I <3 this salad! Corn, tomatoes, blue cheese, bacon? Hello! It’s a great side dish for the summer grilling season. Sometimes I like to add avocado too. Super quick and easy, this ia a must make! Continue reading Tomato Corn Salad
Tomato Corn Salad
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Pistachio Pesto
I have mentioned many times how much I love pasta. Pesto is just another excuse to eat pasta (not that I need to work hard to find an excuse to eat pasta!~). Once you get the hang of making pesto, you can easily create your own recipe anytime. The basic premise is herbs, a little garlic, some type of toasted nuts, olive oil and a little cheese. I have also found that a tiny drizzle (I do mean tiny!) of very good sherry vinegar adds a nice touch. Continue reading Pistachio Pesto
Shallot Vinaigrette
Is it over dramatic to say this dressing will change your life? Ok, fine, this dressing will change your salad greens for life! This dressing will turn you into a salad lover? Continue reading Shallot Vinaigrette
Southwest Chicken Salad
I love salads. This is one of my favorites and I make it a lot in the summer. You can work with whatever you have on hand. If I have left over corn on the cob in the summer, I will slice it off the cob and add it to salads. I also like to have some black beans in as well. You can add any vegetables you like, use up what’s in that produce drawer!
You want to make sure you season the chicken really well so that each bite has some of the Cajun seasoning on it. Enjoy! Continue reading Southwest Chicken Salad
Honey Mustard Dressing
I love homemade salad dressings and I am here to tell you, it is so easy and no big deal to make your own homemade dressing. Most will keep for up to 3 weeks in the refrigerator and when you make it yourself it isn’t going to include all kinds of weird chemical ingredients that you cannot pronounce!
This is one of my favorites. Feel free to work with it a bit. Maybe you like a little more mustard, or a little more cumin. Whatever. Make the recipe as is, then add a little more of whatever you fancy! I love making and keeping my dressings in mason jars. It’s the best way to really bring it together and makes it easy to use it the 2nd and 3rd time. Continue reading Honey Mustard Dressing
Italian Panini
So, my latest sandwich-kick idea is an Italian Panini. A Panini is an italian sandwich, that is cooked and pressed, so that the outside of the bread is a little crunchy and the inside is warm and gooey from melted cheese. Is there any way that you could put melted cheese inside foccacia rolls, melt it and it wasn’t going to taste good? I think not.
There’s a lot of different things you could do here. Add some chicken. Fontina instead of provolone. Mix pesto into a little mayo and have pesto mayo. Add soppresetta. Add hot peppers. You get the drill. Continue reading Italian Panini
Banh Mi-Pork Meatball
Last Friday the sandwich of the night was a Banh Mi Pork Meatball Sandwich. Banh Mi is a Vietnamese street food staple. It’s on a classic french baguette, with a creamy spicy siracha sauce, savory pork meatballs and a crunchy sweet & spicy slaw made with carrots and daikon radish. All the flavors come together in a totally delicious sandwich!
I used the recipe from Bon Appetit and followed it exactly. It was perfect! Get the recipe here Banh Mi Pork Meatball Sandwich.
Bourbon Barbecue Sauce
It’s getting close to grilling, smoking and barbecue season! Please do not buy pre-made barbecue sauce. This takes 10 minutes to make and will stay in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks. I make a double batch and keep it around for any grilling. The secret to this sauce is the bourbon. It gives it a rich flavor that has a little heat. This sauce is great on chicken, steak, ribs, pulled pork, burgers, you name it! Continue reading Bourbon Barbecue Sauce
Strawberry Spinach Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing
One of my all time favorite salads. I make this as soon as I get spring fever and there are decent strawberries out. It’s best in June when Wilson’s has their own strawberries out but it still tastes damn good in April when I am done with winter stews and looking for fresh spring tastes!
The Poppy seed dressing will stay in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks, so make it a few times 🙂 Continue reading Strawberry Spinach Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing
Chicken Enchiladas
This recipe is an oldie but a goodie. It is super easy to make and the sauce tastes really rich and creamy but it’s still light from just using low-fat cream cheese. I will make this the day ahead when I know it will be a busy day and just pop it in the oven for a quick dinner. Add a salad and you are good to go. The leftovers are great too (if you have any) 🙂 Continue reading Chicken Enchiladas