When good salads go bad
I made a salad for dinner today. It was a real healthy salad … at least to start. It was a bag iceburg lettuce mix. I added green pepper, yellow pepper, onion, green onion, radishes, and cucumbers. After that … that’s where it all goes bad. I added french fried onions, chow mein noodles, crutons, bacos, cottage cheese, and ranch dressing. I had more cottage cheese in the salad than ranch dressing (for a change), but I still made it less than healthy. LOL But boy was it tasty … 
I made another salad for supper. This one isn’t all that healthy either. But DAMN is it good.
I’m kinda having a picnic meal for supper. I made potato salad. I pride myself on my ‘tator salad, just ask my mom and sister. When Mom makes it and I’m at home, she usually has me make the dressing. I like a LOT of mustard in my dressing. Nice and yellow … mmmmm. 
And the one I made for tonite is one of my best, I’d have to say. I’m also having baked beans. I’ve got those in the oven right now. Yeah … I start with a can of baked beans, but I add some brown sugar to doctor ‘em up. And I’m cooking ‘em low and slow in the oven to get ‘em just how I like ‘em. My aunt Ruth makes the BEST baked beans that I’ve ever had. Mine come kinda close to hers, but they’re still not quite as good. I need to find out her secret … LOL.
The only thing I’m missing is a grill. I’m gonna have brats with the potato salad and baked beans, but I’m gonna have to cook ‘em on my Foreman grill. I do plan on getting a small propane grill at some point (hopefully before the end of the summer). I’ve got a balcony now, so I’ve got a place to use it. But for now, my Foreman grill and my grill pan serve me well.
I’d better go check on my beans to make sure they’re not getting over-cooked. Then I’ll be plopping myself on the couch to watch the NASCAR All-Star Race tonite. Dale Jr is already in the race, and hopefully Martin Truex Jr will win and get in it too … or at least win the fan vote. I just wish I had some beer to go with this nite. And maybe some people over watching the race and enjoying the meal. But then again, I never asked anyone.
cheerful