Whenever I have been over served on alcoholic beverages (usually self-served…) I always crave fruity or juicy things the next day. I also usually have intense urges to be in a lake or similar body of water. I assume this is because I’m dehydrated and my body just wants to suck up all the moisture…
Garden Lettuce w Vinegar Dressing
I got this recipe from my husband’s Grandma and Grandpa Britton. Every year they grow a huge garden, full of potatoes, onions, corn, and too many other veggies to mention and of course the purpose of this post, loose leaf lettuce. The best thing about this lettuce/salad is you can pick a fresh salad for…
Creamy Greek Yogurt Slaw
There is this little barbecue joint in Anoka called Q Fanatic that was featured on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives a while ago. We stumbled on it looking for local restaurants that were featured on Food Network. Their barbecue is out of this world – especially their baby back ribs. I need to figure out who…
Eloise’s Caesar Salad
Larry and Eloise were our neighbors growing up, just a short jaunt through the woods to their house. Not only were they neighbors, they were like second parents to Dana and me, we spent a lot of time with them while Mom and Dad were working. These are some of our best memories, Larry and…
Southwest Salad with Lime Vinaigrette
I was never much of a salad person prior to turning 25, I’ve written before that I would prefer to live on carbs alone. I’ve since learned that salads don’t just have to be lettuce and Italian dressing. I now bring a salad to work at least twice a week. I’ve become somewhat of a…
Tangy Vinegar Coleslaw
I’m not the world’s biggest coleslaw fan. When it’s served as a side at restaurants it seems like a crap-shoot whether or not it will actually be good coleslaw or not. So when my husband came back from a weekend fishing at a friend’s cabin and told me we had to make this coleslaw, I was…