salad Archives - Stacey Homemaker

Vegan Arugula Avocado Tomato Salad

By Stacey Homemaker on July 23, 2020 4 Comments

This vegan arugula salad is the most flavorful and fresh side dish! It’s loaded with spicy arugula, juicy grape tomatoes, fresh basil, and creamy avocado chunks tossed in a tangy balsamic vinaigrette. This vegan side dish is easy to make and it’s ready in 20 minutes!

I try to work fresh greens into every meal. I make vegan pork tacos with romaine lettuce, burrito bowls with spinach, and black-eyed pea soup with collard greens. I do like to top quinoa crust pizza with baby arugula, but besides that, arugula isn’t my favorite green to eat plain because it tastes pretty spicy.

However, arugula is so good in this vegan arugula avocado tomato salad because the spicy flavor is perfectly balanced by the sweet and juicy grape tomatoes, creamy chunks of avocado, and the tangy balsamic dressing. It’s the most delicious combination and makes a great side dish to serve with almost any main course!

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Pomegranate Wild Rice Christmas Salad

By Stacey Homemaker on November 15, 2019, Updated July 7, 2020 2 Comments

This festive Christmas salad is the perfect side dish to serve with your holiday meal! Loaded with arugula, nutty wild rice, roasted pecans, juicy pomegranate arils, greens onions, tart dried cherries, and tangy garlic dijon dressing; this hearty salad is a major crowd pleaser! Vegan and gluten-free.

This is my all-time favorite salad! I love the combination of flavors and textures, it’s so incredibly delicious and it’s such a good Christmas salad! The festive red pomegranate arils and green arugula ingredients make this the perfect vegan holiday side dish!

The first time that I made this simple salad was for our Christmas dinner a few years ago and my family (especially my mom) fell in love with it!

Now, my family loves this wild rice pomegranate Christmas salad recipe and they request it at every holiday, so I usually end up making it for almost every single family get-together or holiday gathering.

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The combination of peppery arugula, tart dried cherries, nutty wild rice, sweet pomegranate arils, and roasted pecans tossed in a tangy garlic dijon dressing is so tasty! This vegan wild rice salad is definitely a crowd-pleaser and I think that you’re going to love it as much as we do!

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15-Minute Arugula Quinoa Salad Recipe

By Stacey Homemaker on May 23, 2018, Updated January 3, 2020 1 Comment

This quinoa salad recipe has it all! Crisp carrots, peppery baby arugula, tender artichoke hearts, crunchy toasted walnuts, and tart dried cherries tossed in a tangy oil-free dressing. It’s easy to make and it pleases allll the tastebuds! Vegan, gluten-free, soy-free.

Last year, on this day, at this exact moment, I was onboard the Disney Fantasy ship with my husband, Travis, eating lunch at Cabana’s and waiting for to set sail on our eastern Caribbean honeymoon cruise! I sure wish I was doing the same thing right now! I am very excited though because we’re planning another Disney cruise later this year and I can’t wait to share it all with you! (If you’re thinking about going on a Disney cruise make sure you read this post of 159 Disney cruise tips you need to know before your cruise!)

Luckily, I have all the ingredients ready to make this delicious everything-but-the-kitchen-sink quinoa salad recipe in the fridge so I can make a quick lunch and get back to watching our honeymoon cruise youtube videos and planning our next Disney cruise!

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