Becoming Coco

Lets face it a salad is only as good as it's dressing. Too much and the salad is ruined, but just enough of the right type and the salad's deliciousness is multiplied to yum tastic heights in your mouth. I'm always looking for a good dressing and I finally found a great berry vinegrette. It's so good I want to put it on other things not just salad. I keep being tempted to put it on weird stuff like ice cream and cookies until I remember it's got vinegar in it. Anyway I got this dressing at Wal-Mart grocery and love it. It's "all natural" so it expires sooner than other dressings, but you really can't beat the price and low calorie amount. It uses real juices and fruit purees to get an excellent flavor. I used it on my berry and almond kale salad and it tasted amazing! I'm going to try spinach next. Now here is the only downside:  It uses "High Fructose Corn Syrup." If I knew that originally I...

My lunch was just too simple and delicious not to share. Prep time: 20 min  (assuming you like me use left over pasta) I wanted to eat deliciously and healthy and I feel this lunch satisfies that really well. Ingridients: - Kale - pre-washed and pre-cut packages are awesome  - Berries (your choice) I used blueberries and raspberry -  Almonds (unsalted) - Raspberry vinegrette- Marketside all natural brand is really really good! - Maple Bacon - I like Black Label - Pasta and your choice of sauce  - Olive oil - Salt Optional seasonings : curry , oregano and honey (ok that's not really a seasoning, but it is optional) All I did was wash the berries in a cute little strainer, mix them with almonds and the kale and then add the vinegrette. Then the simplest little addition made a huge difference. Trust me! Sprinkle a tiny amount of honey over it all at the end. Yum. For the pasta I just made noodles with canned red sauce. To make the sauce a little more flavorful and add a...