Phew, this has been the craziest summer of my life (more on that later), but I’m back and finding new routines!
Thanks for sticking with me. I’ve got a laundry list of upcoming blog topics, can’t wait to share with you 🙂
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Thursday Thoughts
As I am preparing to send my heart on deployment, I am reminded of this:
Absence is to love as wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small and kindles the great.
—Roger de Bussy-Rabutin
Smoked Pork and Pickle Salad
I love pickles, could eat them all day. Seth hates them and won’t let me near him for pickle kisses.
It’s still been kind of warm/muggy (for San Diego) lately, which is when I crave salads the most. Last night I just wasn’t feeling my usual all veggie filled salad, so I used random things in my fridge, and I loved my salad!
Smoked Pork and Pickle Salad
- Butter lettuce
- Diced red onion
- Cut up smoked pork (we have a ton from our inaugural smoking)
- Grilled garlic (also leftover from a big batch I put on the grill)
- Fresh pickles
- Tessemae’s Zesty Ranch dressing
- Sprinkle salt/pepp
Ta-da!
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Avocado Salad with Microgreens
I really wanted to call this “faux chicken salad,” but I feel like anything “faux” these days equates to tofu, and that is not what this is. It’s filled with flavor, and had the richness and texture of chicken salad!
Avocado Salad with Microgreens
- 2 ripe avocados, diced
- Roughly a 1/4 cup diced white onion
- 2 TBSP Sir Kensington’s original mayo
- Small handful of microgreens
- Himalayan sea salt
- Cracked black pepper
Mix together, and enjoy a filling, rich, healthy alternative to the traditional soy/chemical filled chicken/tuna/egg salads out there.
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Thursday Thoughts
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.
–Maya Angelou
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