I think this will go great with your July 4th picnic!
Enjoy!


Mandarin Fruit Salad
2 sm. boxes sugar free jello
2 sm. boxes sugar free pudding (cheesecake or vanilla)
1 8 oz. tub light or sugar free cool whip
8 oz can of crushed pineapple
1 can of mandarin oranges
3 cups water

Pu****er, jello mix, and pudding mix in a pan and bring to a boil  while stirring. Let cool to room temperature. Drain canned mandarins and crushed pineapple. Stir into cooled mixture, and fold in cool whip. Refrigerate for an hour before serving. YUMMY!!


*edited for spelling

Hey Kris,

How's it going? I'm trying to get 3 lazy butts up off of the couch right now!
Going to go to the grocery store and get stuff to make a fruit salad, pasta salad, grilled chicken and any other good thing I see.

Have you been to Park West diner lately?

CYA,
Judy

Good Morning Everyone...

Thought I would try to post a weekend roll call to see who was around and willing to chat.  With the holiday weekend upon us it has me up and started with a busy busy weekend.  Need to get a friend up off the sofa here in a few minutes and get her started for the day.  Then after brunch with a friend we are off to do some grocery shopping and maybe just some shopping in general.  After shopping this afternoon when it's home to get some cooking done for  a 4th of July get together we are all going to on Monday  and then hopefully some relaxing and maybe a movie late tonight. (if I survive that long).

So what happening with everyone today??

Kris

The weekend is going to be a busy one for us this year in the Lyall Household.  We have a friend staying with us so on Sunday we will be grilling at home.  Nothing fancy as we have a 4th of July party that we will all be going to on Monday.

As for Sunday tho -- we will probably be grilling some chops with some fresh veggies and maybe a small baked potato on the grill as well.

Monday -- Since we will be going to a friends house for a huge get together that's where I will be doing most of my cooking.  The menu that I will be taking as of right now is Garlic and Herb marinated chicken tender skewers, cannelini bean salad, quinoa-grapefruit-cucumber salad, and a Chinese cabbage salad (all wls friendly).  And then for dessert I will be taking Strawberry Cannolis and a fresh strawberry cheesecake

I love, love, love to cook, but because of recent surgeries I have not been able to do as much cooking as I would like to.  But assuming everything turns out well I will post the recipes for you later.

Have a safe and happy 4th.
Kris

Rose,

Grilled asparagus is awesome on the grill.  I don't think that there is anything that I haven't tried on the grill at least once in regards to veggies.  I just love the taste.  As for cooking I usually marinate them in a little garlic and olive oil, then throw them on the grill.  Keep a good eye on them for only a few minutes.  I usually just like them to a "crisp/tender" doneness.  but if you like them softer just keep them on the grill a bit longer.

Hope this helps,
Kris