Best Salad EVER

I've made this salad for myself, for girlfriends and for dinner parties and I never have leftovers. Who wants leftover salad? It gets all soggy and icky anyway. I haven't named the salad, other then Best Salad EVER, so if you have a better name, let me know. :-)

Recipe:
1 Head of iceberg lettuce
chopped up Grape tomatoes
sliced in half Bacon Prepared, made into BIG bits (don't use bacon bits, just isn't the same)
Feta cheese Balsamic Vinegar Ranch Dressing

Toss the 1st four ingredients together. Drizzle Balsamic Vinegar over the salad. Then toss the salad with Ranch dressing. Sit down and enjoy.
So YUMMY!

Chocolate Covered cream cheese filled Strawberries

I recently came across this recipe via Pinterest. I decided to make a large batch for our Easter Potluck that we had out in the desert. I made two platters full of these and they didn't even make it to dessert time. In fact, they were pretty much an appetizer before dinner. They are easy to make and oh, so good! I'll definitely be making these over and over again!

I had posted an image of these on facebook and received requests for the recipe, so here goes:

Ingredients:
a package of your favorite candied dipping chocolate
8 ounces room-temperature cream cheese
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 TB tablespoons confectioners' sugar
12 strawberries

1. Trim tops and bottoms of 12 strawberries to level. Use a small melon ball er or paring knife to scoop out tops. I used a paring knife.



2. This next part is a bit tricky as it depends on the size of the strawberry you have. Melt the candied chocolate according to package directions. Take a "trimmed" strawberry and dip the top end of the strawberry into the chocolate just enough so that it covers the bottom of the strawberry. Place dipped strawberry on a piece of wax paper to dry.




3. Whip room-temperature cream cheese on medium speed until slightly fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract and 2- 4 TB confectioners' sugar.(this is all based on your preference) Fill a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch star tip with cream cheese mixture; pipe into berries until it brims over tops.

Try not to eat these as you go along. Shear will power is needed, as I had one and put these away in the refrigerator until serving time.

Egg with the hole in the middle

Egg with the hole in the middle has been a favorite at our house for many years. I was first introduced to it by my husband 20 years ago. It is super simple to make.

1. Create a hole in the bread by taking a glass and using as a cutter
2. Butter both sides of the bread and of course the hole that was cut out of the bread
3. Place bread in the pan at a medium heat, put another pat of butter in the open hole
4. Crack egg into open hole. We like to bread the yolk as we like our hard cooked, you may prefer otherwise.
5. I flip over the bread and egg after a few minutes to get a nice golden brown color on both sides of the bread.

EAT and ENJOY!

Carrots for Easter

I was surfing around and found the idea that inspired the picture below. We are hosting Easter brunch at our house on the Riviera aka our Desert house. I presented the basket to my husband and asked, "Do they look like carrots?" Well, he gave me the face, you know crinkled up forehead with silly grin. So I told him to use his imagination. This was a super cheap project thanks to the 99 cent store. All of the items were there. Total project cost $10. Yes, we are hosting a large brunch!