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Zucchini Soup
This can be made with fresh or frozen zucchini / summer squash. No need to thaw of drain when adding to soup.
Peas & Pasta Salad
Serve room temp or chilled, this is a quick and easy summer side or addition to your picnic.
Spinach Salad with Sausage & Peppers
This is a summer salad but made in the kitchen - using a single skillet. Serve with some crusty, whole-grain bread.
Wilted Lettuce Salad
This is a fun change from the usual crisp salad but remember it's wilted – not cooked.
Tuna & Barley Salad
This is a nice change from pasta salads and, with quick-cooking barley it's quick & easy to make. Keeps and travels well. This serves 2 as a meal but 4 - 5 as a side salad at a picnic.
Taco Salad
This is 'healthier' than the typical Taco Salad - but with all the anticipated flavors. Add more chili powder, more chilies or jalapeños, Tabasco, whatever, to make it as hot as you like.
Grilled Chicken Kebabs
The kebabs are done with a Teriyaki marinade and served on a Thai-influenced salad for an easy summer dinner.
Grilled Salmon Salad with Avocado
Grilled Salmon, with sliced avocado on a bed of lettuce makes a light summer dinner.
Garden Salad, Thousand Island Dressing; memories
Garden Salad with Radishes, Carrots, Fennel, Ham and fresh green, finished with easy. home-made Thousand Island Dressing
Yellow Tomato Vegetable Soup, playing tourist
Yellow Tomato Vegetable Soup, chock-a-block with garden ripe tomatoes, carrots, celery, peppers, onions and cabbage. A vegetarian soup for a healthy lunch.
Teriyaki Chicken Barley Salad
Quick-cooking barley has been steamed / partially cooked so that it cooks in about 15 minutes, rather than an hour. It is as good as, and as nutritious as the regular, pearl barley.
Grilled Chicken & Pepper Pasta Salad
Summer pasta salad with peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Finished with grilled chicken breasts.
Rice, Pea, & Parsley Salad
Try something different this summer: Rice Salad. Served warm or chilled, this is a great addition to an outdoor meal or picnic.
Stuffed Chard Leaves, Chive Sauce
We had these as a first course before a 'salad' dinner. Double / triple the recipe for a main course or serve as a light lunch. They are not 'tied' - what looks like string is the vein of the chard leaves.
Niçoise-Style Pasta Salad
This is based on a traditional Niçoise salad - but with pasta for a late summer dinner.
Tomato & Olive Pasta Salad
Everything can be made ahead and combined just before serving. Actually, it's best that way....
Caprese Pasta Salad with Salami
This is almost a no-cook pasta salad.... You could make the pasta ahead and just toss with a tbs of olive oil until ready to assemble.