WHATS COOKING FOR LADIES (MOTHER'S) DAY!

Well I don't know what you are cooking for your Ladies Day celebration but my daughter Erika and I decided yesterday to cook what we have not had in a long while.

Yeah Roasted Chicken Butterflied.  This will be the first time I baked anything in my new Samsung oven and I an so excited.  Next on our Menu is Ranch Mashed Potatoes:

Now if you really want to taste something that will melt in your mouth then just plant your lips on these creamy, buttery, ranch mashed potatoes.  I am getting hungry just writing about dinner.  My family usually eats about 2pm on Sundays.

Next on our Menu are Glazed Carrots its been so long I cannot tell you the last time we have had glazed carrots.  Carrots are something we all like but do not think about as a side dish although they make great side dishes. The carrots right now are so sweet naturally and by me adding a glace makes then extra delicious.

Well whatever your family eats on this special day I want you to enjoy with friends and family and remember the ones that are not with us an more and if you don't have one then start a tradition so that the young people in your family have tons of wonderful Mothers Day Memories!

SUMMER SALADS/Pasta Salad

Yes! Let us not forget the Pasta Salad great for the Hot Summer afternoon.  There is just so many things you can do with a Pasta Salad.  Choose the Pasta that are not the usual shapes and go out on a limb and pick a pasta like Star Pasta, Shell Pasta, Tri-color Pasta. After choosing the pasta go in for the grape tomatoes the ones that are different colors they look good in this salad.  

The Mediterranean  Pasta Salad has proven to be a winner also.  This Greek salad is full of tomatoes, feta cheese meat chick peas olives red onions


The Mediterranean Salad below is filled with all types of wonderful vegetables like cucumbers black olives Bow Tie Pasta cherry tomatoes onions and even chicken.   So have fun be creative and look for fruit that is in season and add that to your Summer Salad!

SUMMER SALAD/TUNA FISH SALAD

The Classic Tuna Fish Salad on a hot Summer day is very refreshing and can be made many different ways.  Some people like to make tuna salad with boiled eggs. I just enjoy my Tuna Salad made with red onions,celery, mayonnaise, lemon juice salt and pepper.

A Mediterranean Tuna Fish Salad is always tasty too. Feel free to add your olives, your feta cheese your avocado.  You will be amazed at how light and satisfying Tuna salad can be.

Or you can have your Tuna Salad on a bed of curly lettuce with tomatoes and cucumbers.  With this salad you don't need any mayo. You can just sprinkle some olive oil on chop some red onions sprinkle some chopped basil salt and pepper.  You can add cherry tomatoes or just cut some tomato rounds however you decide to do it I guarantee you will enjoy each bite of this Summer Tuna Fish Salad!