Happy Bean Salad Day!

Blogger of the Day: Poppy at Bunny Kitchen

A classic summerbowl...cold, fast, lightly filling and full of colorful veg flavors. Bunnyhugger and bakesale maker Poppy does it right with superhuge homemade croutons...yumza!  :)

Garlicky Bean Salad with Chunky Croutons

Caramelised Onion Potato Salad

Five Minute Flat Breads

Pistachio, Courgette and Hemp Green Pancakes

Aubergine Balls and Coconut Curry

Mexican Baked Tofu Salad

Baked Mediterranean Sandwich

Greengage Plum Muffins

Raw Chocolate Salted Almond Tart

Orange Frangipane Baked Peaches

White Chocolate Glazed Beetroot and Fig Bars

Baked Vanilla Cheesecake with Blackberry Syrup

Slap a smile on your soul with a bit of animal inspiration...thanks Poppy!

What happy animal happenings inspire you?  :)

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Happy International Picnic Day!

Bloggers of the Day: Cara & Bob at Hipsterfood
Pubs: Chickpea Magazine

What do you pack in your basket when you go on a picnic? I'm a bit of a lazy picnicmaker. Bagels & hummus...pasta salad, bean salad, maybe potato salad...fruit and definitely pie of some kind. Easy yumful stuff like today's picnicperfect fare from Hipsterfood!

Hipsterfood is a feast of superluscious photos and spinningly simple recipes. Cara and Bob also create the famous Chickpea Magazine...if you haven't seen it, it's a an eyeful of vegan heaven. And Cara also runs the Sewindie Shop where she makes and sells her sweetly swoopyloopy hand drawn posters, cards, notebooks and printables...so cute!  :)

Here's what's in my HipsterPicnicBasket...

Garden Party Pesto Pasta Salad

Vegan Egg Salad Sandwiches

Summer Bean Salad

Sour Mustard Pickles

Sunny Pasta Salad

Avocado, Dulse & Chickpea Sandwiches

Savory Tangy Potato Salad

Blueberry Scones

Crushed Berry Lemonade

Simple Apple Pie

So spill it...what do you pack in your average picnic basket? Where would be your perfect picnic place? Have you checked out Chickpea Magazine? What one thing would you choose from Cara's Sewindie Shop?  :)

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Happy National Salad Month!

Blogger of the Day: Franzi at Greenderella

When Franzi isn't hanging out with her Hamburg companions she's working to change the world! She's an animalloving treehugging environmentalist, veg-turned-vegan and enterprising artist raising the consciousness of the planet. She shares loads of soulhappy inspiration and lots of purely yumful foods, including a season full of shareable salads!  :)

Family is flocking in for the holiday so it's time to break out the potato salads! Some like a creamy earthy German style, some like a light tangy Italian, some prefer a mustard & herb French version. I'm gonna mix it up this year and throw in a bowl of Franzi's delicious Swedish salad...yumza!  :)

Swedish Potato Salad

Colorful Vegetable Couscous

Vegan “Egg” Salad with Secret Ingredient

Simple Couscous Salad

Spring Salad

Curry Chickpea Couscous Burger

Easy Bean Salad

Fruity Avocado Salad With Sprouts

Sweet Summer Fruit Salad

Pink Raspberry Cream Dessert

Plum Cake

Raspberry Coconut Macaroons

Which would you prefer...a "mayo"based potato salad or an oil&vinegar potato salad? A bowl of melon fruit salad or berry fruit salad? Hugging a donkey or hugging a duck?  :)

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Enjoy Another Double Feature!

Celebrate National Salad Month and National Strawberry Month by spinning together one of these lush and healthy recipes!

Strawberry Mâche Salad

from Isa Chandra at Post Punk Kitchen

Seductive Strawberry Salad

from Susan at Food Blogga

Greens and Strawberry Salad with Cashew Currant Dressing

from Wendy at Healthy Girl's Kitchen

Summer Strawberry Salad with Strawberry Basil Vinaigrette

from Wendy at Healthy Girl's Kitchen

Strawberry Spinach Salad with Orange Poppy Seed Dressing

from Terry at Vegan Latina

Spinach Strawberry Salad

from Sarah at Raw Food Recipes

Marinated Fig & Strawberry Salad with Macadamia Feta

from Penni at Raw Food Rehab

Strawberry, Avocado and Mint Salad with a Chocolate Balsamic Vinaigrette

from janet at the taste space

Springtime Strawberry Spinach Salad with Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing

from Kristy at Keepin' It Kind

Strawberry season will be peaking soon so indulge in a feast at a strawberry festival, pick a basketful right on the farm, select from a local farmer's market or sign up for a CSA program to get the freshest red gems delivered to you!

How would you spin together a perfect strawberry salad?

Midwinter Sunshine

Organic Cara Cara Oranges are on sale at Outpost Natural Foods! Cara Caras are sunshiny pink-red oranges with a sweet complex flavor...perfect for a superhealthy, supercolorful I'm-keeping-my-New-Year-resolution-in-delicious-style salad.  ;)

Minted Citrus Salad

from Veggie Grettie

 

Cabbage Salad with Ginger-Sesame Vinaigrette, Roasted Almonds, and Cara Cara Oranges

from Rhyann at Cooking College Chick

More juicy options...
Cara Cara Oranges With Salsa of Roasted Beets, Hot Peppers, and Bitetto Olives
from Chef Andrew Feinberg, courtesy of New York Magazine
Citrus Salad with Ginger Lime Dressing
from Amy Myrdal Miller, courtesy of The Nutrition Source,
Harvard School of Public Health