salad

Mexican Inspired Salad Dressing with Lime and Cilantro

December 1, 2009 by Ellen · 1 Comment 

Got this straight from RecipeGirl. HONEY- LIME DRESSING: 1/4 cup lime juice (I used bottled) 2 Tbs olive oil 2 Tbs honey 2 Tbs fresh cilantro (or more to taste) 1 clove garlic, peeled and chopped 1/2 a jalapeño pepper I mixed it all up in my small Magic Bullet Express blender. My girls love [...]

Thai Dinner Salad

November 21, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I wanted a light green salad to go with the chicken curry in coconut milk I was making. This dressing recipe was quite good, but a bit salty.  I think next time I’ll cut down on the fish sauce, but even though it was a bit salty it was still good. And it was the [...]

Asian Salad Dressing

November 16, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

This is from Japanese Women Don’t Get Old or Fat: Secrets of My Mother’s Tokyo Kitchen. She says salads are not traditional Japanese food but “sometimes modern is good”.  I didn’t follow her directions for the salad ingredients, but did for the dressing and it was really nice. I’ve been tempted to buy the Asian [...]

Rice Salad with Chicken, Artichokes and Red Peppers

September 18, 2009 by Ellen · 1 Comment 

My mom gave me this recipe. Things always taste better when she makes them but this still came out good!   I was missing one ingredient so did a substitution but I don’t think that was the critical piece. Not sure what she did different but I will try to figure it out!  For the record, [...]

Sweet and Sour Cucumber Salad

September 13, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I like cucumbers and find that a just a few plants climbing up a cage can keep us well supplied in cucumbers for the summer. I’m growing a different variety than last year and they are much better, fewer seeds and not all prickly on the outside.   The girls like them just plain, sliced in [...]

Pulled Pork in the Crockpot

September 8, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

My youngest requested pulled pork sandwiches and pork shoulder was on sale! I like it when requests line up with sales!  I’ve done a few pulled pork variations in the past, including this pulled pork in the slow cooker where you basically make your own barbecue sauce with onions, garlic, chili powder, black pepper, chili [...]

Chicken Tacos Tonight, Chicken Salad for Lunch Tomorrow

September 1, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I cooked up a couple of boneless skinless chicken breasts to make chicken tacos tonight. I started with the recipe here despite the mix of reviews. I was intrigued by the idea of lemonade somehow…but I would definitely classify the chicken as bland.  When I tasted some partway through the simmering to reduce the sauce [...]

Caprese Salad Recipe

August 16, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

You really don’t need a recipe for this. What you need is really good tomatoes and basil and fresh mozzarella. And olive oil. I grew the tomatoes and basil and bought the mozzarella and olive oil. Layer slices of fresh tomatoes and mozarella, then drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with sliced slivers of fresh [...]

Cucumber Salad Recipe with an Asian Twist

August 2, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

The cucumbers this year are fantastic! I need to make sure I note which variety I used because they are really good, long and thin, not a lot of seeds and not all prickly on the outside. Some sort of Japanese cucumber I think. I have a few cucumber salad recipes I repeat a lot, [...]

Ultimate Taco Salad Recipe

July 29, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I never make taco meat just to have a taco salad but it sure is a great way to use up the leftovers a day or so after having tacos.  I like to use a little Catalina salad dressing on mine for a Catalina Taco Salad. It just adds a nice sweet touch. My kids [...]

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