Creamy Guac

I found an old cookbook of mine that is full of blender recipes, and this guacamole is from the pages of that book - it's tasty!  And very creamy!

2 T lemon juice
3/4 tsp salt
1 small tomato cut in pieces
1/4 med onion
1 7oz can green chiles
2 ripe avocados halved, seeded, peeled, into chunks

Place everything in the blender and pulse til smooth - makes 2 cups.

Lariat Neckwear

These are two gifts I received today for Mother's Day - a pretty feather necklace from World Market (they have awesome jewelry) and a lariate style necklace from Market of Hope!

Pesto Cheese BLT

We bought smoked mozzarella recently at a market, and I found a recipe to use it, on line - this sandwich - which turned out to taste so good!

You'll need:

basil pesto
parmesan cheese
smoked mozzarella
provolone cheese
mayo
wheat bread
lettuce tomato

Toast the bread slightly.  Spread pesto on one slice, and mayo on the other.  Then sprinkle grated Parm and grated smoked mozzarella on each slice of bread.  Top with provolone, lettuce and tomato. That's it!

$30 For All This!

We just got a large vintage picnic basket at a trading post on a road trip - loving it!  I wanted some dishes and a picnic blanket to store inside for when we use it - which will be often....

For $30, I got all of this...at Big Lots....

Beach Blanket

Bowls, flatware caddy, plates, and cups (available in stores)

Chicks & Chard

This recipe was easy, and the lemon juice just made it sing!

Chop 1 bunch of Swiss Chard off the stems, then saute the stems with 1 cup each of red jalapeno and onion - chopped, in olive oil over medium-high heat til softened - about 3 minutes.  season with salt.

Add one 15-oz can chickpeas (drained and rinsed, but keep liquid).  Cook, stirring another 3 minutes.

Add 2 minced garlic cloves; cook 30 seconds.

Add the chard leaves with the chickpea liquid and 1/2 tsp ground cumin, simmer til the chard wilts.

Stir in the juice of one lemon.

Oh my, this was good!

Pasta Dish Divine

This pasta is super, super tasty....

I bought lemon pepper fettucine from a farmer's market and cooked it according to directions.

Then I cooked up sweet Italian Sausage until completely browned and caramelized a bit.  I moved the sausage to the side of the skillet and added in one chopped onion and let that cook a minute, then 2 minced garlic cloves for about 30 seconds, added a bit of the pasta water and stirred up the pan bits, one can of diced tomatoes and 1/4 cup chopped oregano... (also added salt for flavor).

When the pasta was done, I added it in, and topped with Parmesan cheese - oh my - so good!

Blackberry Dumplings

These blackberry dumplings were so easy to make, and didn't require an oven!  This is NOT blackberry cobbler, and the dumplings taste more like biscuits, but the flavor is great!

This recipe is from a cookbook I recently bought on a trip - The Cowgirls' Cookbook - see it below.

Enjoy!