Kale Fajita Salad, A Staple

Somethings in life are worth the additional costs such as pre-made salad kits. Dole Chopped Salad Kits are made with kale, red and green cabbage, carrots, and green onions. Change out the toppings bag and a whole new salad is created. Our local grocer offers a house brand knock off in different flavors than offered by Dole. I absolutely loves these kits as they are more than just lettuce salads, are the perfect amount for the table with no leftovers or for one person as an entire meal, and best of all don't require the purchasing of additional toppings/condiments that will just spoil in the fridge. Nothing irks me more than a fridge door full of partially used salad dressings gone bad.

Among the dozen and half flavors offered between the two brands this table is partial to about seven or eight flavors. Just enough to have a different salad every day of the week, if they weren't so expensive that is. Having scored two bags of chipotle cheddar ranch on sale at half price, and knowing the salad would only be good for a day or two, and sudden change to one of our T&T recipes was created. Kale Chipotle Ranch Fajita Salad.

Scaled for Likability: Great

The meal is nothing fancy. Just a salad topped with a generous serving of warm fajita meat, any flavor. Cold crisp salad, warm tender fajita. It is a perfect meal. Made with the Chipotle & Cheddar Kit was a totally different experience as the kit contains a spicy chipotle ranch dressing, white cheddar cheese, and crunchy tortilla strips. None of which is ever contained in the original fajita salad. We may never go back to the boring iceberg lettuce fajita salads.

Better Than Campbell's Old Fashion Vegetable Soup

Went to the store with the hopes of gathering fresh produce for soup. With more than 45 people in line for two packages of any meat product and the produce section containing only avocado, orange, and most randomly, strawberries, I settled upon canned soup. Well not canned soup since that section was still void of food, too. Instead soup made from canned goods as the canned vegetable section had been mostly restocked. Soups like this 15 Minute Vegetable Soup are ideal in dire food situations such as current times. Modifications Made: Plain petite diced tomatoes for flavored tomatoes, frozen carrots instead of canned, green beans and corn undrained, peas omitted (gross, nasty little pods), one can tomato sauce, two low sodium chicken and two pollo de tomate bouillon cubes, six cups water. Once onions were softened, carrots, juice of green beans and corn, sauce, bouillon cubes, water were added and allowed to simmer until carrots almost tender. Green beans and corn tossed in, heat t

So Sad Cake Brownies

Oh my word how does a space as small a pantry becomes so disorganized? And in such a short time, nonetheless? While reorganizing the four 2x4 pantry shelves yesterday a golden back of the box recipe was discovered. Milk Brownies. Replacing yogurt for milk or applesauce for oil, these are commonplace alternatives. Milk for water in a box brownie, this had to be tried. Stat. Modifications Made: Per the box, 1/3 cup milk replaced 1/3 water. Half cup of chopped walnuts were added along with two tablespoons of Hershey chocolate syrup. Because why not. Scaled for Likability: No, Thank You The milk was fine, the extra chocolate was fine. Walnuts could have been doubled. The problem was the brownies themselves. I accidently made cake brownies with two eggs instead of fudge brownies with just one brownie. So sad. These were given to the neighbor who prefers cake brownies. If the neighbor liked fudge brownies (they are the best kind) these would have gone to the chickens. They have no

Papas a La Mexicana (Ranchera)

It is a crying shame that there are six hens and not a egg in sight. What am I supposed to do with homemade ranchero sauce? Thankfully with a few quick searches of the internet a recipe from my hometown newspaper was discovered: Papas Ranchera . Not once in the thirty years I lived in my hometown did I ever eat at a local food joint serving papas rancheras. No time like the present to remedy this cultural dish. Because this recipe is hidden behind a paywall (grrr...) I have included it here for you: Servings: 4-6 Ingredients: 1 pound potatoes, diced 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1/2 large onion 1 1/2 medium tomatoes 3 jalapenos 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup juice from canned tomatoes Instructions: Fry potatoes in vegetable oil until lightly browned (about 4-6 minutes). Saute onions, tomatoes, jalapenos until soft. Add garlic powder and salt. Add tomato juice until vegetables are covered (may need to add water). Bring to a boil and then add potatoes. Cover and reduc

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