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Salads are the best invention since M&Ms. I actually have a salad every day with my lunch. I traveled cross country a couple years ago and actually came across my favorite salad ever: A mixed green salad with grilled chicken and berries. What was interesting was that there were just enough berries (3) of each [...]

I recently had a large gathering and a variety of foods were served. One of these foods was orzo salad. Orzo is one of those versatile little pastas. I love it in soups, especially pasta fagioli, an Italian soup. Orzo salad is prepared with orzo, fresh vegetables and herbs, feta cheese, black olives,  and a dressing which [...]

Antipasto salads are great accompaniments for any meal, or great meals all on their own. An antipasto is food served before a meal, usually used to stimulate the appetite. Hmm. I don’t usually need my appetite stimulated, do you? They can be made a number of different ways, just be sure the ingredients are fresh. I decided [...]

It is time to go back to healthy eating. I have been on vacation, had guests, put on parties, went on vacation again, and truly overdid everything. As of yesterday, I am back on track with my diet. I usually eat healthy, but like every other normal human, I tend to give in to any [...]

Summer Sundays are the best time for a grilled dinner, especially after a day of yard work and pool time. I love an easy to prepare, delicious to eat dinner. Shish Kabobs fall into this category. They are relatively easy to make, a little cutting, slicing, and possibly dicing and then marinading. That’s it for a [...]

That title reminds me of someone, but I don’t know who. Oh well, on with my post. Now that summer is on the way, it is especially getting to be the salad season. A salad is only as good as its dressing. I have very many different salads and dressings that I eat on a [...]