12 Fabulous Summer Salads

Salads make a wonderful meal, especially in the warmer months.  They are easy to prepare, use up odds and ends from the refrigerator, and avoid using the oven on especially hot days.  Plus if you have a garden, you can incorporate just about anything too.  If you're ready for some fresh new salad ideas, here are 12 unique and delicious salads to celebrate summer!

Strawberry Spinach Salad from Julia's Album

Chili Lime Sweet Corn Salad from Lovely Little Kitchen

Chipotle Lime Grilled Shrimp Salad from Closet Cooking

Crunchy Asian Ramen Noodle Salad from Gimme Some Oven

Cilantro Lime Cucumber Salad from The Food Charlatan

Japanese Sunshine Salad With Carrot Ginger Dressing from The Clever Carrot

Mexican Chopped Salad from The Cafe Sucre Farine

Summer Sunshine Salad from Chocolate Chips and Glue Sticks

Rad Rainbow Raw Pad Thai from Oh She Glows

Strawberry Raspberry Cranberry Avocado Spinach Salad With Strawberry Poppy Seed Dressing from Cooking Classy

Sweet Chili Chicken Salad from Closet Cooking

Vietnamese Summer Roll Salad from Closet Cooking

Pulled Pork Tacos

Pulled pork tacos make a super quick dinner...by slow cooking and freezing the pork first, you can have lots of easy meals on hand.

To make the pulled pork, I used this recipe (my favorite at home pulled pork recipe ever).  This recipe makes a ton...package in single servings and freeze for lots more meals.

The taco pictured is on a corn tortilla, which I think are perfect with these flavors, but you can use a flour tortilla if you prefer.

To top you tacos, here are some ideas:

• shredded purple cabbage (pictured)
• black beans
• chopped fresh cilantro (pictured)
• salsa (pictured)
• shredded carrot
• pickled red onion
• corn
• pico de gallo
• guacamole
• minced onion (pictured)
• sour cream (or plain Greek yogurt for a healthy substitute)
• pickled jalapeños
• sliced avocado
• fresh lime juice
• salsa verde
• shredded Monterrey Jack or cheddar cheese
• chopped tomato