Caprese Jar Salad

July 27, 2022 Amanda Plott

It’s salad season, and right now, I’m all about these jar salads. I love having a few ready made lunches on hand in the fridge that are put together and just need a good shake up to enjoy. They make for great grab-and-go lunches too since you can eat them straight out of the jar. This particular one is based one of my all time favorite salads, a caprese.

A caprese salad is tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, and usually some sort of greens to go along with it. I started this one off with an Italian based dressing along with some basil pearled couscous to make the salad just a touch more filling…

Green Goddess Jar Salad

July 9, 2022 Amanda Plott

I’m pretty much in love with jar salads right now. They’re just so easy to toss a few together and have them ready to grab-and-go for busy day lunches. This Green Goddess Jar Salad is probably one of my most favorites of the ones that I’ve made so far. It’s light and has a really good mix of textures and flavors between the lettuce, quinoa, tangy pickled onions, and feta cheese too!

As with any jar salad, the layering here is really important. You want to be sure to keep the lettuce and feta up off the dressing at the bottom. When you’re ready to eat it, you just give it a quick shake and either eat straight out of the container or pour out onto a bowl or salad plate…

Mediterranean Veggie Wrap

July 3, 2022 Amanda Plott

With a busy holiday weekend and a holiday itself cutting into the week, I like to be sure that I have plenty of ready-made lunches on hand so that I don’t have to fret about it in the midst of chaos. This Mediterranean Veggie Wrap is one of my new favorite grab-and-go lunches. It’s cool, and crisp, and filling while also being light and vegetarian too!

This wrap starts out with lavash bread, which is honestly my preferred wrap because it can double as a tortilla, and triple as a flat bread pizza crust! Plus, it’s super high in fiber and low in calories. So, you get a lot of bang for your buck. They can do pretty much anything and have just enough stretch to make for the perfect vehicle for a wrap…

Mediterranean Orzo Jar Salad

May 28, 2022 Amanda Plott

If you’re looking for quick, easy, make-ahead lunch ideas then look no further! This Mediterranean Orzo Jar Salad is probably going to be my go-to lunch for a good long while. It’s super fast to make and tastes absolutely amazing. Plus, making them up ahead of times makes them all the more convenient. This salad is light but also surprisingly filling, making it perfect for the start of Summer here.

You get a little bit of everything in this salad. Plenty of veggies, cool baby spinach, some orzo pasta, and a homemade dressing that’s truly one of the most simple dressings that I’ve ever made for a salad. Oh, and who could say no to the feta cheese in here?!…

Southwest Cobb Salad in a Jar

April 25, 2022 Amanda Plott

This is one spiced up salad! I’ve created it in such a way that it is perfect for being a jar salad; layered so that it stays fresh for 3-5 days in the fridge and is great to have on hand for a grab-and-go lunch that you can also enjoy on the go or not!

The whole idea for this salad is to layer it in such a way that it can sit stored in the fridge for a few days and is completely ready to eat as soon as you are. Everything is all included, even the dressing. The trick to it is the layering. All the wet stuff on the bottom and the dry stuff on top. Clever, right?…

Spinach & Feta Bundt

March 26, 2022 Amanda Plott

I love to play around and shake things up a bit. And more often than not, we all think of a bundt pan as being used for something sweet. This time around I decided to use it for something savory. This Spinach & Feta Bundt could honestly fit into any meal space; breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner. And let me just say that this thing is absolutely bursting with flavor. It’s honestly one of the most delicious things I’ve eaten in a good long while.

It’s light, but still filling and has a richness to it with the feta cheese but also the lemon in there to cut through it. It’s really good stuff and it’s absolutely perfect for these few months of Spring. There’s just so much going on here that the only thing you’d really want to serve it with would maybe be a simple soup such as tomato soup!…