Spinach Tomato Tortellini Pasta Salad and Sweet & Spicy Surprise Salad plus Pancake

Episode 13: Spinach Tomato Tortellini Pasta Salad and Sweet & Spicy Surprise Salad plus Pancake. Add a salad to your Superbowl snack table! Add some healthy food to your party table and people will gobble it up! In this episode, I share yummy unique salad recipes, a savory pancake made from one of the salads (yes! I'm serious!), a way to add bursting flavor to your ordinary box of rice pilaf, and ideas for how to help you think outside the box when cooking. I also share how my cooking has changed as a mom of growing boys. Now that my boys are all teens, they are so much more open to different dishes and flavors so my world has opened up to cooking in new ways and I love it! Two recipes are from my cookbook One Dish Two Diets, affiliate link https://storyoriginapp.com/universalbooklinks/36b9ce90-6b57-11ec-837f-8f2460b6a963 Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Spinach Tomato Tortellini Pasta Salad Ingredients Needed: 2 lbs. 4 ounces frozen cheese tortellini 1 8.5 ounce jar of julienne cut sundried tomatoes in herbs and olive oil 2-4 cups grape tomatoes sliced in half ½ cup feta cheese ½ cup grated or shredded Parmesan cheese ¼ teaspoon black pepper ¼ teaspoon salt 4 cups fresh spinach 2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar 7 ounces salami cut into small pieces  Instructions: Cook tortellini. Let cool at least a little bit. Add sundried tomatoes, sliced tomatoes, spinach leaves, and balsamic vinegar to tortellini. Stir to mix. Add Parmesan cheese and feta cheese to a bowl. Add in salt and pepper and stir. Add cheese mixture to tortellini mixture. Stir. Split salad in half for a vegetarian half and a meat-containing half. Add salami pieces to meat half of the salad and stir. Refrigerate to cool. Serve cold. Sweet & Spicy Surprise Salad Ingredients: 1 Tbsp olive oil, juice from 1 lemon, 1 Tbsp fresh lime juice, 1 Tbsp chia seeds, 1 Tbsp salted sunflower seeds, 2 lg tomatoes diced, 1 c. diced strawberries, 1 c. diced cucumber, 4 Tbsp chopped fresh jalapeno, 2 c. frozen gold and white corn (cooked and cooled), 1 overfull Tbsp chopped cilantro, 2 c. fresh mozzarella cheese diced, optional: 1/2 tsp chili powder and 1 diced avocado. Instructions: Prepare dressing by combining olive oil, lemon juice, lime juice, chia seeds, and sunflower seeds. Stir. Stir all vegetables and fruit together in a large bowl. add cheese and herbs/spices. Pour dressing over and stir well. Sweet and Spicy Cornbread Pancake: Ingredients: per pancake: 1/2 c Sweet and Spicy Surprise Salad, 1 egg, 1/3 c. cornbread mix (I used Jiffy), salt and pepper, 1 Tbsp butter. Combine and cook as you cook a pancake on low to medium-low heat. Visit my website for more recipes, home & family posts and travel, and to sign up for my email list at: https://www.juliehoagwriter.com/ Instacart deal:   From lowering sodium to going vegan, fuel your New Year's #CartGoals with free delivery on your first order via Instacar Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREE Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Visit my website: https://www.juliehoagwriter.com/ Music by Young Presidents, "So Excited". Copyright Julie A. Hoag Julie Hoag Writer LLC 2022-2025