Lemon Roasted Chicken with Warm Bell Pepper Salad

Yesterday, I visited our local Farmer's Market. My market finds: a whole chicken, yellow squash, bell pepper, bib lettuce, nectarines, wildflower honey, and kettle corn. Score! Supporting our local farmers and entrepreneurs is part of the American Dream and we need to help keep that dream alive!

Using my market finds, I decided to make a Lemon Roasted Chicken with Summer Squash Warm Red Bell Pepper Salad. Ok, so I had planned to make a Summer Squash side dish. Fail! Right as the chicken was finishing up and about to rest, I began slicing the squash... OH NO! They were completely dry inside. Agh, are you kidding me?! My squash from the Farmer's Market was not fresh! I was devastated.

Left scrambling and trying to figure out what to do instead, I let instinct kick in. I still had the bell pepper and bib lettuce from the Farmer's Market and decided to make a warm balsamic dressing for a salad. I rescued my dinner, and pulled together a fantastic side salad with zero time left on the clock. Phew, that was close!

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Crisp Chopped Coleslaw

Spring is almost here, YAY! David and I spent the evening at his Dad's house for our first barbecue of the season. I love bringing side dishes to cook-outs, so I decided to make coleslaw. Fresh coleslaw is so much better than the store bought alternatives, it's much tastier and crisper.

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Creamy Chicken Enchiladas

This creamy chicken enchilada dish is not an authentic mexican dish, but certainly tried and tested to be super yummy! I learned the recipe from my sister a few years back, who I think found in from Betty Crocker.


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Bang-Bang Shrimp

A few weeks back, I found a homemade Bang-Bang Shrimp recipe on Pinterest. And for those of you who've been to Bonefish, probably know exactly what I'm talking about, YUM-MMY! I thought today would be a perfect time to take a little break from Julia's French cooking and go Asian for the night. Courtesy of a fellow foodie, FakeGinger, I made her Bang-Bang Shrimp(click here for the recipe).

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