My go to Salad

One of my go to salads is a mandarin orange and spinach salad with a homemade honey-lime dressing. I usually have a stock pile of canned mandarin oranges and always have spinach in my on hand. You prepare it just as it looks above. Toss some spinach with a can of the mandarin oranges(drained) and drizzle some of the honey-lime dressing. Here's the recipe for the homemade dressing.

Honey-Lime Dressing

What you need:

1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

1/4 cup lime juice

1/4 cup honey

pinch of black pepper

chopped cilantro

Directions:

Mix all ingredients together in a bowl with a whisk. Taste. Add more of any ingredient until it's 

to your liking. Place to chill in the fridge for a few hours ( I think it tastes better like this plus the ingredients are able to marinate together) and then serve.

I also make variations to this salad as its my basic salad. You can add some grilled chicken, cranberries, pineapple, almonds, avocado, salmon, walnuts, to name a few. The possibilities are 

endless....

Toodles,

        Takeisha

Fancy Asparagus

I love asparagus. It's such an easy vegetable to prepare and it goes well with most meals. You can have asparagus grilled, steamed, baked, chopped and put into salads or pasta. There are endless possibilities. I decided to wrap my asparagus in prosciutto. This is a dish that I make from time to time. It's a great snack and can also be used as an appetizer or a side dish to accompany a meal.

This is how it's made....

What you need:

A bunch of asparagus from your local grocery or farmers market

A pack of prosciutto

Olive oil

Black pepper

Directions:

- Wash and dry asparagus, cut ends

- Toss with olive oil and black pepper

- Then take one asparagus spear and a slice of prosciutto. Start wrapping the prosciutto around the   spear, at angle, all the way down to the scaled end. 

- Repeat the steps for each spear.

- Place spears evenly on baking sheet.

- Broil for approximately three minutes or until golden and crispy, then, flip to broil other side.

- Let cool and enjoy!

                          

This is quick to prep and takes less than ten minutes to prepare and can also be made in advance and chilled for later on.

                                       

Look at the lovely golden goodness. Very tasty. I opted not to add salt when I tossed the asparagus with the olive oil and black pepper as the prosciutto has salt and will add flavor to the spears. Be careful not to over broil as the asparagus will loose it's crunchiness.

Toodles,

         Takeisha