Strawberry Chicken Salad....

Okay...

So you HAVE to try this...

I'll admit, I was skeptical at first...

but I love salads and wanted to give it a try...

and it was FABULOUS!

You'll like it...

I promise...

Strawberry Chicken Salad:

Mix together in bowl:

2 bags shredded lettuce

1 cup sliced strawberries
6-8 chicken tenders, cooked and shredded

a small handful sliced almonds

a handful of real bacon bits

Top with your favorite poppy seed dressing and those amazing new tortilla strips you can buy by the salad dressing isle...by the real bacon bits.

So good!

Mexican Chop Salad...

I got this recipe from a lady years ago and had never made until 2 weeks ago...and I've made it twice since then...it is so good!!

Mexican Chop Salad:

Romaine lettuce, chopped (I usually use 2-3 heads)

Chicken, cooked and cubed

1 can black beans, drained and rinsed

1 can corn, drained

5-6 tomatoes, chopped

2-3 green onions, chopped

1 can olive, sliced

Mix together and put a bottle of Ranch dressing over it. Mix in some taco seasoning (maybe 1/2 package) and some shredded cheese. Put crushed tortilla chips on top.

Raspberry Jello Dessert/Salad...

This is one of those recipes that reminds of Christmas time with Chris' family...I just love it!!! Every now and then I crave it like crazy and so comes the time to make whether it's Christmas or not...I hope you like it. It's called a Salad but it's more like a Dessert...Yumm!!

Raspberry Jello Salad/Dessert

Make crust of:
2 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup melted butter
6 Tbsp. powdered sugar

Press down into 9x13 pan, reserving 1/3 cup to sprinkle on top.

Cream Cheese layer:
1 8oz package cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup powdered sugar
1 pint cold whipping cream

Mix softened cream cheese with powdered sugar until there are no more lumps. Add whipping cream and beat on high until stiff peaks form. Put half of this mixture over crust. Reserve other half. Refrigerate.

Jello Layer:
2 1/2 cups boiling water
1 6 oz. package raspberry jello
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
2 packages frozen raspberries

Pour boiling water over jello in bowl, add lemon juice and stir until dissolved. Add raspberries. Put jello in fridge for about 20 minutes and then pour over cream cheese layer. Refrigerate until firm.

Pour other half of cream cheese mixture over jello and then sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture. Let the whole thing set up in fridge and ENJOY!!!!

Sweet Pork Tacos and Cilantro Lime Dressing....

Sweet Pork Tacos/Salads...

4-6 lb. Pork Roast

Rub:
2 Tbsp. Brown Sugar
1 1/2 tsp. Red pepper flakes
2 tsp. Cumin
1-2 tsp. salt
Rub on roast and brown in oil.

Put roast in crock pot the night before you intend on serving it. Add 2 cloves garlic and some water. In the morning add; 1 can Coke, 1 can Chicken Broth, 1 onion chopped, 1 cup Brown Sugar...continue to cook on low until ready to eat. 1 hour before serving, shred pork and add 1 cup Brown Sugar.

Cilantro Lime Dressing:

1 pkg. dry ranch dressing
8 oz. Salsa Verde (green salsa, we use Herdez)
2 cloves garlic, minced
3/4 cup Mayo
3/4 cup Sour Cream
1-2 dashes hot sauce
Juice of 1/2 lime
Cilantro, opt. (however much you want)

Blend in blender and store in fridge.

Pico de Gallo

Chopped Tomatoes
Chopped Onion
Cilantro, minced

Guacamole

Avacodoes, mashed
Sour Cream, spoonful
Mayo, spoonful
Garlic Powder
Salt and Pepper

Spray skillet and warm tortillas in it. We like those uncooked ones that you brown up yourself....yummmm. Or, if you are using the regular tortillas, shmear them with butter first.

Make tacos like this...

Tortilla
Meat
Black Beans
Lettuce (Romaine)
Dressing
Parmesan cheese (or Cotija)
Pico
Guacamole
Crushed tortilla chips

These are the best sweet pork tacos you will ever make...

Macaroni Salad...

Summertime Macaroni Salad...

I've been meaning to post this recipe for awhile but my summer got away from me real fast. To me the marking of summertime is when we make macaroni salad for the first time. Nobody makes it quite like Aunt Sally, and it is definitely a favorite for Chris and I. I hope you like it as much as we do. It is especially good with some grilled chicken and some potatoe chips. Yum!


Macaroni Salad:

The amount of noodles and vegi's is equal. Make as much as you want or as little as you want. We usually make a whole bag of noodles and then chop as many vegi's as we need.


Small macaroni noodles, boiled and cooled
Vegi's diced small:
4-5 ribs Celery
4-5 Roma tomatoes
1-2 Cucumber, peeled and seeded
8-10 Radishes
2-4 Green onions
Aunt Sally also adds avacado, but I leave it out.


The dressing is just Miracle Whip, easy as that. We like our's a little more on the "wet" side so I dump in the Miracle Whip. Salt and Pepper to taste before serving. Like I said, this is a summer favorite at our house so we have it alot. It keeps well in the fridge too.