Salad #3

I didn't feel motivated this morning, so I just ate a grapefruit by itself. Still, fruit for breakfast is the point isn't it?

Manly made his chicken fajitas for us today. He slices chicken breasts very very thin and marinates them in Fiesta Chicken Fajita Seasoning mix and a little water for a few hours. He grills them or, if the weather is bad like today, cooks them on his griddle. They are served with warm tortillas, shredded lettuce, chopped tomatoes, shredded Monterey Jack & cheddar cheeses, caramelized Vidalia onion, jalapeno peppers and sour cream. To make it a salad, just put a bunch of lettuce on a plate and stack the other ingredients.

I'm so full I can barely breath right now.

Salad #2

Salad #2 was romaine lettuce, grape tomatoes, carrots, a handful of nuts with balsamic vinaigrette (balsamic vinegar, brown mustard, chopped garlic greens and olive oil)

Since I am so full of salad, I don't want dinner so salad #3 will be tomorrow.

Salad #1

The first salad of Salad Week is green apple, red pear and blue berries. Great breakfast in the library.

I Declare 3/6/10 The Official First Day of Salad Week

It was a beautiful day here in North Texas. Manly took me to eat lunch at Mama Mia's in downtown Dallas. That's some good eatin. Then we hit the Farmers Market where I bought romaine lettuce, valley grapefruit, red pears, cucumbers, asparagus and Vidalia onions. I just couldn't bring myself to buy tomatoes this early in the season, they just don't taste right.

Since it has warmed up, I am declaring it salad season. I have endive, leaf lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, collards, Swiss chard and bunching onions in my garden. Fresh stuff from my plot along with fresh stuff from the farmers market should make for some yummy salads this week. Now, I just need to tell Manly so that whatever he decides to cook can be used in a salad. (his chicken fajitas are perfect in a salad).

So salad week will begin tomorrow here at Aunt Debbi's garden. I plan to build a salad for each meal and post the evidence. If you would like to play along leave me a link in the comments.

Is there any such thing as a breakfast salad?

Happy Salad Season Y'all.

This has been the best gardening weekend in months. Yesterday's weather was glorious. Today it is a little cloudy, but not too cold to garden. We planted potatoes, onions, radishes, beets, lettuce and sugar snap peas yesterday. Today were are planting carrots and maybe more lettuce.

This picture above shows my middle monkey. Isn't he getting big. Check out those feet. He is my best gardening helper. He loves to work the soil with my Cobra Head tools. (Yes, tools - plural) Middle Monkey is demonstrating his self-taught double Cobra Head soil working technique. He can tear up a garden section in nothing flat. No, you may not borrow him. He is mine, all mine-bwahahaha. I will be using his slave labor taking advantage of his skills until it gets eleventy-billion degrees outside and we slow down again. (kidding, sort of;)

Prayers for Katie.

Earlier today I found a link on Facebook. It seems that Katie of gardenpunks is gravely ill with bacterial meningitis. Her sister is posting updates on a hospital site that allows family members to post updates on an ill family members status.

I am praying for this beautiful girl. If you are so inclined...

Garlic Greens