Rhubarb T-Bread

Picked first rhubarb of the season from our garden. Froze 6 cups - The crop is just starting.
One of our favorite rhubarb recipes is below.

Rhubarb Bread

1 1/2c brown sugar - packed
2/3 cup oil
1 egg
1 cup sour milk
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
2 cups rhubarb - cubed
1 cup nuts

Topping: 1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 Tbsp butter

Mix sugar, egg, oil together.
Add sour milk to which the baking soda has been added.Add the rest of ingredients and mix well.

Pour batter into 1 large loaf pan or 2 small pans which have been greased.

Mix topping ingredients and sprinkle on the loaf.

Bake 325 for 50 - 60 min.

***Sour milk by adding a tsp. lemon juice and a tsp. vinegar to the cup of milk.

This recipe double well and freezes very well.

Caesar Chicken Breasts

Chicken Caesar Breasts

6 chicken breasts
1/3 cup Caesar Dressing
Green onions
Carrots - julienned
Fresh Spinach

Cooked Pasta

Saute the chicken breasts in the Caesar dressing - you may not need the whole 1/3 cup of dressing.

Add the carrots (which have been cut in very thin slices)Cover and cook about 5 minutes.

Have fresh spinach washed and spun dry. Set whole bag of spinach on top the chicken/carrot mixture, cover and steam til the spinach is wilted.

Slice green onions on the diagonal and put on the spinach.

Have your pasta cooked, toss with a bit of Caesar dressing and set a chicken breast and vegetable serving on the pasta.

This is so simple to make and just so delicious!

Our Favorite Pasta Salad

We made this one up several summers ago and it's become a favorite.

Pasta Salad

Rotini - cooked

2 English Cucumbers - cut in quarters

4 Tomatoes - diced

2 Green Peppers - diced

2 Green onions - sliced on the diagonal

3 Lemons

Pepper

Fresh Parsley

Feta Cheese

Caesar Salad Dressing

Cook the pasta, rinse and cool.

Cut and squeeze the lemons over a small sieve, discarding seeds but saving any pulp. Mix dressing, lemon juice, pepper, parsley.

Have vegetables prepared ahead and mix them well, cover in plastic wrap in fridge, while pasta cooks.

Add the Caesar dressing to the lemon mixture and then grate the Feta in to it. Mix well.

Toss all ingredients and refrigerate.

***More Caesar dressing is usually required as the pasta soak up the sauce.

We like to serve with a BBQ'd chicken breast fanned over each serving. If we are serving a group, we add grainy buns and brown beans to the menu, also.

We boil the whole bag of pasta and that requires 2 bottles of dressing. We have added many different fresh vegetables but like this combo best!

This salad is perfect for a potluck or family dinner - just tastes better the next day so plan to prepare the day before it's required.

***If you have the large Tupp*rware bowl, it perfectly holds this salad.