Food Photographer in Birmingham AL

In the south, summer is here! We love salads and we eat them all summer long. This one is cool, tasty and my family loves it. Ed (my husband) jokingly calls it “Stop Bath Salad” referring to one of the chemical processing steps in black & white photography . He still loves it and will take a serving in his lunch if it is made up. Being colorful, makes a pretty display on a dish or bowl. Perfect for summer outings, reunions, picnics, buffets, pot luck and cookouts. It is best made up the day before, but still tastes good eaten the day it is made.

Ingredients:

2 large cucumbers, quartered and sliced
1 pint of small grape or cherry tomatoes, halved
1 red onion, sliced (optional)
1 can of black olives, drained & halved or chopped
1/2 cup of feta cheese
2/3 cup of olive oil
2/3 cup of red wine vinegar, I prefer the garlic flavored. Recently I have only been able to find it at Walmart, and it is the Walmart brand. Some Publix brand red wine vinegar will have a garlic flavor, but not all Publix will carry it.
1 package of veggie/multicolored pasta cooked according to directions and drained
1 T of salt free greek seasoning
Cracked pepper to taste

After the cutting up the vegetables, combine all the ingredients in a large bowl. You can adjust the seasonings to taste. If it seems a little dry, add more oil and vinegar.

This recipe will serve an army and is easily halved if you need a smaller amount. Will last about 3 days refrigerated.

You can eat this with a meal, a snack, take to a pot luck. It is a great salad!

Enjoy!

Missy

Delicious non-nutritious delight!

First, a disclaimer, I am not a chef nor am I a food designer. But I did want to show off some of my commercial photography skills. Something I have not done in a long time. Not sure which I like best, taking the photos or eating the bon bons.

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My daughter brought this recipe home from a friend’s house. That friend’s mom (Amy) found the recipe on the internet. I have no idea who to give the credit to.

Ingredients:

* 1 bag of Oreos (we use the regular kind)

* 1-8oz package of cream cheese (we use the low fat kind)

* 1 package of white almond bark

* 1 package of chocolate almond bark

Set cream cheese out and allow to come to room temperature.

Place the Oreo cookies in a gallon zip lock bag. Take a rolling pin and crush them up fine. Empty zip lock of finely crushed Oreos into a large mixing bowl. Add package of cream cheese and mix thoroughly. (You might have to use your hands for this part.) After mixing, place back into the zip lock bag and store in the refrigerator.

After the Oreo and cream cheese mixture has chilled, melt almond bark according to instructions on the package. (Your choice, white or chocolate.) While the almond bark is melting, began to shape Oreo/cream cheese mixture in small 1 inch balls. Dip the balls into the almond bark and set out onto parchment or wax paper lined pans to cool. If you are using white almond bark, melt some chocolate almond bark and drizzle onto the bon bons for garnish.

Variations: (These are my ideas I have added)

You can use sprinkles and flavors to match your party them or the seasons. I really like the peppermint.

Add orange flavoring and a little orange zest and garnish with orange zest or orange sprinkles. (Nice for fall!)

Orange candy slices (you know, the ones your Grandma kept in candy dishes) chopped up and mixed in with Oreo mixture is good to.

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Chocolate covered Oreo Bon Bons are good too! And my daughter’s favorite.

Enjoy!

Now some of you collectors and antiquers are probably wondering about the compote…

It is Fosteria Glass. Or at least that is what I have been told. I used to have a butter/honey dish with a lid that matched it. It broke a few years ago. I believe it is some type of depression glass. They belonged to my grandparents. One of my uncles told me that there was always honey in the in the lidded dish on the table when he was a little boy. That would have been in the 30′s and 40′s. Broke my heart when the lidded dish broke.

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