Recipe Thursday

Today starts the contest for the $50.00 certificate to anything of your choice, by Aunt B Design. Since the weather will be nice this weekend and I know just about everyone will take advantage of it, I thought the recipe should be a light and simple recipe. A salad, I hope you are all down for some feta cheese, and a grown-up take on the classic grilled cheese. 

 Wedge Salad with Garlic Vinaigrette


Dressing:
2 cloves of fresh garlic (chopped) = 3/4 tsp minced garlic
4 tbsp of olive or canola oil
4 tbsp of vinegar of your choice (I like balsamic)
1 tsp of sugar
Optional mixed dried herbs
Blend together in blender or food processor. Note: You must use dressing right away, if left out longer than 2 hours the garlic can set-up botulism.


Salad:
1 head of lettuce (washed, trimmed and cut into quarters)
1 cup of sliced cherry tomatoes
1/4 cup of bacon bits or crumbled bacon (pancetta is great to)
1/2 cup of crumbled feta cheese
1/4 cup of sliced red onion
1 small can of sliced olives

After making the dressing, marinate your tomatoes in 4 tbsp of dressing while preparing the rest of the salad. Put wedge of lettuce onto a cold plate then spoon the desired toppings on or around the wedge. Finally top it off with 1 tbsp of dressing or to taste. Use a steak knife and fork to cut. This salad yields 4 servings

Grown-Up Grilled Cheese

8 slices of thin sliced corned beef
8 slices of sourdough bread
8 slices of sharp white cheddar cheese
Black Pepper and Sea salt
Butter

Heat the corned beef by skillet 1 minute. Add butter to bread slices, put on a med heat griddle or skillet. Layer corned beef, then cheese, adding salt and pepper to each cheese layer. Finally top with bread butter side up, flip in pan finish browning the bread. To add extra melt to your cheese pop in the microwave for 15-20 seconds.

Lemon Cream Cheese Parfaits

8 oz cream cheese
1 instant lemon pudding
1 cup of milk
1 tub of cool whip

Mix cream cheese with 1/2 of cool whip, set aside. Blend the lemon pudding and milk together, set aside. Divide cream cheese mixture 4 ways, and spoon into the bottom of a small bowl. Next divide the pudding 4 ways and pour over cream cheese mixture. Let set up for 30 min then top with the remaining cool whip! This can be made in to 4 large servings or several small shot glass servings, for those I recommend 1 tbsp of cream cheese mixture and lemon pudding mixture.




I hope you want to try this delicious meal. Its light but yet enough to make you feel satisfied.

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