Strawberry Sunflower Salad

Start with your favorite greens (mine are either a spring mix or leafy romaine, but spinach would be good as well).

Add:

Feta cheese
Sliced Strawberries
Sunflower Kernels
Diced Cucumber

Add your favorite sweet dressing - I recommend raspberry vinagrette or a creamy poppyseed.

Favorite Cran-Feta Salad

Start with a spring mix salad - I love the big plastic tubs of the organic spring mix that you can get at most stores.

Add:

Diced Cucumbers
Dried Cranberries
Feta Cheese crumbles
Chopped Pecans

Raspberry Vinaigrette to taste (WishBone brand is my favorite).

Blaine Salad

This recipe is based on the Blaine Salad served at The Pizza Factory, a Utah-based pizza and pasta joint.

2 heads of romaine lettuce
1/2 cup craisins (dried cranberries)
3/4 cup toasted almonds
poppy seed dressing to taste

optional:
shredded or cubed chicken

Chop romaine lettuce into short strips. Toast almonds in the oven (400 degrees) or on the stovetop (medium heat) in a non-stick skillet. Be careful not to burn the almonds. After letting the almonds cool a little, mix craisins, almonds and dressing with lettuce. To make it a meal, add some leftover shredded chicken.

Sarah's Spinach Salad

One bag of baby spinach
1/2 carton of white mushrooms, sliced
1/2 a red onion, sliced
10-12 strips of bacon (can substitute turkey bacon or a 1/2 cup of bacon bits)
1 to 2 cups of shredded swiss cheese
8 oz of cottage cheese (drain it a little bit)
poppy seed dressing to taste

Mix spinach, mushrooms, onion, bacon and cheese in large bowl. Just before serving, add cottage cheese and dressing and combine well.

This salad is so yummy that my newest sister-in-law served it at her wedding. It's also a man-friendly salad since it contains bacon.