Fleur de Aleta

Lauren ’s Chicken Pasta salad (Kuddos to my friend, Lauren, for sharing her family recipe)   Ingredients:   Cooked chicken (we used a rotisserie chicken, but you can pan sear, grill or bake 2-3 chicken tenderloins)  Bow tie pasta (16 ounce bag) Red onion (yes, they actually look purple) Celery (3-4 stalks) Black olives (not for me!) Cherry tomatoes Cucumber Italian shredded cheese pack that includes (Romano/Asiago/Parm cheese) Basil (dried or fresh leaf) Lettuce Croutons Lite Mayo Caeser Dressing. (This can be substituted with Ranch dressing instead of Caeser) Olive Garden Italian Dressing Garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper   Get the water boiling for the bow tie pasta - cook it all the way - took about 12 minutes after we added it to boiling water. Chop up the red onion - not finely chop (I only used half of a onion) Chop the celery - not fine (Lauren showed me how to devein the celery, but that’s an art I haven’t perfected at all) Chop the cucumbers - bite s...

Lauren ’s Potato Salad - to serve 10-15 people   (Giving kuddos to my friend, Lauren, who shared this recipe - it’s a family recipe handed down generation to generation)   Ingredients   5 pounds of russet potatoes (I went over 5 pounds, which ended up being a good thing) 9 hard boiled eggs  1/2 green bell pepper (put this as a side to add, because a lot of people won’t eat it with the bell pepper- finely chopped) 1 small white onion - finely chopped 2 tbsp parsley flakes 1/8 tsp minced garlic or a few cloves finely chopped 6/8 ounces of dill relish 6 ounces of olive salad (okay, I didn’t add any olives and was good without this) 6-7 stalks of celery - not finely chopped Lite sour cream Lite mayo 1 tbsp of mustard Garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper and paprika   Directions:   Get two pots of water going to boil  (And a third smaller pot of water boiling for eggs)   Peel the potatoes (this will take a while with 5 pounds, but it’s good to go ...