Recipe Sites

Where does everyone go in search of the perfect recipe? Here are the sites I've joined recently. Taste of Home Betty Crocker Campbell's Kitchen Pillsbury

Grilled Pesto Chicken Salad

I ordered a chicken salad from Mellow Mushroom once... that had pesto. This was my first encounter with pesto. I ran across a recipe for pesto the other day while leafing through my Country Cooking cookbook. So, for last night's dinner I created a rather nice salad... 2 chicken breasts - grilled on a Griddler Jr shredded Parmesan cheese romaine lettuce croutons pesto sauce Ceasar Dressing 2 hard boiled eggs - sliced I made the Pesto and heated it in the microwave. Cut up the grilled chicken, and mixed w/ pesto. Added to salad. Yum!

BLT

Mmmm... it had been so long since I had a BLT sandwich, so that's exactly what I had for dinner last night. I also came across a delicious recipe I didn't include on my "What's for Dinner?" list. I knew this would happen!

What's for Dinner?

Aunty Carol's Chicken BBQ Chicken BBQ Pork Sandwiches - Crock Pot Beef Stew - Crock Pot Beef Stroganoff Beer-Cheese Soup BLT's Breakfast for Dinner Burgers (Ranch) Cheeseburger Chowder Cheesy Chicken - Crock Pot Chicken & Stuffing Bake Chicken Bouya Chicken Fajitas Chicken Finger Salad Chicken Fingers Chicken Stir Fry Chili Chili Cheese Fries Creamy Chicken/Pork Chop Bake Eggplant Parmesan Fettichini Alfredo French Dip Sandwiches French Onion Soup Garlic Pork Chops Greens & Gemilli Hamburger Chop Suey Hot Dogs (Chili Cheese) Italian Chicken - Crock Pot Lasagna Meatloaf Mexican Pizza (Paula Deen) Oven-Pepper Steak (Sonya Doyle) Parmesan Chicken Parmesan Dijon Chicken Personal Pizzas Pork Chop Marsala Potato Chip Chicken Potato Soup Ribs Salisbury Steak Salsa Chicken Sloppy Joes Spaghetti & Meatballs Spinach Manicotti (Stuffed Shells) Steak Steak Fajitas Stuffed Green Peppers Tacos Tommy's Chicken Marinade Tuna Cassorole Veal Marsala

Inspired

I opened my mother's cabinet and taped to the inside of the door was a list of "Meals to Make." I have seen this before, a gift from one of her sisters... but it had been so long ago. It has inspired me to make my own Meals to Make list. I'm often searching for new recipes to try, I forget about the fantastic ones I've already discovered. I will post my list once it's completed. I will not include side dishes. Although, I do like the idea of making a seperate side dish list. I also realize this list will frequently get updated. I recently purchased a Taste of Home Baking Cookbook. I prefer to cook, not bake. However, I realized I need to spruce up my baking skills. I've convinced myself this will be my one and only baking cookbook to use for all of my days, along w/ recipes handed down from my mother. I have browsed the pages, but have not attempted anything yet. So much to choose from! I have joined the sites of a few of the popular cookbooks I own, and enjoy rating & reviewing the recipes I've tried... along w/ searching for new ones, as always.