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| Three Bean Salad |
This is my favorite salad as of late. It's super fast, no-cook, frugal and delicious. It continues to get devoured before I think to snap a picture, though.
Three Bean Salad
Printable Recipe
1 can each black beans, dark red kidney beans and garbanzo beans-drained
1 large cucumber-peeled, seeded and diced
1 large ripe tomato-seeded and diced
1 cup (or more, if needed) Italian dressing
Mix and chill. It doesn't get any easier!
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Now...I must apologize for being so far behind on posting. The end-of-year rush with field trips, graduation and special half-days at school has my head spinning. I promise to get caught up ASAP!
Much love to those of you who continue to stop by in my absence.
I've been seeing stacked salads just about everywhere lately. They're a great way to serve single-portioned salads in a neat and different way. My version here is plum tomato, yellow crookneck squash and cucumber topped with a single black olive and drizzled with a garlic Balsamic vinaigrette. It was really yummy.
You can use almost any round veggie for this, and grilling them first adds a whole new dimension.
Pretty, isn't it?
By the way, that's a mint leaf on top. I adore mint and just posted a fabulous recipe for Mint Pesto over at Cookies to Caviar. Not a savory type, a dessert version that will knock your socks off!
What happens to the food I make that doesn't turn out well? Let's get real, shall we? Not everything is exactly edible and picture perfect (OK, my photos are on the not-so-good side even if the food is good, I admit), and it feels like a confession sort of day so, here we are.
These first two don't look too bad, right? Well, I was taking a cinnamon bread recipe and adapting it to fit in a peanut butter and chocolate chip streusel (which was really yummy), one in the center, and one on top. Well, that bread was SO DRY... *gag*... need I say any more? It obviously didn't get posted although someday I will share the streusel recipe.
Next up is what happens to a perfectly beautiful corned beef roast when you lose track of time.
These Veggie Fajitas were GOOD. These were more than good, really, but when I said I wanted to take a picture, I figured the kids would take me seriously and NOT start eating them first!
Another dish that was awesome, BBQ Chicken on Corn Fritters, the photo...well, it speaks for itself now, doesn't it?
Yummy! Layered Salad...where exactly are the layers? Photo quality is way poor, too.
This was very tasty...just not very good to photograph. I'm not saying what it looks like.
This is just for fun...it's actually a really GOOD photo and reminds me of Mr. Bill...oh no! I was doing it for the kids, if you watched Shark Tales, you'll get what it is (I'm not a loser, I'm a wiener!).
Today is a year since my father passed. I've written about it at my other blog, The Rest of Me. I'll leave today's posting to that.
This is from dear Nino the Mindboggler, a meme. When you're done reading my drivel, go there and read; he writes so much better than I--and everyone else, for that matter.
* Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
* People who are tagged need to write posts in their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
* At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
1. Writing is not easy for me. Most days I can be found pulling out my copies of the AP Stylebook and Elements of Style for reference. I always use spell check, and I'm right about 99% of the time, and that 1% drives me insane.
2. My early forays in the kitchen turned out things like pizza made from a flour and water dough topped with sliced tomatoes and American cheese. Foul is the only word I can think of to describe that one.
3. I cooked about every food imaginable to man when I was in Culinary school, but many things I haven't cooked since then much less laid eyes on.
4. My kids do not define me. Just because I have 7 doesn't mean that all I am is a breeder; I am darn good at that, though ;-)
5. I love plants. I love plants in any form and color. I am watching 2 boys for about a month and their dad is working for a landscaper. When he has leftovers, he leaves them on my porch. I'm like a kid on Christmas whenever I walk out the door to find the greenery he leaves behind!
6. I've never been out of the US, except to Canada. We've driven though to Michigan with dad.
7. My best friend when I was 14 is still my best friend today. She lives in Maine now, but we still get together whenever she's in town and act like 14 year olds.
8. I used to sing. Music seems to run through my family's blood in one way or another. Now I sing when I'm cooking or for the kids at night...but that's it.
My tagging victims are as follows:
KFarmer Ian Krista
Bobby
Jenni Steve
Confessing7girl
Jenn
