Southwestern Avocado and Black Bean Salad

I hope you had a nice long relaxing weekend! I nursed a sick hubby most of the weekend, but I did get to meet the Houston Texans quarterback TJ Yates. Isn’t he a cutie?     I was amazed at how shy he was of course he’s only 25 and fairly a new guy to the...

Best Dressing

I can’t say this is the best dressing ever, but I can say it’s really light and grows on you. The first 2 bites I didn’t taste much, but the more I ate it the more the flavors came out. I think making it in advanced helps too so the dressing can develop more flavor. I...

Autumn Salad with Apples and Dijon/Maple Vinaigrette

I’ve been looking for some other salad dressing recipes. I always feel they taste better when homemade if possible rather then the bottled stuff out there. Besides usually when I’m done with what the recipe makes I don’t have leftover dressing that sits in my fridge...

Chicken Skewers With Grilled Romaine

My newest addiction is grilled romaine lettuce!! Holy moly this was good. I was interested in the bread crumb coated chicken being grilled so I knew I had to see what this was all about. The bread crumbs really sucked up the marinade and you couldn’t taste it so I was...

Panera Bread Greek Salad Dressing

I love making a good salad and it’s even better when you make the dressing yourself, instead of using store bought. I recently checked out the Panera Bread cookbook from the library and wanted to give a couple of their recipes a try since I love their restaurant. Most...

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