classic pasta salad

Remember when I said I was constantly trying to come up with new salad combinations to take the monotony out of summer meals? Well, this isn’t one of them.

Meaning this, like the family potato salad, is the same recipe I’ve been using for over 15 years. And this, like the family potato salad, is classically delicious.

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strawberry pecan salad with white wine vinaigrette

Today feels like an ‘s’ kind of day. As in Summer, Strawberries, Salad and Scrum-diddli-umpcious. (That’s me channeling my inner Ned Flanders.)

I don’t know about you, but mid-way through summer I’m in dire need of new salad ideas. Maybe because it’s hotter than the bowels of hell here in AZ by the time July rolls around and absolutely nothing else sounds appealing.

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apple mango turkey sliders

… with Chipotle Honey Mayo.

Okay, I might have gone all day thinking today was Tuesday. Might have. Imagine how happy I was when I realized it was actually Wednesday and one day closer to the weekend. Although I’m not sure why I get so excited about weekends anymore since they’re actually more work for me than weekdays.  At least it’s ‘fun work’ though. I mean, if I could get paid to build Lego towers and practice dance moves to the Fresh Beat Band (on repeat for a solid hour) all week long I’d have a pretty sweet gig.

Speaking of sweet, this week I managed to concoct one of the best two-fer recipes in my entire arsenal. That’s saying a lot.

Just looking at that picture is making my mouth water all over again. I’m telling you, these little guys mean BIZNASS.

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