Chicken Finger Spinach Salad with Sweet Vidalia Onion Dressing

Nothing that fancy with this salad: Spinach, mozzarella & provolone cheese, mushrooms, craisins, bacon bits, and some heated up leftover chicken fingers from Publix. I usually like to make my own dressings, but I decided to give this Vidalia Onion dressing a chance and it didn't disappoint. It worked well with the spinach and provided a nice compliment to the chicken.

The Crepevine in Tallahassee, FL

How did we end up @thecrepevine? What was supposed to be lunch at Ted's Montana Grill turned out to be lunch in downtown Tallahassee thanks to a bank robber and a bomb hoax. On our way to New Orleans from Savannah we stopped for lunch in Tallahassee. During this trek we got roped into a section of the city that was locked down and traffic at a standstill thanks to a guy who was holding up a bank and said he had a few bombs strapped to his body. Well 90 min later we were able to get rerouted out of this traffic and stumbled onto this great place before we got out of town.

The Crepevine (nice play on words)makes crepes fresh to order and then fills them with all kinds of goodness for all meals of the day (including desserts). Think wraps but so much better. The Wobbler was a great one to have for lunch. Fresh chicken, spinach, mushrooms, onions....just all kinds of awesome places inside the crepe. However, the one we had for dessert was one of the best things I have ever eaten.

This dessert crepe was filled with fresh whipped cream and strawberries. It was then topped with chocolate syrup and nutella. OMFG...this thing was off the charts ridonkulous!

If you are ever stranded in Tallahassee, or just passing through, you must eat at The Crepevine.

Blackened Grouper Tacos

Lunch on Sunday was at Driftaway Cafe. This place is quickly becoming one of my favorite establishments here in Savannah. You can get the Grouper many different ways in the taco...fried, blackened, broiled, lightly blackened, etc. I went with the lightly blackened. On top of the Grouper was a little onions, tomatoes, cilantro, jalapeno's, and their special sauce. This taco really doesn't need much and it stands on its own without any salsa or guacamole. We also started off the meal with a cheesy spinach and artichoke dip that was served with their homemade garlic tortilla chips. I know I have bragged about this place before and I will continue to do so.

Salmon Spinach Salad w/ Pineapple-Mango Salsa

Bakes salmon on top of fresh spinach, mushrooms, sweet orange and yellow peppers, pita chips and a balsamic dressing that I made. I then made a pineapple-mango salsa to go on top of the salmon. In this was pineapple, mango, tomato, Vidalia Onion, jalapeno, cilantro, salt, pepper, and lime juice. A little scallion was used as a garnish and to give just a little more bite to the salad. Everything about this salad was perfect. Especially for dinner on a summers night.

Recent Mastications

Some of what you will see here include my special homemade French Toast, various spinach salads with my homemade balsamic dressing, Publix rotisserie chicken (Mojo on the salad and Bacon Peppercorn on the plate), a cookie from Atlanta Bread Company, General Tsao's Chicken, Grilled Chicken & Shrimp from Red Lobster, Screaming Mimi's pizza, Chicken Sandwich from Wild Wing, and the worst cheesesteak (think it was made with Steakum's) and onion rings.

Spinach Salad w/ Publix Mojo Rotisserie Chicken

Salad is just spinach, bell peppers, vidalia onions, baby bella shrooms, feta, light greek vinaigrette dressing and then the Mojo chicken sliced and placed on top. I just removed the breast from the fresh off the rotisserie chicken.

Molly MacPherson's Scottish Pub at City Market....

Got the Highlander Steak and Spinach Salad. They were kind enough to give me some balsamic oil in one cup, oil in another, for my dressing...as this was not one of the options on the menu. Tasty salad that also had cheese, onions, bacon bits, and fresh strawberries.

Lunch at work

Today's lunch

Rotisserie chicken, avocado, salsa, spinach leaves and southwest ranch in Flat Out wheat wrap. Green tea not pictured...

Mussels and sauteed spinach

We have mussels almost once a week now. They're around $2.50 a pound at the Dekalb Farmers Market. For $5 we can get enough to feed us dinner and lunch for my wife. These were made with white wine, garlic and crushed red pepper flakes. Spinach had some EVOO, garlic and red pepper flakes as well.

Chicken and spinach

Spinach Artichoke Dip with Cheddar Pita Chips and Sausage Cheeseballs

Big games apps. I can eat my weight in sausage cheese balls. Haven't made them in years and my effort was a little inconsistent but still dang good. Also had some spinach artichoke dip and some cheddar pita chips that were perfect for the dip. Not pictured was some fruit that made a good complement to the other stuff.

mojo chicken and baby spinach