Backyard Farmgals

I love throwing together something simple and light for lunch.  It's rejuvenating to eat something good for you in the middle of the day, it lifts your spirit and gives you just enough oomph to get to dinner.  This is my welcome to winter: citrus and pomegranates! This was quick, and easy, and the dressing was so simple and yummy.  I loved the flavors, the smooth thick avocado against the tart of the citrus, with the salt and creaminess of the blue cheese against sweet pomegranates that pop in your mouth.  You can add sliced almonds or a little quinoa easily to this, or switch up the oils in the dressing.  You could skip the blue cheese crumbles all together and go straight for the blue cheese dressing if you need to heft it up a bit.  This doubles easily for a bigger salad or for two hungry girls instead of just one.    Play with the flavors and textures and try this, you will love it! FARMGAL'S AVOCADO & CITRUS SALAD back...

We had a baby shower yesterday for my cousin and her baby girl Ava, it was so much fun!  I love it when all of the girls in our family are together, it doesn't happen often enough, so yesterday, I was in heaven.  I hung back from the crowd for a minute and watched the buzz happening around me.  It really was like a bunch a bees buzzing away, everyone was talking and laughing and really enjoying each other...this is family and I love it!!! So the big question is what does a farmgal serve to a big group of gorgeous girls having a great time?  It's easy...farmgal food...no man food here!!!  Everything was light and pretty and darn delicious!  We served fruit skewers, wild rice salad, chicken salad sliders, and gigantic ultimate chocolate brownies (yeah...I ate a whole brownie...).  Mmmm...I could go back in time and eat it all again... It was all really easy to make, I think that the timing for cooking and preparation for a party is the ...