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Now that my baby, my beloved Canon is restored, I thought it was time to get back to photographing actual food and do I have one for you today. If it’s 95­­° in the shade where you live, a salad is really the only thing you can imagine right now. But the meat-and-potatoes eaters in your home think salads are wimpy. Well, this one has a bit of heat to throw them off and confuse them but it’s still healthy. It actually filled up my empty-pit of a husband. He didn’t eat anything else for three (3!!!) hours! That’s a record!

CHICKEN CHIPPOTLE SALAD

Dressing:
1/3 c. fresh cilantro, chopped
2/3 c. light sour cream
1/4-1/3 c. buttermilk (depending on how thick you like your dressing)
2-4 chipotle chiles in adobo sauce, minced (more or less varies the heat)
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. onion powder
1 tsp. ground cumin
1 tsp. chili powder
Juice of one lime plus a little lime zest
1/4 tsp salt

Mix that all up and put it in the fridge to chill while you make the salad.

4 c. shredded romaine lettuce
2 c. shredded cooked chicken breast
(I cooked mine in the microwave and tossed with Southwest seasoning mix but leftover grilled chicken would rock here!)
2 large tomatoes, cut into wedges
1 avocado, peeled and sliced
1 small red onion, very thinly sliced
OPTIONAL:
1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 can corn, rinsed and drained
Tortilla chips for garnish

You know how to take it from here, right?

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By the way, here’s the updated nest-cam. Remember how cute they were? Well, they’ve entered the awkward teen years. Thus we have a rebel bird who is rejecting his parent’s conservative values. As soon as he can fly, he’s getting a tattoo.

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Congrats to Lauren who won our Strawberry Cookbook giveaway!

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This is the wreath on our front porch. It has the assorted plastic greenery including a fake birdnest and fake flowers.

So a few weeks ago, we found that a bird had discovered the craft-store faux nest and was hanging out in it. Whenever we opened our front door, this bird flew off.

Then my husband told me to take a look in the wreath. Here’s what we found.

Best we can tell there are seven (7!) baby birds jammed into one little 3″ fake wreath. Hence, the following:

Oh…and my camera’s back. (Dancing a little hoedown ala Ashlee Simpson)

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You remember that camera? The one that made me look like this? Well, it broke. I’m in mourning. I can’t believe I how much I miss that camera. I feel like pouring a glass of wine, turning off the lights and writing bad poetry about our good times together. Maybe I’ll make a mix tape.

Fortunately, Canon is going to fix it for me, but I’ll be alone for several weeks. I’ll be searching for a camera to use in the interim, so please don’t leave me! (Wait, was that too needy?)

But until then, to ease your photo withdrawal, I give you:

Hello Naomi - Cupcake artist extraordinaire! Check her out.

And this…which made me snort Diet Coke out of my nose because it reminds me of my youngest.

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So I’m peeling potatoes the other night.  I reach in and pull out this…

Just in time for Mother’s Day.

My friend Kittie from Kittens in the Kitchen (love her tagline) gave me the Arte y Pico award.  Thanks so much, Kittie!!

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Yet another example of obvious instructions for not-so-bright people.

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Ok, I love a good hard boiled egg (especially with Maldon Salt ala Nigella) but there comes a time when you can only eat one more hard boiled egg. Here’s a list of recipes I came up with while figuring out what to do with those eggs as we dig ourselves out of the pile.

1. Curried Egg Salad @ 101 Cookbooks
2. Deviled eggs
3. Asparagus and Eggs with Mornay Sauce @ Gathering Manna
4. Spicy Pickled Eggs @ Foodies without Borders
5. Lazy Tea Eggs @ Just Bento
6. Avocado and Egg Salad
7. Crab Louis
8. Scotch eggs @ Soup Spoon
9. Son-in-law Eggs @ Esurientes
10. Fish Pie
11. Fried Hard Boiled Eggs with Tamarind @ Rhai Food
12. Chef’s Salad
13. Empanadas @ Parker’s General
14. Potato Salad @ Greg and Kat
15. Thousand Island Dressing @ Chow
16. Sleepy Twisted Sister’s G-N-G Breakfast Ramekin
17. Egg Biryani @ Siri’s Corner
18. Georgia Cracker Salad @ Fast Fabulous Foodie
19. Traditional Spinach Salad @ Green Lemonade
20. Egg and Bacon Spread @ Retro-Food
21. Golden Grills
22. Green Sauce @ Italian Food Recipes
23. Nettle Soup @ Modern Beet
24. Bobby Flay’s Grilled Asparagus and Egg Salad with Tarragon-Caper Vinaigrette
25. Hard Cooked Egg Cookies @ Baking Sheet
26. Salmon Kedgeree @ Epicurious
27. Mirj’s Chopped Liver
28. Asparagus Casserole
29. Tuna Pate
30. Egg Masala @ Indian Food Recipes

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Dear husband is sick today. You wives know what that means…Man Cold*, a terrible disease that causes hunching, moaning and regression to childhood. There is a wives’ tale that the Man Cold is no more serious than the common cold which strikes females. This is untrue. Women are expected and able to continue with their daily chores, jobs and responsibilities. A Man Cold, however, is completely debilitating and should not be confused with the common cold.

It’s serious but can be cured by strictly following these rules.

1) Do NOT get out of bed. The only exception is if there is not a TV near the bed. In this emergency, relocate to the sofa or a reclinder.
2) Have immediate and complete control of the TV remote. If the remote is lost, immediately contact your next of kin to retrieve the remote.
3) If you must get out of bed, always walk slowly and with a hunched back. Standing upright will only confuse others as to how sick you really are.
4) Moan often. Moaning is required so that no one forgets you have a serious disease, the Man Cold.
5) Talk in a whining voice so as not to further strain your vocal cords while they are adjusting to the severity of your Man Cold.

If you follow these strict guidelines, the patient should recover in approximately 7 days. To determine the severity of the Man Cold, order a Meat Lover’s Pizza. If the patient eats less than 3 pieces, contact 911 immediately.