Happy Birthday Uncle Jake! No, I’m not posting a cookie this year for your birthday, even though you haven’t ever turned down any cookie I’ve brought up to the farm. It’s coming up on early goose season and it’s still hot out which got me thinking to the salads I’ve made on those hot August/September…
Spiralized Jicama Apple Slaw
The first time we made this recipe, we were hanging out at home just a week or two after the new kitchen was up and running. I think those first few weeks there was some definite pent up creative energy when it came to cooking after not having a kitchen for 5 months. We made…
Greek Chopped Salad
Even though, if you looked in my fridge you’d find at least a half dozen salad dressings, I really love to make my own dressings for our dinner salads. They are fresher, can be customized, and you know exactly what is in it. One dressing that has alluded me for a while is a Greek…
Mexican Chopped Salad with Honey Lime Jalapeno Vinaigrette
During the time our kitchen has been non-functioning, or rather non-existent – as we’ve gone through this addition – we ate a lot of salads. Not the normal salads you’ve seen me post with homemade dressing and all sorts of good fixings. No, we ate a lot of the prepackaged, bagged salads that had a…
Maple Balsamic Vinaigrette and Grilled Chicken Salad
I kept telling my husband that I was going to wait until fall to post this salad with maple balsamic salad until he asked me a really good question, “Why, isn’t maple season in the spring?” Point taken. So I realize it isn’t spring anymore, but it’s not fall yet either. So here it is,…
Grilled Chicken Salad with Blueberry Vinaigrette
Last summer we went out for dinner with my parents for their anniversary back in our hometown. We loaded up on appetizers including this giant platter of chicken nachos, so when it came time to order our entrees a salad sounded just perfect for me. I ordered a chicken salad with a blueberry vinaigrette and…
