One of my favorite things to eat in the summer is salad. I'm not talking about boring lettuce salads, but delicious and satisfying salads! Today's salad is filled with whole grains and protein and can be customized with whatever ingredients you have in your refrigerator!

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A good pickle can easily round out a meal, adding a bit of crispness and a pop of flavor. With just a few staple ingredients, you can make all kinds of delicious refrigerator pickles right in your own kitchen.

Summertime is the perfect time to make homemade barbecue sauce. Recently, I made ketchup and mustard from scratch, and both were delicious. However, we don't use much ketchup in my house, so I decided to turn the ketchup into barbecue sauce.

This is the fifth post in my Sensible & Sustainable Weight Loss Series. I’m doing this series to help you lose weight in a healthy way, build a lifestyle that keeps weight off, and enjoy your life throughout the whole process and beyond.

I'm a huge fan of homemade salad dressings. In fact, a couple of years ago, I wrote a post about the formula I use to make an endless assortment of dressings. This one has all the components of my typical dressings, but the ratio is a little different because I'm letting strawberries be the star of the show.

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It's official, Summer Salad Season is upon us! When it's hot outside, the last thing I want to do is heat up the kitchen by turning on the stove. Plus, I'm probably busy enjoying the beautiful weather and don't want to spend much time cooking. However, I still want healthy and filling meals. That is why I love big, delicious salads in the summer (and really, all year long). This salad is great to make on the weekend and have healthy dinners or lunches ready to go.

Summer will be here before you know it, and soon we will all be firing up the grill to cook up burgers and dogs. Why not get a little bougie and serve them with some homemade ketchup and mustard? Watch Me Homemade Vs Store-Bought Did you know that store-bought ketchup can be up to 24% sugar? Usually in the form of high fructose corn syrup. And often the sugar-free ones aren't unsweetened, they just use fake sweeteners instead. The ingredient list also shows "Natural Flavor"