Salads are super delicious during the summer when the greens and vegetables are fresh from your garden, or from the local farmers market. Oh, and they’re usually super simple to make, so you don’t have to spend a ton of time in the kitchen. This grilled sirloin steak salad from Stockman and Dakota lets you avoid the stove and make a light and delicious summer dinner.
Make some extra steak and you can whip up another salad for lunch the next day.

Grilled Sirloin Steak Salad
Prep Time: 10 minutes + marinating
Grill Time: 8-16 minutes
Amount: 4 servings
Ingredients:
1 ¼ pounds Stockman …read more

A refreshing and healthy salad recipe from the people at Peitra Santa Winery, a family-run winery nestled in the Cienega Valley, just inland from Monterey Bay, California:
Summer Salad with Shrimp and Grapefruit
1 head of butter lettuce, washed, dried and torn
1 avocado, peeled and sliced
1 pink grapefruit, peeled and sectioned
1 lb. shrimp, grilled or poached
2 Tbsp. fresh lime juice
Zest from one lime
1 Tbsp. honey
1/2 c. of medium-bodied olive oil
1 tsp. sea salt (or to taste)
1/2 tsp. freshly ground pepper
Dressing:
Mix olive oil, lime juice, zest, honey, salt, and pepper. Mix well and let stand for at least one hour so that …read more

Nicoise Salad (salad in the style of Nice, France) is one of my favorite summertime dishes. It makes use of summer’s fresh produce; it’s healthy; and it’s cool and refreshing on a hot sultry day. You can vary the recipe somewhat to suit your family’s tastes and to accomodate what’s fresh at the market, but this is my favorite variation:
Nicoise Salad

Romaine lettuce
Hardboiled eggs, cut in 1/8s
Cherry tomatoes or small, vine-ripe tomatoes, cut in wedges
Boiled new potatoes
Black olives, ideally Nicoise olives (they are the tiny, black olives available in jars)
Canned tuna packed in water, drained and flaked (You can also use …read more