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Greek Chicken and Rice Cake Salad Recipe (Gluten-Free)

I created this Greek Chicken and Rice Cake Salad recipe as part of the "Rice Cake Double Take" challenge, to celebrate the addition of three new rice cake flavors from Lundberg Family Farms. Rice cakes bring visions of 80's aerobics chicks chomping on tasteless Styrofoam disks for most of us (including me), so when the box arrived and found the secret ingredient to be a choice of either Wallaby Organic's Greek yogurt or sour cream, I was a bit "Befuzzled". I opened one of the rice cake Continue Reading

Asian Chicken Drumsticks

This Asian Grilled Chicken Drumsticks recipe is a great way to put a delicious twist on inexpensive chicken drumsticks this grilling season. I find the sweet and salty Asian chicken marinade adds incredible flavor as well as helping the chicken maintain moisture. The chicken drumsticks marinated in this are not just flavorful, but tender and juicy too! Directions are included for air fryer and baked chicken drumsticks in this delicious chicken chicken drumstick marinade. The Asian chicken Continue Reading

Grilled Shrimp Tacos with Corn

These Grilled Shrimp & Corn Tacos were the result of incorporating my recent Grilled Corn & Tomato Salad recipe into shrimp tacos. Fresh shrimp and sweet corn are a perfect pair. They are both mildly sweet and while they pick up the flavors around them, do have wonderful flavor and texture of their own. I used a couple arugula leaves at bottom of my freshly grill taco shells, topped generously with the corn salad, sprinkled with sprinkled Queso Fresco (got that idea from Continue Reading

Grilled Corn and Tomato Salad Recipe

I've made a fresh Tex-Mex Grilled Corn and Tomato Salad for you today. The sweet smokey taste of seasoned grilled corn is the star in this recipe. The fresh grape tomatoes add acid and more sweetness. Jalapeno and cilantro bring Southwest flair to this healthy side dish salad. Corn and Tomato Salad - Made with Fresh Grilled Corn During the warmer months, I grilled fresh corn pretty regularly. It is a nice change of pace from typical starches. I prefer to cook my sweet corn on the Continue Reading

DIY Container Flower Garden for Shade

This shade container flower garden is now the focal point of the most recent extension of my flower gardens. The corner it is in is shaded by 6 ft stockade fence on the southern and western sides. Around the summer solstice it will get direct sun for a few hours a day, otherwise barely any. I wanted a container flower garden that would really stand out and add some color and interest to this drab shady corner. Shade container garden featuring: Columbine, Ivy, Dead Nettle & Begonia This Continue Reading

Cheesy Buffalo Chicken Wagon Wheels Pasta

This Buffalo Chicken Pasta recipe is super easy to make with Velveeta, rotisserie chicken, buffalo sauce and blue cheese in a cheesy sauce. Buffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese I've pulled out all the stops today with an extra cheesy buffalo chicken pasta. I adore cheese, and every once in awhile, I give into my "fiending for fromage" sans limitations. Today was one of those glorious days. I basked in the joys of liquid gold, with the added enhancement of a spicy kick. Now, Continue Reading