Have you ever added pasta to your green leafy salad? I have and I did, and it’s awesome! Then I added marinated sauteed shrimp, croutons, avocado, and a creamy Caesar dressing to create one amazingly delicious salad. It’s more than salad. It’s a meal!
Soups, Salads, & Sandwiches
One of the best things about summer is all the delicious fresh fruits and vegetables available. I especially love fresh fruits…blackberries, strawberries, pineapple, apricots, peaches, and plums. So many to chose from. Not too many things better on a hot summer day than a bowl full of cold fruit salad. Each bite packed full of amazing fruity juices. So the last thing we want to do is cover up all that fruit in a blanket of cream dips and dressing. Let’s allow the fruit to be the star! It’s spent months growing into perfection…it needs to shine. The simple Honey Poppy Seed dressing in this salad allows that to happen splendidly! Wanna join me for a cup of this Honey Poppy Seed Fruit Salad?
Friends this is the post I thought would NEVER happen! Not because it is earth shattering…it’s corn salad for Pete’s sake…but because I thought that nasty stomach bug had set up permanent residence here at this Nest! I’m still not 100% confident in saying it got the “evacuation notice”? I’m just happy to say this Frito Corn Salad is making it’s long over due Grand Debut!!! This salad is a MUST have for your recipe book. Once you make it…it’s here to stay…kind of like that dang bug! lol
I’ve got the perfect burger for your Memorial Day Weekend, or for that matter…any outdoor summer BBQ you’ve got planned! What’s better than a bacon cheeseburger? An “Inside Out” Bacon Cheeseburger! That’s right…let’s take delicious lean ground beef and stuff it with cheddar cheese and bits of crispy bacon? Then let’s load that beauty with all our favorite toppings…ripe tomatoes, green leave lettuce, red onion, pickles, and creamy avocado. I think it’s the perfect way to say “Hi Summer! Let’s get this party started!” It’s totally “Smoosh” worthy! (If you don’t know what “Smoosh” worthy is…they hot dog table is over there…lol!)
Lunch! I think we all get bored with our lunch choices from time to time. Right? I think it started in grade school… with all those scrunched P.B.& J. sandwiches in our lunch boxes…don’t you? Gah!!! Now lunch time rolls around and we stand in front of the fridge expecting something spectacular to jump out at us….so we wait…we stare…and we wait! Sigh…What can we do? Well, we can treat ourselves by having this amazingly easy and delicious California Club Turkey Wrap! Takes about 10 minutes from start to finish and you’ll feel like your treating yourself to lunch out…and we ALL deserve that from time to time. Bonus…I even tell you how to kick it up a notch so you can have them for dinner too!
I have a love-hate relationship with BBQ. Which is why I created this delicious slow cooker pulled pork sandwich. It’s my “go-to” recipe for large Family Parties or Summer BBQ’s. The classic coleslaw on top of the pulled pork, combined with the BBQ sauce, makes for one AMAZING juicy lip smacking sandwich! You’re gonna love it…and so will the relatives! Hope ya don’t mind them hanging around…lol
I’m sharing our very favorite pasta salad today! The birds at this Nest L.O.V.E. this tortellini olive salad…especially the “Big Bird”! It’s his all time favorite salad… EVER! Every time I take him to the market he will ask me if I’m buying the ingredients to make it. I can never say “No!”. It’s just too easy to make… and, Okay FINE! It’s my favorite too! (Let’s not tell him…it would make me seem so selfish! lol) We never tire of this recipe. Careful…you may get hooked too!
Cold enough out there for you? Craving a hot warm hearty bowl of Soup? One that is more than just a bowl of soup, a meal? I’ve got just the recipe! It’s chocked full of beef, noodles, rich Italian broth, and topped with cheese and fresh basil. This deliciously rich and flavorful Italian Beefy Noodle Soup is easy to make. It’s the perfect winter meal. Throw in a side of garlic Parmesan bread sticks for dunking and it’s over the top Fab!
It’s playoff time folks! That means GREAT eats with no guilt! Love wings, but love a great sandwich too? How about if we combine the two and have this mouth-watering Buffalo Bleu Cheese Chicken Sandwich! My husband L.O.V.E.D. this sandwich so much he had a second one! Wowza! It’s juicy and tender and best of all…packed with flavor!
I’m kicking off this cold Monday with one of my all time favorite Pinterest finds! Crock Pot Loaded Potato Soup! It’s quick. It’s easy. It’s delicious! If you don’t think you can cook… this is your recipe! It’s rich, creamy, and the perfect comfort food for a cold winters day. I like to call it “snow day” soup but, you can just call it wonderful!