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Salt and Vinegar Potato Salad

22 Aug

If you love salt and vinegar potato chips, you will be hooked on this potato salad from the first bite!  The Old Bay seasoning gives the dish a little kick.

If you have been on The Hungry Wife searching recipes, you may have noticed that I have several Potato Salads.  I love them.  Potato Salad is a great dish that can be easily made and served year round.  Salt and Vinegar Potato Salad is a great variation on the original, and perfect for those with vegetarian diet restrictions, or if you are just looking to replace the mayo for healthier dish.
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Summer Rice Salad

21 Mar

Summer Rice Salad is simple to prepare and the flavors go together so well, giving you a delicate flavor that you wont find in any other dish on the picnic table this summer.

I’m always looking for new salads to make, getting away from the tradition potato, pasta, egg, ect.  During the warm spring and summer months, salads can be so much more then a side dish.  I like to make several different salads and have them as the main meal.  Summer Rice Salad is wonderful!  I love that Summer Rice Salad is a refreshing, cooling, and flavorful dish that is unlike all those other summer salads.  Using rice as the main ingredient in salads is a nice departure from the tradition, and is lighter to eat on hot summer days then a heavy potato or pasta.
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Broccoli Salad

25 Feb

Broccoli Salad is the perfect side dish to welcome the spring. It combines the best of everything, veggies, bacon, cheese and yummy dressing.

Broccoli Salad is the perfect side dish to welcome the spring.  Even though many people are still dealing with the snow, and will be for a little while longer, here in South Carolina the temps are warming.  You can smell spring in the air as trees start budding and flowers start to push through the soil.  To celebrate the coming of spring, I decided to make this delicious and super easy broccoli salad.
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Mom’s Potato Salad

7 Jan

Mom's Potato Salad is simple yet intense.  Adding Italian dressing to this classic dish makes all the difference.  Invite new flavors in to your salad.

Mom’s Potato Salad is the third Potato Salad recipe The Hungry Wife is featuring.  I don’t think it is possible to have too many salad recipes, especially when they are so delicious and make excellent side dishes.  This particular recipe is one from my mother, and even though it is basically a classic potato salad, it has a nice twist.  The addition of Italian salad dressing provides a whole new dynamic into the flavor mix.
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Greek Salad Baguette

21 Sep

Greek Salad Baguette a great alternative to the deli meat sandwich.  I like to make this dish with a sourdough loaf or stuff the filling into large pitas.

Every now and then I like to go meatless for dinner.  It is a great way to pack in all those veggies and vitamins, and get a super healthy and filling meal.  One of the best things about The Greek Salad Baguette is that you can make it as a sandwich like the recipe suggests, or you can serve it as a side salad.  It is so good both ways.  I particularly like to make Greek Salad Baguette with a sourdough loaf and serve with a side of couscous.
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Mango and Avocado Salad with Peanut Dressing

19 Jul

Mango and Avocado Salad with Peanut Dressing is something you will want to eat nearly every day.  This salad can be served as a starter dish or pile it up to make a super refreshing lunch to get you through the hot days.

With summer bringing the hottest days of the year, Mango and Avocado Salad with Peanut Dressing is something you will want to eat nearly every day.  This salad can be served as a starter dish or pile it up to make a super refreshing lunch to get you through the hot days.
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Spicy Potato Salad

26 Jun

This Spicy Potato Salad gets back to its native North American roots, using smoky, spicy condiments made from its indigenous neighbors, chipotle peppers and tomatillos.

Spicy Potato Salad is more than you could ever ask for.  It is extremely extremely low in fat and calories, no cholesterol, and super flavorful.  In the United States, we’re accustomed to potato salad dressed with mayonnaise or oil and vinegar.  But this potato salad is both very low-fat and vegan.
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Grilled Corn Salad

24 Jun

This is a wonderful Grilled Corn Salad that appears in our house every summer when corn is super sweet and in season.  Grilled Corn Salad really showcases what summer corn is all about.

This is a wonderful Grilled Corn Salad that appears in our house every summer when corn is super sweet and in season.  Grilled Corn Salad really showcases what summer corn is all about.  Sure, you could add some tomatoes, avocados, and other vegetables that are in season, but I like to keep this simple.  This dish will complement any summer outing and will last the test of time.  You can transform this Salad into many different things, a salsa on your burrito, or made more complex with some additional ingredients (I like avocado if you have one).
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Classic Potato Salad

22 Jun

When buying potatoes to use in potato salad, it's important to select a variety that keeps its shape when cooked.  Starch content is the defining factor in where to use potato.

Classic Potato Salad is just one of two potato salads The Hungry Wife will be featuring.  We’ll start with the Classic Potato Salad and then get a little more daring.  This recipe is simple and delicious, with traditional ingredients sure to be loved by all.
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Classic Macaroni Salad

21 Jun

Classic Macaroni Salad is best kept simple with only the necessary ingredients.  And that is what this recipe delivers, simple, traditional and delicious.  I like nothing more than celery, onions, hard-boiled eggs, mayo, and a touch of mustard.

The Hungry Wife is kicking off Summer Salad Week with this traditional family favorite, Classic Macaroni Salad.  All this week, I will be bringing you our favorite summer salads.  Everyone has a classic side dish that no summer get-together is complete without.  These salad recipes I am providing, will be perfect for any summer time event.  Some of them, like this Classic Macaroni Salad, are simple and remind you of childhood Bar-B-Que’s and family reunions.
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Cool Lemon Chicken Salad

19 Jun

When it's hot outside, I like to eat things that are light, cool, easy to prepare, and taste wonderful.  Cool Lemon Chicken Salad is our favorite summer meal.

Here comes the heat, and that often means adjusting the type of cooking we do.  Cool Lemon Chicken Salad fits right into summertime cooking.  When it’s hot outside, I like to eat things that are light, cool, easy to prepare, and taste wonderful.  Cool Lemon Chicken Salad is one of The Hungry Wife’s favorite summer meals.  The lemon and basil makes this Chicken Salad super refreshing, and perfect to eat rolled up in a lettuce leaf.
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Scandinavian Egg Salad

15 May

The simplest egg salad made with fresh eggs, crisp celery, a good mayonnaise, and quality mustard is hard to beat.   But hard-boiled eggs and mayonnaise are a fine vehicle for a host of other ingredients and seasonings.

All of us at The Hungry Wife had a great time tinkering with this perennial favorite.  The simplest egg salad made with fresh eggs, crisp celery, a good mayonnaise, and quality mustard is hard to beat.  But hard-boiled eggs and mayonnaise are a fine vehicle for a host of other ingredients and seasonings.

Here is an egg salad that can be eaten as a sandwich, spread, or canapes, or stuffed into ripe juicy tomatoes shells, crisp cucumber shells, or bell pepper halves.

Serve Scandinavian Egg Salad as a sandwich between slices of whole wheat bread, baguette, or a coarse country-style bread with tender leaf lettuce and sliced tomato.  As an appetizer, serve with sesame crackers, pita, or rye crackers.

Reduce the fat content of Scandinavian Egg Salad by discarding the cooked yolks of five of the eggs.  If you don’t have a 2-quart saucepan, a larger one is okay – just use enough water to immerse the eggs completely.
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Pink Salad

25 Apr

This is very similar to grandmas congealed salad, and believe it or not, even easier to make.  It is excellent served as a side dish on hot summer days, also great as a light dessert.  Go ahead and give it try, enjoy.

Sounds strange right?  When I first saw this Pink Salad recipe in a cookbook put together by the Information Systems team my husband works on, I was a little put off to say the least.  However, I read the ingredients and directions, it sounded simple enough and extremely fast so why not give the pink salad a try.

I’m not afraid to say it, I like congealed salad, and you know what, so do a lot of people.  Pink Salad is very similar to grandmas congealed salad, and believe it or not, even easier to make.  It is excellent served as a side dish on hot summer days, also great as a light dessert.  Personally, I think its even good at breakfast.  Go ahead and give it try, enjoy.

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Taco Dip Recipe

15 Mar

Taco Dip is a simple and delicious appetizer that is perfect for parties.  With lots of yummy flavor that all guests are sure to love.

Taco Dip is a super delicious and simple recipe, that is a throwback from my childhood.  When I was growing up, it seemed like nearly every get-together we had, be it birthday party or clam bake, my mother would whip up Taco Dip.  I remember salivating watching her make the Taco Dip, in anticipation of being the first one to grab myself some tortilla chips and dig in to the yummy layers.  I can’t believe it took me so long to make this myself, it’s just one of those recipes that it seemed like only mom could make.
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Roasted Corn and Chicken Fettuccine

21 Jun

Roasted Corn and Chicken Fettuccine is a comforting pasta with a touch of indulgence.  Not as heavy as an Alfredo, this recipe is perfect for any season, and you wont miss the extra calories.

[donotprint]There is nothing better, every now and then, then a good Fettuccine Alfredo recipe.  Roasted Corn and Chicken Fettuccine is similar to an Alfredo sauce, but not as thick and using less butter, cream and cheese.  If you are looking for a comforting pasta recipe, with a touch of indulgence, Roasted Corn and Chicken Fettuccine is exactly what you are looking for.
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Quiche Lorraine Recipe

12 Apr

Quiche Lorraine is an awesome dish, with lots of flavor, simple ingredients, and easy preparation.  It can be served for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.  It is the perfect dish.

Quiche Lorraine is an awesome dish, with lots of flavor, simple ingredients, and easy preparation.  In French cuisine, a quiche is an oven-baked dish made with eggs and milk or cream in a pastry shell.  What makes a Quiche Lorraine is the addition of cheese and bacon.  And we all know, cheese and bacon makes everything better.  Although I have classified this Quiche Lorraine Recipe as a breakfast, it can also be served as an entree for  lunch, dinner, or an evening snack.
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French Onion Soup

6 Jan

French Onion Soup is one of those classic dishes that everyone likes to start off their meals with.  It is simple and delicious, a wonderful appetizer or great as the main dish.

French Onion Soup is one of those classic dishes that everyone likes to start off their meals with.  It is simple and delicious, a wonderful appetizer or great as the main dish served with salad or a sandwich.  There are a lot of recipes out there for French Onion Soup, and some of them can get pretty complicated.  What sets this recipe apart from the others is the simplicity of it, yet it’s still pack with that awesome flavor.
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Shrimp and Pancetta

9 Nov

Shrimp and Pancetta has a light salty, smoky flavor and is a cinch to make.  Taking only about 30 minutes, including prep time, this is the perfect weeknight meal.

One of the things I love most about making seafood for dinner, is how quick you can make a healthy and delicious meal for your family.  Shrimp and Pancetta takes about 30 minutes total, including the prep time, to make and put on the table.  Another thing I love about this recipe is how simple it is.  Few ingredients and a quick cooking time, make Shrimp and Pancetta a perfect weeknight meal when time is of the essence.
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Herb and Mustard Turkey with Green Onion Gravy

6 Oct

Herb and Mustard Turkey with Green Onion Gravy will have you craving Thanksgiving dinner all year.  The herb butter compliments poultry so well, leaving turkey moist and delicious.

With the anticipation of fall food and Thanksgiving around the corner, I have been craving traditional comfort foods like your favorite bird, gravy, mashed potatoes, and cranberry relish.  In order to satisfy my desires I decided to cook up a mini Thanksgiving feast.  Herb and Mustard Turkey with Green Onion Gravy is the ultimate (and my favorite) recipe that meets this criteria.  To scale it down to size for a dinner for two, I used a whole chicken instead of a turkey.  This helped provide enough leftovers to make an amazing chicken salad and homemade chicken stock.
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Ham and Cheese Noodle Casserole

16 Sep

Ham and Cheese Noodle Casserole is super quick to make, the longest part is cooking the pasta.  Since you are using cooked ham, cooking time is cut to a mear 25 minutes, just enough to melt the cheese and heat through

I don’t think I can ever have too many casserole recipes.  The great thing about casseroles are that they are really easy to make, and often can be assembled ahead of time.  There is a casserole recipe for everyone, whether your a vegetarian, meat lover, or on a restricted diet.  Ham and Cheese Noodle Casserole is The Hungry Wife go to recipe for a delicious, quick meal.  It is also great to serve for when guests are over, serve it with a nice side salad and crusty bread, so good.
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