This is Mama Miche, and today in my magic kitchen: Warm Potato Salad

Y'all hear me talk a lot about easy peasy lemon squeezy macaroni cheesy recipes. This one takes the cake. There aren't any lemons, macaroni, or cake in the recipe. To be clear. But it's all that! It's the perfect side for any protein. Grilled or cooked in the kitchen main dishes all year round, this side of potato salad hits!

This one is relatively new in my repertoire, but it's a keeper!

This is Mama Miche, and today in My Magic Kitchen: Macaroni Salad

Back to salads! We've finished a lively little series on kebabs. That was fun. Now, we're returning to the summer salad series before summer comes to its inevitable end. It goes by fast.

I remember my childhood summers as if they were yesterday and not 50 years ago. And although it's true that those were simpler times, my childhood wasn't really great. I have some great memories, and almost all of them are thanks to my Momster. Deadbeat dad. My story isn't unique in that regard. My mom busted her ass so that I didn't know how broke we really were, and we always had food on the table. Thanks to her, it was fucking good too. She was known to be an excellent cook. And summer isn't summer without barbecue and good old macaroni salad.

This is Mama Miche and today in My Magic Kitchen: Kitchen Sink Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing!

The creamy avocado dressing is the star of any salad it tops. I love making it fresh and it’s perfect when you’re doing a fridge purge and need to use the avocados. We started keeping our avocados in water in the fridge and it’s the best hack to keep avocados fresh in the fridge for a month! I was constantly throwing out avocados and let’s face it, food is way too expensive to throw out. We all have some waste but we do our best to use what we buy and not waste food or money.

This is Mama Miche and today in My Magic Kitchen: Taco Salad.
This is the next in our summer salad series, but this is a hit any time of the year.

If you have picky eaters, it can be such a pain in the ass to feed them and I almost became a short-order cook. I realized, right quick, that I was not up to cooking that many meals for a family of four. I wasn’t running a restaurant so I established the same rules I grew up with. My Momster would tell me to try it if you don’t like it, you don’t have to eat it. That worked for me. I was an adventurous eater and developed a desire to try new things.

Do you think it worked on my tiddly peeps? Hell no! They wouldn’t even take a “no, thank you bite”, and I was discouraged. So, I always had 2 things I knew they would eat (carrot sticks, watermelon, rice, or pasta) and I knew they wouldn’t starve. Eventually, I wore them down. Now, they try new things. Our son turns 15 soon and like most boys his age, eats his weight in food. He is proud of the fact that he has helped his picky friends try new foods at our home. Now, one of his friends eats more than chicken nuggets, fries, and pizza. Tacos were one of the foods he tried at our home and liked. That and my butter chicken won him over. I’ll share that recipe soon! It’s a winner, too.

We’re doing a series on summer salads starting with this tasty bit of summer sunshine! The perennial pasta salad. This particular pasta salad has a Mediterranean profile and can be adjusted in many ways. Prefer feta? Use feta? Like olives? Add olives! The most essential ingredients are the Twice Stolen Spice™ and love. Make your kitchen magic this summer!