Welcome Spring with These Delicious and Colorful Salads

The birds are singing and spring is in the air, so why not delight your palate with a colorful and delicious salad. After a long day at work, most of us don’t have the time or energy to make an elaborate meal. Spring salads are simple to make, healthy and filling. Beautiful, vibrantly colored salads are like gallery prints on canvas. They are definitely a work of art.
Luckily for us, you don’t have to be a master chef. Making a spring salad is not difficult as long as you have the appropriate ingredients on hand. Like making personalized mugs for your friends, a salad of crisp greens tossed with peas, asparagus and any vegetable you like can be customized to your individual tastes and cravings.

Here are a few spring salads that really get the award for mouth watering:
· For a quick meal in under 30 minutes, try this rhubarb salad with goat cheese. Who doesn’t love the sweetness of honey roasted rhubarb with toasted walnuts, crisp greens, goat cheese and drizzled with a light vinaigrette. It screams spring!
· If you love asparagus, try this asparagus salad topped with poached eggs. The roasted asparagus is what really sets this salad apart. Getting together with friends over the weekend? This is a perfect meal for a Sunday brunch with that wow factor.
· Treat yourself to an unforgettable lunch - you deserve it! Leave the boring sandwich at home. Shrimp and snap pea salad with ginger dressing will surely awaken your senses and satisfy your appetite. The ginger dressing is a terrific complement to the shrimp - heavenly!
There are so many appetizing spring salad recipes out there. You’ll want to try each one. Thankfully there are plenty of warm days ahead and an abundance of fresh greens and vegetables to fulfill our hunger for amazing yet simple foods.



Recipes courtesy of
http://www.marthastewart.com/
http://www.eatingwell.com/



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