Have we ever talked about salad dressing?

My favorite is
1/2 cup real lemon juice (bottled)
1/2 cup white wine vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
lemon zest (optional)
salt & pepper to taste
Mix all this in a blender on high, slowly add 2 cups extra virgin olive oil while the blender is still going, on medium. Allow to blend for a while. This keeps in a cool place for a week or so...you can also keep it in the frig, but the oil congeals.

Sounds tangy!!! Thanks, honey!

The sugar mellows it a bit..it is great on everything!! I also marinate chicken and shrimp in it before cooking (grill or saute')

It's on the list!!! I'm done with chicken pretty much, but I'll give it a whirl on shrimp....soon!!
xoxo

I love plain old real buttermilk ranch. But it has to be the mix with real buttermilk and or sour cream. I order a chicken salad from Murray's once a week because they make it fresh. I'm with you on the chicken. This is the only way I eat it anymore.

I do like a good chicken salad, but lately I just can't stand the thought of one more salad with grilled chicken. Done.

I do like a good chicken salad, but lately I just can't stand the thought of one more salad with grilled chicken. Done.

I left half of it. Nothing wrong with it, just ate everything else. I've got to figure out how to stop hating on chicken.

I don't even care that I hate it. Give me some beef (but only a little) or shrimp any day.

The problem with salad dressings is that they expire before I can use them up. I've resorted to making a quick Jamie Oliver dressing:

Olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt, pepper.

He has several variations -- such as throwing in some whole grain mustard. Only takes a minute and I always have the ingredients on hand!

I adore Jamie Oliver recipes. and this dressing is about the best. I was going to mention his wonderful roast chicken.... but see DD above! hahahaha.

I adore Jamie Oliver recipes. and this dressing is about the best. I was going to mention his wonderful roast chicken.... but see DD above! hahahaha.

If it's a roasted chicken with bones...well, you know.

The problem with salad dressings is that they expire before I can use them up. I've resorted to making a quick Jamie Oliver dressing:

Olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt, pepper.

He has several variations -- such as throwing in some whole grain mustard. Only takes a minute and I always have the ingredients on hand!

That's why I use vinegar instead of lemon juice in my usual vinaigrette. It has a longer shelf life. But I prefer the taste of lemon juice, so when I use that, I just make enough for one or two days.

If it's a roasted chicken with bones...well, you know.

Yep. Can't do it. I never knew another person had my same distaste for chicken on the bone.

Yep. Can't do it. I never knew another person had my same distaste for chicken on the bone.

Oh honey! You don't even know. It is just the grossest thing ever. In fact, I don't like bones of any kind, but chicken is the worst.

Oh honey! You don't even know. It is just the grossest thing ever. In fact, I don't like bones of any kind, but chicken is the worst.

So you don't even like a nice, juicy piece of center-cut, crispy Southern-fried chicken breast on the bone? Come visit me, and I'll take you to a local place that has put Popeyes and KFC out of business.

Now raw chicken, that's another thing. It grosses me out. I only buy boneless, skinless breasts, and then I trim all of the fat and gristle off. I have three sinks in my kitchen at home and at the beach. I trim the chicken in one of the sinks that non-meat items never touch. One sink is for non-meat items, one is for meat, and one is for dishes.

BR, I'll come visit you, but you can't make me eat chicken on the bone.

p.s. see my post about raw meat in the "Do you have?" phobia thread.

did someone say southern fried chicken? I'm dying for some right now. with mashed taters and butter beans.

I'll take the beans & taters. Hold the chicken.

I'll take the beans & taters. Hold the chicken.

Girl, that really surprises me!

Do you eat fried boloney and biscuits for breakfast like my Granny in Tyler cooked? You probably would have to call 911 if you saw my Granny cooking lunch. She'd go outside, grab a chicken, break its neck, de-feather it, and fry it up. She'd make cornbread, go to the garden and get fresh tomatoes and collard greens. Yummy lunch (actually we Southerners call that dinner).

We also went for "dinner" at Grandma's and Grandpa's house in Atlanta as often as we could (Daddy went every day because it was close to his businesses). Fried chicken or chicken and dumplings along with a slew of fresh vegetables and cornbread. Great memories.

Don't think I was ever a fried baloney fan either. I lived with my grandmother and grandfather though and she made biscuits and gravy EVERY day for breakfast and sometimes again for supper. I have vivid memories of the whole neck wringing thing and the awful smell of the de-feathering process. Lord have mercy, it's a wonder I ever ate it at all!!! Come to think of it, I wouldn't eat any kind of meat if I could get away with it. Loved the cornbread, veggies and taters (fried). Not so much on the collard greens. I did love the dumplings though...I think I probably just fished them out and left the chicken even then.

biscuits and gravy.........................
I am not salivating. Nor am I drooling...
I am slobbering.

I know. B&G is probably about one of my most favorite things ever. Slobbering here too.

I know. B&G is probably about one of my most favorite things ever. Slobbering here too.

do you make B&G?
My Dad does the BEST. I tried to do it but never quite got the hang of it. So, I order them whenever i go out to breakfast!

My Daddy was the breakfast chef. He and I would get up early to watch the sunrise together. Then he made breakfast while I got dressed for school and Mom got my younger brother and sister up.

One the my favorite things that he made was biscuits, red-eye gravy, and fried eggs. Yummy!

So I hear ya on the B&G.

do you make B&G?
My Dad does the BEST. I tried to do it but never quite got the hang of it. So, I order them whenever i go out to breakfast!

Yes, but not often. Mr. DD doesn't like it much--too much bread he says--I know, you can never have too much bread. Anyway, lately I've made my friend Ann's sweet cream biscuits with REAL gravy made from sausage or bacon drippings. Oh dear...I may have to have this on the weekend.

So you don't even like a nice, juicy piece of center-cut, crispy Southern-fried chicken breast on the bone? Come visit me, and I'll take you to a local place that has put Popeyes and KFC out of business.

Now raw chicken, that's another thing. It grosses me out. I only buy boneless, skinless breasts, and then I trim all of the fat and gristle off. I have three sinks in my kitchen at home and at the beach. I trim the chicken in one of the sinks that non-meat items never touch. One sink is for non-meat items, one is for meat, and one is for dishes.

What's the name of the local Place? thamks