have some fresh new recipes to share especially since my Instagram it starting to look more like a wedding blog these days than a food blog! I’m not complaining though, I would totally be a wedding planner in another life.
Seriously. But back to real life – can we just talk about summer?? Ingredients 4 peaches, chopped (I left the skin on mine, but feel free to peel them) 4 roma tomatoes, chopped 1 mango, peeled and chopped 1/2 red onion, finely chopped 1 red pepper, chopped 2 jalapenos, finely chopped Juice of 1 lime 1 Tbsp raw honey or agave Instructions In a large bowl, combine all ingredients and allow salsa to marinate for a few minutes or cover and refrigerate until serving. Nutritional Information. Broccoli Crunch Salad. We have a simple Broccoli Crunch Salad recipe for you today.
I don’t really have much to say about this salad other than it’s the perfect thing to bring on a picnic, or to a BBQ. Growing up in Idaho my high school was right next to this market called the CO-OP, and I would go there a lot for their pre made salads at lunch. They also had a Broccoli salad there and I loved it so much. The crunch factor was intense, and also awesome because it wasn’t lettuce. I’m not really a fan of steamed or cooked broccoli, so in this form is really the only way I want to have it. Broccoli Crunch Salad Serves 6 to 8 Ingredients:dressing:2/3 cup mayonnaise1 1/2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar1/2 teaspoon superfine sugar (granulated is fine)1/2 teaspoon salt1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper Directions: 1. Balsamic Watermelon Chicken Salad. Watermelon on a salad like what is going on.
I’ve had this idea written up on my nice little kitchen chalkboard for at least three weeks now. The name “Watermelon Chicken Salad” sat there happily on the board right next to all my other random ideas, most of which have since gotten scratched off and erased and replaced with something new because I actually made them and posted them. For whatever reason, this little guy lingered. Another week would pass with no sign of a watermelon chicken salad, but for whatever reason when I’d clean off my board for the week, I really didn’t want to erase the idea just yet.
I had this premonition of great things to come. Speaking of great things. In the three weeks that “Watermelon Chicken Salad” has been staring me down from the chalkboard, I’ve bought 8 million watermelons with very good intentions, thinking that each of them would be the one I’d use to make some kind of inspired and beautiful salad. Strawberry Walnut + Goat Cheese Balsamic Salad recipe.
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All opinions are 100% mine. Did you know it is National Vinegar Month and National Salad Month? I love vinegar. Vinegar on my subs. Vinegar chips. My favorite vinegar is balsamic vinegar. Loaded Strawberry Fields Salad - Iowa Girl Eats.