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Pear Pomegranate and Honeycomb Salad

December 27, 2017 by Andrew 2 Comments

This Pear Pomegranate and Honeycomb Salad is a delicious and light salad meal that pear well with a Citrus Vinaigrette.

Disclosure: This Pear Pomegranate and Honeycomb Salad shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #DonVictorHoney #HappyHealthyHoney #CollectiveBias

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My biggest goal in life is showing my girls how to live a great life. How to make the best choices and always feel a sense of pride when you complete your goals. Shortly before we had our first daughter, I was diagnosed with pre-hypertension. I felt at first like I was doomed. Then, we had our daughter and I knew I had to fight harder than I ever had before. I was prescribed a medication for my condition, but I knew pretty early on in this journey, that I wanted to come off that medication. I was advised that weight loss, exercise, and better eating habits could all aid in that dream becoming reality.

Fast forward, and we now have a five and a two year old. I’m no longer on that medication. At the start of 2016, I vowed to do even better. Get even healthier. Show my girls what great exercise and eating habits looked like.

Turning a New Page

We’re heading into 2018 and I’m determined to live an even more amazing lifestyle. Larisha and I’s journey has always been about small changes to get to a healthier life versus drastic all at once.  We know that we are more likely to maintain our goals if we accomplish them this way. I’m successfully at a point where I’m happy with the way I look and feel and now it’s just about maintaining my current lifestyle while implementing more small changes to get even healthier.

Looking for small, better-for-me changes

One thing that I started doing about mid-year is eating a salad for dinner one night a week.  Typically, I’ve always just done lettuce, cheese, sunflower seeds, and croutons. It’s not really unhealthy, but it’s not really providing me with any benefits either.  Larisha and I began playing around with flavor combinations and I’m loving this Pear Pomegranate and Honeycomb Salad. It’s delicious and wholesome, as well as the crunch that I’d typically search for from croutons.

how do you use honeycomb

We’ve been using raw, natural honey for a while now, but never actually eaten the honeycomb. Now, it’s easily available at your local Walmart with Don Victor® Orange Blossom Comb Honey Globe Jar. Honeycomb is a guilt-free sweet and with Don Victor® Honey, you can get the superior taste at a cost affordable price.

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Pear Pomegranate and Honeycomb Salad
Prep Time
10 mins
Total Time
10 mins
 

This Pear Pomegranate and Honeycomb Salad is a delicious vegetarian main dish salad recipe. It uniquely features honeycomb for an added crunch. 

Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Servings: 2 people
Calories: 242 kcal
Author: Andrew
Ingredients
  • 1 Don Victor® Orange Blossom Comb Honey Globe Jar
  • 4 cups fresh spinach
  • 1/2 cup Pomegranate seeds
  • 1/2 cup feta cheese
  • 1 cup pears chopped
Instructions
  1. Pull the honeycomb out of the Don Victor® honey jar.
  2. Chop 1/2 of the honeycomb into pieces.
  3. In a large bowl, combine the spinach, chopped honeycomb, pomegranate, feta and pears.
  4. Drizzle with 2 tbsp of honey.
  5. Store leftover Don Victor® honey in a cool, dry place.
  6. Serve alongside a citrus vinaigrette or your other favorite dressing.
Nutrition Facts
Pear Pomegranate and Honeycomb Salad
Amount Per Serving (3.5 cups)
Calories 242 Calories from Fat 72
% Daily Value*
Fat 8g12%
Saturated Fat 5g31%
Cholesterol 33mg11%
Sodium 466mg20%
Potassium 439mg13%
Carbohydrates 39g13%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 32g36%
Protein 7g14%
Vitamin A 5785IU116%
Vitamin C 19.9mg24%
Calcium 251mg25%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Don Victor® Honey is raw, filtered honey, and not heated or processed in any other way. Learn more by following along on Facebook and Pinterest.

can you eat honeycomb

In addition to our salad, you can spread honeycomb on toast, pancakes, biscuits and more. Heating will make it soft to spread along the bread even though it doesn’t melt. You will love the aroma from the honey. Don Victor® honey is the perfect complement to new and more conscious recipes for the New Year. Buy one for yourself and buy one for someone else. Don Victor® Honey is found at Walmart in the Hispanic aisle. Head to your local store to grab today. We look forward to creating a more wholesome journey with you in the New Year!

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Italian Ham Pasta Salad

August 22, 2016 by Larisha Campbell 1 Comment

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For many of you, school has already started.  For the rest, it’s right around the corner. For all, the chaos of everything has already begun. Within a few weeks, you will likely be scratching your head wondering what in the world to put in that lunchbox or what to make for dinner in the 30 minutes you have between end of school, extracurriculars, and bedtime.  Here’s your answer.

This Italian Ham Pasta Salad has a little bit of everything that will make everyone happy. What I love, is that it’s 8 minutes of cooking, 10(ish) minutes of chopping, and BAM! DONE!. You have a delicious, protein packed, vegetable filled dish, that even picky ones will eat some of it.

WATCH SKIBS MAKE IT!!

I grew up never knowing I liked pasta salad. My aunt would make a pasta salad at every get together, but it wasn’t until I was in my teens that I tried it.  Once I did, I couldn’t get enough of it.  It was one of those things that you prayed was at every get together. And it was always gone if you went to grab a take home plate which always annoyed you. Luckily, I watched my aunt make her pasta salad enough that I can make it myself now. Here’s that pasta salad recipe.

Even though I still, to this day, love her pasta salad dearly, I wanted something more. Something fresher. Something packed with protein to fill us up. Thus, you get our Italian Ham Pasta Salad. Skibs and I got into the kitchen and got to work.  She almost did this recipe entirely by herself.  I had to chop and help with mixing at the end, but otherwise, it was all her. She absolutely loved making this Italian Ham pasta salad because of that too.

 

making homemade pasta salad

Baby was with us too.  On my back, babywearing, as normal. She was just enjoying eating as usual.

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Italian Ham Pasta Salad
Author: Larisha Campbell
Ingredients
  • 1 lb tri-color rotini cooked
  • 1 lb cooked ham cubed
  • 1/2 pint cherry tomatoes cut into thirds
  • 1/2 each: red green, orange, and yellow bell pepper, cut into small cubes
  • 1 cucumber skin on, cut into slices or half slices
  • 4 oz colby jack cheese cubed
  • 4 oz fresh mozzarella cubed
  • 1/8 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 1/2 cups homemade zesty Italian Dressing see below
Italian Dressing
  • 1 cup olive oil
  • 1 cup apple cider vinegar
  • juice from half a lemon
  • 5 cloves garlic minced
  • 1/8 cup red onion finally chopped
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons Italian seasoning
  • 1/2 teaspoon paprika
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients.
  2. Stir well until all the ingredients are covered with dressing.
  3. Cover bowl with lid, or foil, and place in the fridge for at least 4 hours (up to overnight).
  4. Save remaining Italian dressing for another recipe or serve on the side.

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