Yay, broccoli! At least that’s what your family will be saying after trying this salad. I actually don’t know that anyone has ever really used that sentence in a real life situation but I thought I’d see how it sounded. And it sounds a little ridiculous. Broccoli is really good, don’t get me wrong… But it’s definitely not cake. So that’s why in this recipe we trash it up with some other really good stuff and call it a salad… Because it does have broccoli in it after all. I lo

Salads aren’t just for summer anymore. This salad SCREAMS fall and the maple dressing? I die. It’s like four ingredients (plus salt… is that really an ingredient, though? Let’s be real) of magic on the road to Fall-time bliss. The feta adds the perfect salty compliment to the sweetness offered by the dried cranberries, apples and sugared pecans. The crisp bite of the apples and red onions sends this salad over the edge. It’s one of my new favorites! Be warned, though. This sa

There are three things that I really like at the ol’ O.G O.G. as in the original gangster. Or Olive Garden, because I don’t know the first thing about gangsters. All I know is that they have like gold teeth and pants that are 7x too big that drag so low to the ground that the only thing keeping them up are their mom’s prayers. Anyway, this salad is among one of the items that I really enjoy at Olive Garden. This salad, this soup and their breadsticks. YUUM. All of which are r

Sorry about yesterday guys. I feel like in a way I left you hangin’ with my three word post. I know that’s why you come to this blog. It’s not for the photography or the recipes but to laugh at the hilarity that ensues. At least the pictures were pretty? And it involved nutella, so I guess I don’t really feel that bad… Today’s recipe is awesome too though! It is so versatile, you can use it to drench everything in delicious green goodness. I had a friend in high school who wa

This might be one of my new favorite salads. And when I say might be… I mean it definitely is. In fact, I am craving it as I write this and the chances that I will still be craving it while you are reading are embarrassingly high. It has recently become my life’s mission to find and make new delicious salads, and oh boy did I hit the jack-pot with this beauty. This vinaigrette is so good and versatile, I’ll be finding other salads to use it on ASAP. Stay tuned, friends. Oh an

Apples… aight. Feta… you have my attention. Bacon… I am yours forever. This salad contains an ENTIRE PACKAGE of bacon. Yes, you did read that correctly. ONE WHOLE PACKAGE. You know it’s a good salad when you have to battle to find any lettuce. Apple Feta Bacon Salad 2016-01-23 16:30:16 This salad has an ENTIRE PACKAGE of bacon in it. Yeah. Write a review Save Recipe Print For the Salad 1 head of lettuce, shredded 1 apple, diced 1 package bacon, cooked and chopped ½ cup pecans

Famous Julie tends a mean garden. I don’t know how she does it but pretty much anything she touches grows like a weed. She would argue that especially the weeds grow like weeds, but that just proves my point. One of my favorite things to eat fresh out of her garden are her strawberries. Let’s just say if for some unknown reason her strawberries were the only thing I was allowed to eat for the rest of my life, I would totally be okay with that. She also grows her own spinach,