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Today we are sharing another meatless recipe from Better Homes and Gardens. Salads are a staple in our home. I could eat a salad every day for dinner or lunch. In fact, I often do. Salad is a chance to let your inner child loose and explore new ingredients. The sky is the limit with greens and toppings. This Cabbage and Carrot Salad with Peanut Sauce is loaded with some really great flavor combinations

Spring is just around the corner (hopefully) as well as Easter which means pasta salads! Have you ever been to a potluck dinner where some sort of pasta salad wasn't served? I have 30 pasta salad recipes from me and some blogging friends to help you out. They are all delicious, so be sure to make each one of them this season

There are a lot of salads with tomatoes and cucumbers on this blog. That's partly because I love tomatoes and cucumbers and grow them in my garden every year. To me that combination just screams summer, but I also eat tomatoes and cucumbers all year (whenever I can get good flavorful tomatoes and Persian cucumbers from Costco.) So when a reader from Hawaii named Lisa sent me her recipe for "dumb salad" and said it was something she made often, I was interested. Lisa discovered this combination when she was going out of town and needed to use what

Do you like cucumber salad? No? See ya later. Yes? You can stay. Isn't it a fantastic and delicious way to elevate the ubiquitious cucumber? You can get something fresh and bright into your mouth really fast with this easy to make salad

you would like to have fresh salads in your kitchen all the time, without having to spend money on them, you should create this vertical salad planter. The cool thing about this planter is that it doesn't occupy a lot of space and you can place it almost anywhere in your garden. The planter will have removable shelves, so you can move the plants from one place to the other and even leave more space for others that require a larger area in order to grow. You will need pieces of wood that need to be assembled in the shape of the planter from the pictures. You can buy pre-cut wood, so it will be easier to work with it that way. Once you are ready, you can start growing your own lettuce and even strawberries if you want, as vertical planters

Maybe is the good weather, or watching the calories intake, but I have been craving fresh, yummy salads that you can pair it with a good wine and have a simple but luscious al fresco dinner! And this pearl mozzarella, cherry tomato and avocado salad with basil and lemon had me at the first bite!

Zucchini. Tomatoes. Radishes. Cabbage. Corn. Fresh herbs! They're all fresh, all in season, and all packed into this summery farmer's market quinoa salad

Healthy Pasta Salad with Strawberries, Zucchini and Balsamic Vinaigrette {Super Simple + Vegetarian

This is a quick an easy summertime appetizer! Pomodori a Sorpresa means tomatoes with a surprise! Who doesn't love a surprise right? Well, me actually LOL! I'd much rather know! SO I'm going to go ahead and ruin it for you {sorry} the surprise is the filling inside, which is a warm, gooey, melted hunk of Mozzarella. Ah, yes Mozzarella! I've actually starting referring to this as fried Caprese Salad! Go ahead, tell someone you're serving Fried Caprese Salad, I'm sure it will pique their interest ;

The secret to this Cucumber and Tomato Pasta Salad is beautiful summer vegetables. A great side dish for summer BBQs.

This Roasted Brussel Sprout Quinoa Salad recipe was originally shared as a guest post, but I have since updated the recipe and now am including it on Simply Quinoa. Enjoy

This Asian inspired kale salad features a chiffonade of kale, cabbage and carrots tossed in a maple

What's better than an easy salad that will not only taste terrific, and is made in less than 10 minutes, but is super filling without any

This delicious Veggie-Loaded Avocado White Bean Salad on toast is an easy vegan lunch (or dinner!) recipe to try. Avocado-lovers, meet a pumped up version of "avocado toast." Serve as an open-faced sandwich for a light and lovely lunch, or serve along side a spicy broth-y soup for a hearty dinner feast. The vibrant veggies and rich creamy avocado merge perfectly with nutty rustic white beans, and accents of citrus, white miso, cayenne and pepper.

LOVE fruit. Love it. When I was pregnant with my first kid I went through a stage where all I wanted to eat was fruit salad. After a few months of that I moved into an orange-colored fruit kick. I ate tons of oranges, cantaloupe, clementines, etc. Even though I'm not pregnant any more, I've almost always got a good stash of fruit around my house - See more at: http://thrivinghomeblog.com/2013/06/fruit-pizza-with-cream-cheese-frosting/#sthash.sPgvXg6x.dpuf

Wonderfully cool and crunchy, watermelon is truly the perfect summer food. Refreshingly delicious, it keeps you hydrated while offering a good dose of potassium and lycopene. And while biting into a freshly cut slice on a hot day is one of those simple summer pleasures, it's also equally tasty paired with more savory flavors, making it a multitasking kind of fruit.

Everyone loves tomatoes. You can use them in salads or in cooking or even just by eating them raw as fruits. The top of my list every year in spring is planting

If this doesn't scream warm weather I don't know what does! Isn't she purty? And so festive! Not only can it serve as a stunning centerpiece it's a juicy, luscious tasty treat! This is NOT your ordinary fruit salad though! Oh no! This perfectly coiffed pineapple is packed with a little punch

Since my Sriracha Avocado Chickpea Salad was a surprise hit I thought I'd share another easy recipe. This time I've got some Avocado Chili Bean Veggie Burgers that are perfect for the holiday weekend.

The first step and most important steps are to drain and then dry the chickpeas. I place them in a salad spinner and then roll them in a clean kitchen towel to get rid of as much liquid as possible. Put the chick peas in a zip lock bag and add the olive oil, paprika, cumin, cayenne pepper and black pepper. Shake the chick peas gently until they are coated evenly in the spices and oil. Next pour the contents onto a sheet pan and sprinkle on the kosher salt evenly and bake for 45 minutes turning occasionally and until they are crispy. Remove the chick peas from the oven and serve in a small dish