Eye Doctor Visit, Moving the RV and Salad from the Garden

April 22, 2025 Yesterday (April 21), I had an appointment with the eye doctor. The cataract in my right eye has gotten worse. I decided to bite the bullet and get cataract surgery scheduled. After my appointment, we went to the Florence AL RV Park and moved the RV. We were both so glad we […]

Sweet and Spicy Hot Mustard Sauce – Ready in 3 Minutes

December 28, 2023 The other day, I made pigs in blankets and to serve with them, I made this sweet and spicy hot mustard sauce. It was rather spicy, so you can use a different hot sauce. Bruce even enjoyed this sauce as a salad dressing. It seems he now has new favorite dipping sauce. […]

Eating Southwestern Succotash and Steak Salad with Jeanne and Larry

June 5, 2023 Once we arrived in Golden, Colorado, we started contacting our friends. I reached out to my friend, Jeanne from http://www.ajeanneinthekitchen.com. She invited us over for this fabulous meal. It was another steak night and it was also another salad night. I LOVE a good steak salad. This deliciously colorful salad was loaded […]

Tuna and Egg Salad Sandwich

When I first had a tuna fish salad sandwiches out, it didn’t have egg in it. I soon realized eggs were not normally added to tuna fish salad. I wondered if it was just something common to the South, but when I searched online, tuna fish sandwiches don’t list eggs as and ingredient. My mother […]

Baby Salad Greens with Persimmons and Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing

With fall here, I love to use persimmons as a surprising touch in salads. Serves 4-6

Caveman Roast Pepper Salad

Having watched a Steven Raichlen’s “Project Fire” show, where he cooked peppers and onions directly on coals of a wood fire for a salsa, I thought it would be fun to try it cooking vegetables directly on coals. I made a salad using Caveman cooked vegetables. I was very pleased with how the salad came […]

Pesto Salad Dressing

I got the idea of this recipe from Once Upon a Chef https://www.onceuponachef.com/recipes/caesar-salad-dressing.html I always have high quality mayonnaise in the fridge, so this Caesar dressing by Once Upon a Chef is an easy go to and Bruce loves it. I didn’t have any anchovy paste, and I considered using Thai fish sauce, but the pesto I […]

Bruce’s Shrimp Salad

I’ve been asked by several people if I had any leftovers or a lot of leftovers from my Mardi Gras party. I had one King Cake leftover when I took the leftover pieces from three King Cakes and put them together. When I brought the King Cake into work, it disappeared. I had about an […]

German Cucumber Salad (Vegetarian or Vegan, Both Gluten Free)

The salad recipe is from https://platedcravings.com/german-cucumber-salad-recipe/ and it makes a lovely potluck dish. I made both the vegetarian and vegan version for my Oktoberfest party, and the vegan version was eaten up. (Not that there was a lot of the vegetarian version left either.) I believe people felt it was healthier and they wanted to […]

German Potato Salad (Gluten Free and with Vegan Option)

Gluten Free German Potato Salad inspired by https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/83097/authentic-german-potato-salad/ German Potato Salad is served warm and is dressed with a warm vinegar dressing. I made a vegan version of this by not including bacon. I replaced the bacon fat with 2 tablespoons of avocado oil for the fat. You can easily double this recipe, by doubling […]