The Ultimate Summer Salad
Need a little salad inspo? Or a surefire way to impress your guests at your next backyard gathering? Meet my absolute favorite salad for summer entertaining!
This marinated salad is dressed to impress. It features marinated ripe summer tomatoes, a generous amount of avocado, fresh basil (donโt skimp here!), red onion and feta served over top of crisp mixed greens. Itโs really simple to put together (just takes a little planning ahead for the marinating).
Weeknight Shrimp and Chicken Quinoa Paella
I have always thought of paella as “special occasion food”. I typically only make it if friends are coming over and I really go all out, making it in the more traditional way, including all the expensive ingredients. Traditional paellas are delicious and honestly don’t need improvement. However, weeknights that we get to sit down together as a family are special too, and this paella comes together quick enough for a beautiful weeknight dinner. I still don’t think my kids appreciate that they get to eat meals like paella on say, a Tuesday night after baseball practice, but I…