Quinoa Salad Recipe & GOYA Foods Cookbook Giveaway

A couple of weeks ago, I received some GOYA products and a collection of recipes to try out some healthy, tasty and affordable Latin cooking.  The Best of la Cocina GOYA cookbook is a resource for building a better plate, that plate specifically being the MyPlate nutrition guide by the USDA.  Printed in both English and Spanish, this little cookbook is packed full of balanced meal ideas from around Latin America - including Mexico, Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Spain and beyond!

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Coconut Lime Basil Salad Dressing Recipe for Your Summer Greens ~ and a Give Away

With all the fresh greens and hot weather, Fisher Nuts knows that you are eating salads this summer! Everyone has a favorite salad dressing in the bottled variety, and many more of you I’m sure, have family recipes or your own go to mix to drizzle on lettuce, pastas or rice that makes your salads famous at BBQs and potlucks.

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Penelope's Delicious and Low Fat Potato Salad

We are super healthy around here, from what we eat to how we live, so I've never a big fan of traditional potato salads that include mayo or heavy dairy products (too fattening and not everyone can eat them).

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Wish-Bone Salad Sampler Party (Giveaway)

When it’s hot outside, cooking hot meals can feel like a chore – so it’s no wonder summer is the most popular season for salads. The thing is, if you’re like me, you often find yourself tossing the same ingredients together over and over again.

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Cucumber Salad

A favorite summer time salad that has it's roots in European cuisine serves up cucumbers and dill in a cream dressing.  I grew up on this, with both my Oma and my mom making it, and also my mother-in-law, and it's one of my favorite dishes.  You can make it with a variety of ingredients, my mom makes hers with sour cream while my mother-in-law made hers with heavy cream, but the secret ingredient is really the dill!

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