Greek Salad (Traditional Horiatiki Recipe)

This is from Rob's sister who got it from her mother-in-law. I don't usually like these salads. The vegetables are too big, the dressing is too bitter. It's just an all around not that pleasant salad.... I got this when she made it at Thanksgiving. I got it as a vegetable requirement (and you always need to try stuff to make sure you don't like it!). I was so surprised! It was really good! It wasn't bitter! It was actually good and the vegetables were yummy and I was so happy to be able enjoyably meet my veggie requirement :D Really easy to make, just a lot of chopping like every other salad :p 

2 cloves of garlic minced

1 teaspoon oregano

1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard

1/4 cup red wine vinegar

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

1/2 cup olive oil

Mix together well

Mix together:

1 sliced cucumber, cut slices in half

1 cubed red pepper

1 cubed yellow pepper

Grape or cherry tomatoes cut in half or a couple of chopped tomatoes (I use one or two cups of tomatoes)

1/2 red onion, slice and then cut up the slices

1/2 lb. feta cheese, cubed (I have also used mozzarella balls)

Olives

When I finished mixing everything together, I wanted more salt and pepper. I also added some garlic parmesan seasoning that I have. it helped a ton. 

This is not my specialty recipe. I found this site with great tips and information (especially shocking the onion cause I hate eating raw onions)!

https://www.themediterraneandish.com/traditional-greek-salad-recipe/

Chinese Chicken Salad

2 Packages Raman Noodles

1/2 Head of Cabbage

Teryaki Chicken

Green Onions

Sunflower Seeds

Smash noodles, slice cabbage, chop green onions and chicken. Toss all in a bowl with dressing and sprinkle sunflower seeds on top. Marinate in the fridge for at least 4 hours (if you don't want crunchy cabbage. But I don't mind crunchy cabbage.)

Dressing:

Mix-

1/2 C Vinegar

4 Tbls. Sugar 

1 tsp. Salt

Ramen Noodle Seasoning Packets

Then add and mix-

1/2 C Oil

This is a very basic recipe. Sometimes I like to add other things to it to dress it up- 

Almonds (toasted mmmm!)

Mandarin Oranges

Sugar Snap or Snow Peas

Wontons

Cashews

Julienne Carrots

Chinese Noodles

MY *FAVORITE* SOUTHWEST SALAD WITH GARLIC LIME DRESSING & DORITOS!

I'm just going to stop saying everything is delicious because I sound like a broken record, but MAN this is DELICIOUS!!! The salad is perfect and light for a summer meal, the dressing is divine! I like to toss the lettuce with the dressing fist and then place everything else on top. SO-GOOD! 

This is 100% copied from this site-

http://www.laurenslatest.com/my-favorite-southwest-salad-with-garlic-lime-dressing-doritos/

Yield: 4 servings Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 5 minutes Total Time: 20 minutes

INGREDIENTS:

8 cups lettuce, any kind
3/4 cup grated cheddar cheese
1 large, ripe avocado, sliced
1 can beans, any kind, drained and rinsed
2 ears corn, boiled and kernels removed
2 roma tomatos, diced
1 cup loosely packed cilantro
2 cups precooked frozen grilled chicken
1 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
2 limes, cut into wedges
2 cups crushed nacho cheese doritos
salt & pepper, to taste

for the dressing:
3 tablespoons honey
juice of 2 limes, about 3 tablespoons
1 small clove garlic, grated
1/4 teaspoon cumin
salt & pepper, to taste
1/4 cup canola oil

DIRECTIONS:

Divide lettuce evenly between 4 bowls. Arrange ingredients around lettuce: cheese, avocado slices, beans, corn, tomatoes and cilantro. Heat precooked chicken in microwave on high for 3-5 minutes or until thoroughly warmed through. Cut into cubes and toss with spices. Arrange on salad. Add lime wedges on the side and top with crushed doritos. Sprinkle avocado and corn with salt and pepper, if desired.

For the dressing, combine all ingredients together in a shallow bowl and whisk to emulsify. Drizzle over salads and serve.

Clean Brown Rice and Bean Love!

So there's this "Clean" Brown rice and Bean dish that my mom made a few months ago, and I wanted the recipe so I called my mom and asked if I could get the recipe from her. She could hardly remember it!!! And she couldn't find the recipe anywhere!!! :( So she told me, I think there's this in there and that and I think I did this. etc. etc. Poo! Like that'll work, I thought!! So disappointedly, I wasn't going to make it! But then I thought, Hey wait! I am a decently skilled cook, with exceptional seasoning abilities (in common dishes ;)! So I decided to give it a shot and if it failed, oh well.

Oh my goodness! YUM!!!! YUM! YUM! YUM!!! I was making it for a potluck and everyone loved it and wanted the recipe! I had to tell them, sorry, there isn't one.... Mwaahahaha! But I at least wanted to write down the ingredients so that I could make it again! So here it is. MMMM!!! So good!! And good for you! :)

In Olive Oil saute:

red onion

green and red bell pepper

garlic (a good amount. let's taste it!)

adobo pepper and some sauce

salt and pepper

smoked paprika

anything else in your vast spice cupboard that looks like it might make it promising!! :)

Add:

can diced tomatoes

agave necter

balsamic vinegar

Then add:

black beans (or whatever kind you want. you can even mix different types)

cooked brown rice

top with cotija cheese.

Oh yum, yum, yum!!!

It's awesome hot, it's even good cold!