Ditch the mayo and bring this Tuna Pasta Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette to the next backyard barbecue or family picnic. A lightened-up classic is always a surefire winner! 198 calories and 5 Weight Watchers SP Tuna pasta salad is a classic potluck option for summer backyard barbecues. When I was a kid, I was a…
Primavera Pasta Salad with Shrimp
This Primavera Pasta Salad with Shrimp is fantastic for a light dinner or a picnic lunch! Packed with asparagus and snap peas. Spring has most decidedly sprung in Boston! We are visiting one of our favorite cities for the fifth year in a row to cheer on my husband as he runs the Boston Marathon…
Chicken Pasta Salad with Green Beans, Tomatoes & Feta Cheese
This healthy chicken pasta salad takes advantage of the season’s fresh green beans and tomatoes. It’s the perfect potluck salad for the summertime! 163 calories and 4 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP There are some meals that are meant to be eaten al fresco, and pasta salads definitely fall into that category. As soon as I…
Healthy Potato Salad & Basil Shrimp Pasta Salad Recipes
When it comes to weekly menu planning during the summer, you have to take into account weekend get-togethers and family picnics. Both of these recipes, a light shrimp pasta salad and a healthy potato salad, can either be served on a weeknight or packed up for a barbecue potluck. And even better? They’re both lighter…
Roasted Vegetable Pasta Salad Recipe with Eggplant, Zucchini & Feta Cheese
I may have finally found my ultimate pasta salad. And if you are looking for a Meatless Monday vegetarian recipe, this is definitely one to add to the menu. I will never turn my back on two other favorites, one with salmon, tomatoes and an herb dressing and the other with chicken, plums and cumin…
Weight Loss Video, Cooking Segment & Blogger Media Page
This post is a mish-mash of a few different things. But don’t worry, tomorrow we’ll be back to regular programming (i.e., a recipe). For today…first, there’s a TV feature about my weight loss, followed by a cooking segment on the same show. From there, we hop right over to a post I wrote for the…
Chicken Pasta Salad Recipe with Plums, Feta & Cumin Dressing
When we visited my parents in Victoria, B.C. last week, it became abundantly clear why my obsession with food started at a young age. Within 10 minutes of leaving the airport, we pulled up to my parents’ favorite farm stand, loading up on two varieties of corn (perfect for this Grilled Corn Salad), fresh plums,…
Whole Wheat Pasta Salad Recipe with Beans, Capers & Balsamic Yogurt Dressing
Every summer as a kid, I looked forward to my mum’s pasta salad. It was dressed with mayonnaise, tossed with salmon or chicken (though this version is vegetarian) and, best of all, loaded with briny capers. My husband is not a mayo eater, so if I wanted to feed my family a version of my…
Whole Wheat Pasta Salad Recipe with Salmon, Tomatoes & Herb Dressing for a Half-Marathon
This is it. For me, this weekend marks a culmination of my health and weight loss journey. On Saturday morning, I’ll be rolling out of bed at some godforsaken hour, dragging my tired and sorry self…I mean, my perky and energetic self (think positive, think positive)…onto public transportation and heading to the start line of…
Tortellini Pasta Salad with Bacon, Broccoli & Basil Recipe
One of the first things I made on my own after leaving the comfort of my parents’ kitchen was my mum’s pasta salad. Growing up, it was a staple on the patio table during the summertime. Bowtie pasta, salmon, capers and red bell peppers, tossed in a mayonnaise-based dressing, made up the salad that I…