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Recipe: Red Salad
Brighten up your dinner with a red salad! Radicchio lettuce, beets, and radishes – this salad dish is sure to please. Ingredients 3-4 beets 1 radicchio 2 red peppers 10 radishes 1 stalk of green onions your favourite vinaigrette (I used garlic) First – peel the beets and roast them for about 1 hour or until cooked but still a bit firm. Cut into matchstick pieces. Second, wash and cut the radicchio, slice the red peppers, radishes, and green onions. When you’re slicing the radishes,…
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Recipe: Wedge Salad
Wedge Salad – a steakhouse classic! The first time I ever came across the wedge salad was when my husband and I were living in Dallas, Texas. Steakhouse capital of the world! This salad is simple, fresh, and totally delicious. Ingredients Head of lettuce – cut in 4 3 tomatoes – seeded and diced Blue cheese – crumbled Turkey bacon – diced Blue cheese dressing – and lots of it! First – get your tomatoes ready. Now – get your bacon in the pan. Since…
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Recipe: Chickpea Salad
A quick summer salad. Chickpeas, tomatoes and cucumbers. Delish! Ingredients a can of chickpeas 2 tomatoes 1 cucumber 1/3 cup of olive/grape seed oil – you can use just evoo if you like. 3 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar 1 teaspoon of oregano 1/2 teaspoon of garlic salt dash of salt Mix all the dressing ingredients together. Whisk well. Cut your cucumbers and tomatoes – add the chickpeas and mix with the vinaigrette. It’s good – the chickpeas add some saltiness, just like feta cheese would…
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Recipe: Beet Salad
Summer is not over! Salads on the deck are blissful…and this beet and spinach salad is a sure summer treat. Ingredients 3-4 beets 1 bag of spinach 1 1/3 cup of orange juice (fresh squeeze if you like – I just didn’t have my juicer yet) 1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil (I use omega oil) 1.5 tablespoons of fennel seeds salt and pepper Peel the beets and then cut them up into small squares. Cook covered at 375 for 1.5-2 hours or until…
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Recipe: Crock Pot Turkey Roast
I know – it’s summer time and more often than not, it’s too hot to turn on the stove. Moreover, it’s rare that we feel like turkey and mashed potatoes, but this past week has been kind of cool with lots of rain, so turkey roast is what we have!! Ingredients turkey roast 3 tablespoons of butter salt and pepper The picture below, on the left, is what the roast looks like when you buy it. It’s an all breast roast that’s rolled in on…
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Recipe: Turkey Bacon Potato Salad
What could be better with burgers than potato salad? Not much gets more summer time than that…and, I can’t wait for summer! Try this turkey bacon potato salad with my turkey burgers! Ingredients a bag of little potatoes 1 pack of turkey bacon a bunch of green onions 3 shallots 1/2 cup mayonnaise 2 tablespoons of mustard 1 tablespoon of paprika 2 tablespoons of olive oil slat and pepper to taste Start by cooking the potatoes. Boil until they are soft but firm – not…
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Recipe: Quick Asian/Mexican Salad
This salad is so quick and so good. Lazy because I use bottled dressing, but I do have a recipe for a delicious Asian sesame dressing – I’ll add it to the site soon. Ingredients 1 bunch of spinach 9oz can of whole corn 14oz can of black beans 1/2 red onion finely chopped 1 bag of coleslaw 1/2 cup of sliced almonds Asian sesame dressing Add all ingredients together – don’t forget to rinse off the beans! I like to add the dressing about…
