Chuck and I celebrated our 6th anniversary by taking Kaileigh camping with us to one of our favorite spots in Tennessee. It was an unusually warm weekend but we had lots of fun at the homesteader weekend fair they had going on. Kaileigh hung out with a quilter at her exhibit and stictched for a good hour.
We got an added bonus gift on Sunday morning by getting a positive pregnancy test. What a way to finish our anniversary weekend. After several failed trips to the ob, we *cross your fingers* will be seeing her on Thursday. Just to drive a few of you crazy, we will not be finding out the sex of the baby until he or she makes his/her slimy grand entrance. No exceptions. Sorry Kiersten :)
Prepare for a few more baby related posts in the future as I go baby craft crazy.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Greek Salad Love: Part Two
For the last year, I have been filling my family full of Greek salad. Then I started to notice that I was picking around the lettuce a bit to get to the good parts. Finally it dawned on me that hey I am an adult. I can make my salad the way I darn well choose. Forget the lettuce! I want the good bits!
I have made a few changes to the original recipe but both certainly have their places at the dinner table.
Ingredients
4T extra virgin olive oil
2T lemon juice
2 cloves garlic, minced
3/4t dried oregano
1/2t kosher salt, plus 1/2 t salt reserved
1/4t fresh ground black pepper
3-4 roma tomatoes, seeded and roughly chopped
1 English or regular cucumber, quartered, seeded and chopped
1 green, red or combo bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1/2 red onion chopped finely
4oz feta cheese, crumbled
1/2 cup green olives, drained (for the love of gawd, use good olives)
Use 1/2t reserved salt and mix with cucumber. Place in colander and allow to drain. Combine first six ingredients and set aside. (I usually triple the dressing and reserve part for future use.) Allow time for the flavors to blend. Plow through the chopping of all of the veggies and crumble your feta. I prefer to crumble mine with a fork. Feta fingers will not be tolerated. Give your cucs a good shake(I do not rinse them) and toss everything together. You may make the original recipe and add chopped lettuces but I like it just fine this way.
If you do not finish it off during your meal then make sure you eat it by the next day. Or else it will be a soggy mess and make my heart sad at the wasted goodness.
The current sprogling, also known as Reggie by his/her daddy, *ahem* loves Greek salad just as much as I do. He or she has decided that I should be a vegetarian for the next 6months. So if you have a fav veggie dish then please pass it on. A recent get together had me surrounded by a plethora or veggie dishes. Including Sandra's pineapple weird dish*. I have no idea what the name is but it is the oddest thing I have ever seen placed on the table. While it wins the weirdest dish award it also wins an award for oddball goodness. Please to be sending me that one mmkay. :)
*I really should say weirdest good thing because I have seen some nastiness flopped on the table.
*cough* rocky mountain oysters *cough*
I have made a few changes to the original recipe but both certainly have their places at the dinner table.
Ingredients
4T extra virgin olive oil
2T lemon juice
2 cloves garlic, minced
3/4t dried oregano
1/2t kosher salt, plus 1/2 t salt reserved
1/4t fresh ground black pepper
3-4 roma tomatoes, seeded and roughly chopped
1 English or regular cucumber, quartered, seeded and chopped
1 green, red or combo bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1/2 red onion chopped finely
4oz feta cheese, crumbled
1/2 cup green olives, drained (for the love of gawd, use good olives)
Use 1/2t reserved salt and mix with cucumber. Place in colander and allow to drain. Combine first six ingredients and set aside. (I usually triple the dressing and reserve part for future use.) Allow time for the flavors to blend. Plow through the chopping of all of the veggies and crumble your feta. I prefer to crumble mine with a fork. Feta fingers will not be tolerated. Give your cucs a good shake(I do not rinse them) and toss everything together. You may make the original recipe and add chopped lettuces but I like it just fine this way.
If you do not finish it off during your meal then make sure you eat it by the next day. Or else it will be a soggy mess and make my heart sad at the wasted goodness.
The current sprogling, also known as Reggie by his/her daddy, *ahem* loves Greek salad just as much as I do. He or she has decided that I should be a vegetarian for the next 6months. So if you have a fav veggie dish then please pass it on. A recent get together had me surrounded by a plethora or veggie dishes. Including Sandra's pineapple weird dish*. I have no idea what the name is but it is the oddest thing I have ever seen placed on the table. While it wins the weirdest dish award it also wins an award for oddball goodness. Please to be sending me that one mmkay. :)
*I really should say weirdest good thing because I have seen some nastiness flopped on the table.
*cough* rocky mountain oysters *cough*
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