Southwest Summer Fresh Grain Salad is a a healthy recipe for any BBQ. Just a few fresh add-ins make this Suddenly Salad with quinoa and brown rice a smart idea for a family dinner. Enter to win $15 PayPal cash too 🙂
Southwest Summer Fresh Grain Salad
Here in the south, the warm weather is definitely here!! It has been in the 90’s for the past couple of weeks 🙂 It is time to start enjoying the taste of summer! In my little garden, veggies are starting to come in, so I decided to use them in this Southwest Summer Fresh Grain Salad. I have had Suddenly Pasta Salad before and really like it, but this was my first time to try their new line of Suddenly Grain Salad, which has brown rice and quinoa instead of the pasta. I love those healthy whole grains!! I did go ahead and pick up a couple of the Suddenly Salad varieties since they were BOGO at Publix and with this coupon, they only cost me $0.70 a piece!! You really can’t ask for a better deal than that!!
The Suddenly Grain Salad was not on sale but at $2.29 and using the coupon, it still was a great deal!!
Here are the fresh ingredients that I incorporated into my Southwest Summer Fresh Grain Salad: bell pepper, jalapeno, red onion and fresh tomato.
These are quick, healthy add-ins that I actually have growing in my little garden right now! This was my first bell pepper and jalapeños of the season!
Can you see those box tops on the top of the packaging? That’s Box Tops for Education which donates money back to local educational systers for collecting those tops. I collect them for my sister, who is an elementary teacher at one of our local schools. They are on the packaging of many Betty Crocker products, so if you aren’t collecting them, start so that your community’s educational systems can get free money!! Thank you Betty Crocker 🙂
The fresh ingredients just make this recipe pop!! The added crunch from the fresh veggies make my tastebuds smile 🙂 This was my dinner last night. The quinoa in Suddenly Grain Salad provides you with the protein and essential amino acids that you would normally get from animal protein in a tastebuds tastebuds tastebuds and I am perfectly fine without the animal protein. However if you want, you could totally add some cooked chicken or other animal protein to this dish, maybe some rotisserie chicken?
If you go to the Publix’s coupons page (like I did), they have a digital option that allows you to clip the coupon and not have to print. Just go to Publix, purchase the product you have a coupon for and enter your registered phone number at the checkout to apply the coupon. Or you can take advantage of this printable Suddenly Salad coupon.
- 1 box Suddenly Grain Salad Southwest Grains
- 1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
- 1 Jalapeno, seeded and chopped
- ¼ large red onion, finely chopped
- ½ large beef-steak tomato, seeded and chopped
- 1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp. cold water
- Sea salt and fresh ground pepper to taste.
- Fill 3 quart (or larger) saucepan ½ full with water and heal to boiling. Carefully place UNOPENED bag of Grains in the water.
- Boiling for 17 minutes, turning the bag just once, Cooked grains will fill bag.
- While grains are cooking, prep and chop all veggies.
- Stir together the dressing mix, oil and water in a medium bowl. Add veggies and stir to combine.
- Add grain/pasta mixture and stir well to combine.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve food room temp or chilled.
I would love to make the Barbecue Shoulder Tender Kabobs. They look so good.
I would love to add onions and bell peppers in mine. I love veggies.
Me too Linda!!
The Greek Tossed Pasta Salad looks delicious.
I would add onions and tomatoes to my salad.
I will add romaine lettuce to Suddenly Salad.
I’ll like to try Greek Tossed Pasta Salad recipe.
the grilled chicken casear pasta salad
scallions and corn
The California Chicken BLT Salad looks good
I usually add in olives, tomatoes and avocados but it also depends on which pasta salad I am using.
I like the grilled Caesar pasta salad
I would add fresh cucumbers, tomatoes and feta cheese to my salad
Oh the The Tuscan Style Tomato Pasta Salad looks really good!
I like the Chicken Pesto Salad recipe.
I would add chicken and fresh basil and tomatoes to make it more of a main dish!
Will have to try this
Yum! This looks delicious!
Mmm, looks tasty and it looks fast and easy too. I really want to give this a shot. Wonderful giveaway too!
I didn’t know the Suddenly Salad brand offered grains. I’ll have to look for it and give it a try.
You should give them a try Lydia! They are new and feature quinoa and brown rice!!
Go you, growing in your garden!!!! I have a total black thumb, I think the plants begin to wilt as I walk by them in the nursery!
LOL Michelle!! My mom always comes over and plants them for me!! That is the only way the plants survive 😉
This looks like an amazing recipe! Delicious!
This looks very healthy and summer-y. Nice way to celebrate the arrival of summer
This looks just perfect for summer- light, colorful and easy to make. I will definitely need to give this a try. Thanks for sharing!
This looks DELISH! 🙂 perfect healthy and dairy-free summer side dish!
This looks very healthy and delicious Becky and wish I could try it now!
Thanks so much Joanne!! I hope you do get to try it 🙂
This looks really good. Perfect for summer and grilling season.
We love Suddenly Salad but I need to put more ingredients in to make a meal!
Exactly Britney!! And if you add fresh veggie it bumps up the healthy factor 🙂
i like the grilled caesar pasta salad
I would love to make the layered curry pasta salad. I would add some bell pepper and chicken to it.
I would love to try the California Chicken BLT Salad as this looks so delicious.
The recipe that has caught my eye the most is the Chicken Pasta Salad with Grapes and Poppy Seed Dressing – I bet the dressing tastes really good!
I would add fresh diced tomatoes to a Suddenly Salad pasta because I love the taste it adds to a meal.
Lovely giveaway! And these salads look awesome!! My husband would love this for lunch.
My favorite is the Hot Bacon and Pasta Salad recipe.
thank you
I would add celery cilantro and parsley for starters.
I would love to add in green and black olives, and maybe some green and red peppers!
Sautéed Branzino with Summer Salad looks amazing to me.
I would add some sausage…..maybe some scrambled eggs too.
I would add grape tomatoes, cauliflower, carrots and celery.
I always add pepperoni and cheese when I make mine.
I like the Black and Blue Pasta Salad with Steak recipe.
I would add tomatoes
I like the California Chicken BLT Salad
I have used Suddenly Salad before but I haven’t ever heard of these Grain ones. Can’t wait to give them a try!