The ingredients in this salad are very simple, nothing fancy, yet still taste marvelous together.
I am a huge fan of Taco Salad. And Mexican food is one of my favorite food styles aside from Asian food. I probably cook Mexican cuisine at least once a week since I love it so much!
And a bonus — This meal can be prepared in 30 minutes or less!
So I use to like L&L’s Hawaiian Barbecue. Ever since I found out I was allergic to chicken and gluten, I haven’t eaten there in years. This Macaroni Salad recipe is a copycat version of their mac salad. It is so tasty that my husband LOVED it and kept raving to people how great it was. Now that made me a happy cook that is for sure!
Anyhow, here is my take on L&L’s Hawaiian Barbecue’s Mac Salad.
So on Monday my husband and I packed the car, then the kids and ourselves into the Prius and drove 400+ miles to Anaheim to visit Disneyland. We normally would stay for 3 days at the parks, but decided to save money and bought two-day park hopper tickets this time instead. Uh, having two days seemed very rushed. And even though we didn’t make it onto every ride we had planned, the kids still had an awesome time!
Once we arrived into town we went to Walmart and bought lunch supplies and dinner supplies for one night. Even though the food is quite tasty at Disneyland, and being gluten intolerant isn’t even an issue — the only food we purchased inside the park was a Dole Whip cause you can’t go to Disneyland without having a Dole Whip!
My family isn’t really into traditional tomato pasta sauce… we love Alfredo Sauce. Tonight I threw together what I had in the fridge and every person at my table raved and my youngest even had 2 helpings of pasta… this is a kid who HATES pasta night. So I will take that as I did really well.
So I made meatloaf the other night for dinner and over estimated HOW MUCH I was making. I normally make a one pound loaf, but for some odd reason I figured I should make a two pound loaf. WELL… lets say I had a lot of meatloaf leftover.
Now, my wheels were spinning on what to do with the leftovers. I love stuffed bell peppers and immediately figured I could transform the meatloaf into stuffed bell peppers easily especially since I had leftover rice in the fridge as well.
I have been on a kick of making my own rubs lately. I think the reason being is that my husband is so sensitive to MSG and Sodium Nitrates. But many people don’t realize that when they read the ingredients list and see Celery salt or Celery Juice or anything celery for that matter that in HIGH concentrations Celery acts exactly the same as MSG. And that unfortunately is how companies can market their products MSG free.
Anyhow, we learned the hard way and now it is easier to make my own rubs and seasonings than it is to buy packets at the store.
This is a really quick and easy recipe that can be poured over a dish (like sweet and sour chicken) or used as a dipping sauce for taquitos, flautas or even for egg rolls or spring rolls!
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I absolutely love shrimp and am always experimenting for dinner time. I also like curry so instead of doing a a Thai Shrimp Curry I decided to give Shrimp Scampi a kick and so glad I did!!
My kids LOVE tacos and I am constantly making Fish, Shrimp, Calamari, Ground Beef, Ground Turkey whatever kind of tacos. You name it, they love it!
The other night they wanted tacos and I was out of taco season, but not a problem, I just whipped up a new batch in minutes!
Here is a wonderful homemade Taco Seasoning recipe that will end up replacing those pre-made packets you end up buying.
The day before Christmas vacation started my daughter had a cookie exchange for Girl Scouts that we needed to contribute 4 dozen cookies.
My first thought was Spritz Cookies since you can knock out like 30 cookies a cookie tray with a Cookie Press!! And since they are quite easy to prepare, 7 dozen would be a breeze. And on top of it we even dipped the cookies in Ghirardelli Dark Melting chocolate to make the cookies yummier and prettier when presented.
These cookies are delicate and crisp with a rich, buttery flavor that will keep you coming back for just one more… and then another, and then another…. LOL!
Small Town Living in Maryland 