I usually buy to much sour cream for a recipe here or there and when I have left overs I like to make this creamy dressing.

Ingredients

1/4 cup Mayonnaise
2 Tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons sour cream
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1 clove garlic, minced
1...

This salad will fill you up and make you rethink salads. The dressing is also amazing.

Serves 8

Ingredients

8 cups cooked rice (I like to use leftover rice for this)
2 cups beets, grated (wear gloves when grating this if you do not want purple hands)
2 cups carrots, grated
2 cups almonds,...

This salad is too easy to eat. And it is a pleasant change from your traditional pasta salads.

Ingredients

1/2 bag of orzo
chicken broth (use as orzo bag indicates)
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup lemon juice
Add chopped fresh basil
1-2 containers of grape tomatoes (sliced)
3/4 cup lightly toa...

This is a lovely warm quinoa salad.

Ingredients

3/4 Cup dried cranberries
3/4 Cup spinach leaves
2 Tablespoon lemon juice
2 Tablespoon honey
2 Tablespoon olive oil
Large pinch of salt
1 Butternut squash, peeled and cut into a medium dice
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
...

This is one of the first labs I do with my grade 10s. They love it...even though there are "beans" in it! I use this one because it has meat and veggies, so there is the possibility of cross-contamination. So far (knock-on-wood) I have not had a single student cut their veggies on the same cutting b...