Good Eats: 3 Simple Salads for Your Labor Day BBQ
Labor Day is just around the corner so I thought it would be fun to share three of my favorite simple salads to whip up for summer barbeques... Each one can be made in advance and packed up in a reusable container for easy transport. I've made these salads many times and they've proven to be total people pleasers time and time again...
Watermelon Salad
Ingredients
- 1 watermelon, cubed
- 1 cup feta, crumbled
- fresh mint leaves
Directions
- Mix together cubed watermelon, feta and shredded mint leaves.
- Chill for 15 minutes.
- Serve cold or room temperature.
Black Bean & Corn Salad
Ingredients
- 1 can of black beans, strained and rinsed
- 3 husks of corn
- 1 cup of fresh pico de gallo
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350-degrees.
- Peel back husks on corn, remove the stringy bits and then put husks back in place.
- Place corn into oven (on center rack) for 30 minutes.
- Once corn has cooked, remove husks and cut corn kernels off the cob using a sharp knife.
- In a large bowl, mix together corn, black beans and pico de gallo.
Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- 4 cups of bow tie pasta, cooked
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 3 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
- 4 tablespoons of olive oil
- fresh basil leaves, thinly sliced
- salt and pepper to taste
Directions
- In a large bowl, mix together pasta, garlic, tomatoes, olive oil, and basil.
- Once mixed, add in salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve cold or at room temperature.
And there you have it–three super simple salads that can be whipped up in under an hour.
What are you plans for Labor Day? Will you be enjoying a long weekend?
Also, what's your go-to BBQ salad? Share the recipe below!
XO Lauren
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34 comments
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the watermelon salad with feta is pretty original! thanks for the idea
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@ Emma You can make pico de gallo. It is really easy. All you need is tomato, onion, and green chiles, and a fresh lime. If you can find all of those ingredients it is fairly simple to make.
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Yumm that looks great! I did the watermelon salad and many of my family memebers loved it, it was delicious!!
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that bow tie pasta salad looks amazing and delicious! i definitely want to try that. seems healthy too. thanks!
linh
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Hey i live in Australia and I can't find pico de gallo anywhere. Is there somethign else I could use to put in the salad?
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I'm an italian girl and I have that pasta salad every summer because it's really really light...a little tip: don't use garlic and add a little bit of mozzarella cubed...it's 2000 times much better...let give a try ;) enjoy your pasta salad ;)
p.s.: you can also add some rocket vegetable ;) well, I'm hungry right now ;)
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I'd love to try the bowtie pasta salad. That's the only one that looks appealing to me. The black bean & corn salad looks good too, except it reminds me of what I get at Chipotle ;0)
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I love the first salad with watermelon and greek cheese feta!We always eat this salad here in Greece,it's our recipe :-)
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I always just love boiling some tri-color pasta, mixing it with Italian dressing, banana peppers and cherry tomatoes! Perfect for Labor Day or tailgating on Saturdays :-)
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I do a greek pasta salad.
4 cups cooked tri-color rotini noodles, 1 cup chopped red onion, 1 each chopped green bell pepper and red pepper, 1/2 cup of black olives sliced, 1 cup feta cheese and add italian dressing to pull it together. My kids love it!! And it will store for up to 5 days in your fridge!
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Im gonna try out the Black Bean and Corn salad. Sounds so good that I have to taste it. Gonne keep you updated how delicious it was :) Greetings from Germany!! XOXO
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amazing! here's a recipe for an awesome summer salad dressing http://nourishandbenourished.com/2012/08/30/lemon-pesto-vinaigrette/ and another delicious bowtie pasta salad! http://nourishandbenourished.com/2011/06/23/its-greek-to-me/
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I'm obsessed with the watermelon salad!! I eat it all the time. It's best topped off with some fresh lime juice. The bean salsa is another go to when I'm bringing something to a party. Easy and delicious and everyone loves it!!
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