It's been about a week and a half since I started the One a Day Project! In case you missed the last post, the goal behind this whole thing is to drink one smoothie and eat one salad every single day so that we can eat healthier and get lots of fruits and veggies in our bodies! There are several things I have learned from this experience so far, but the following is the first and most ...
“One a Day” Project
This post is about to be super weird because there are no pictures.....I FEEL NAKED. Here... That's better. Soooo, this One a Day project. What is it? The goal behind it is to drink one smoothie and eat one salad every single day. Doesn't matter what time, doesn't matter for what meal/snack, doesn't matter the size or ingredients. It's simple. Just one smoothie and one salad. ...
Grilled Romaine Salad with Bacon and Blue Cheese
IF YOU ARE A BLUE CHEESE HATER JUST WAIT! Wait ooone second. Because Seth and I hate blue cheese. Really, really hate it. To the point where if I forget to ask the servers to leave it off my salad at a restaurant it ruins the whole thing for me. But we are obsessed with this salad. Oooooobsessed. So it started with an experiment. There is this burger at a sports bar back in our college town ...
Cold Soba Noodle Salad
Can we just talk about Soba noodles for a second?? I had actually never tried them before making this recipe. I see them all over the place, though. I guess I'm jumping on the bandwagon a little late... But they are so dang good! I was definitely expecting them to taste more...healthy...than they taste. But I actually liked these Soba noodles just as much as regular pasta. Except these are way ...
Asian Cucumber “Noodles”
These cucumber noodles have been on my list of recipes I want to create for my blog since I started The Garlic Diaries back in September! They have been on my mind for a while now - the idea of cucumber "noodles" just sounded so light and refreshing to me. Not to mention healthy. And pretty. And crunchy... In hindsight, I'm glad I waited so long to actually make these because now the weather is ...
Baby Kale, Farro Salad with Creamy Balsamic Vinaigrette
Do you ever watch the show Top Chef? If you do, the name Richard Blais might sound familiar to you. He came in second place on his season (still bitter about that) and came back to compete again on Top Chef All Stars, which he won. Anyway, he is my favorite person that has ever been on that show - I love him. Well I found out that he has a restaurant in Atlanta, which is only an hour and a half ...
Broccoli and Brussels Sprout Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette
It's always fun when creating a salad to try and find that perfect balance of flavors and textures - crunchy and soft, salty and sweet, etc...That delicious balance is the mark of a great salad, in my opinion. This Broccoli and Brussels Sprout Salad is a perfect example of that! You get the crunch from the broccoli, the salty from the bacon and sunflower seeds, and the chewy/sweet from the ...
Orange, Fennel, and Walnut Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette
Up until I was around 16 or 17 I hated salads. The only time I would ever eat one is if it was made up of iceberg lettuce and pools of ranch. The most adventurous I got with the vegetables was carrots and cucumbers. So because of that, I still struggle with creating really delicious and interesting salads because I didn't start experimenting until I was older...but this one is awesome! It's ...
Pesto Grilled Vegetable Salad
Don't you love grilled vegetables? I'm not sure what it is about them, but they just taste so much better than sauteed or steamed vegetables. My love for grilled vegetables is what inspired this recipe. This is the third and final day of my pesto week! After this I will be moving onto recipes that aren't pesto-centric. And this was a good recipe to end on. The pesto flavor is very muted in this ...