This is a simple, healthier version of a barbecue sandwich that we really like.  Or you might call it barbeque, BBQ, Bar-B-Que, or Bar-B-Q.  Whatever you call it, here’s the recipe:

INGREDIENTS:

* 16-20 ounce package ground turkey breast
* Your favorite barbecue sauce
* Buns
* Butter

Cook ground turkey in a pan with 1/2 cup barbecue sauce.  Chop turkey up with a spatula and mix in barbecue sauce well, allowing sauce to infuse the turkey as it’s cooking.  Add more sauce as needed.

Heat a litttle butter on a griddle.  Toast bun halves on griddle, inside of bun face down on griddle.  Heat until toasted lightly.

Serve barbecue turkey on warm, toasted buns.  Add more sauce on top of turkey.

I saw this delicious sounding lemonade recipe from GooseberryPatch.com and wanted to share it with you.   It’s from their Summer in the Country cookbook. Wouldn’t this make a nice treat on Mother’s Day?

INGREDIENTS:

• 4 cups watermelon, chopped
• 1 cup sugar  (I would substitute half of the sugar with Stevia equivalent.)
  
• 1 1/2 cups lemon juice
• 6 cups cold water

Process watermelon in a blender until smooth.  Set aside.  In a large pitcher, combine sugar and lemon juice.  Stir until sugar is dissolved and then add in the water.  Add in the watermelon and mix well.  Serve chilled.  Stir well before serving.  Makes 8-10 servings.

We used to have a neighbor who would go to market and buy wholesale, but that was a long time ago.  Anyone in business today is especially trying to find the best deals they can on wholesale merchandise because shoppers are looking to find the best prices they can.  So sellers need to buy their merchandise at a good price so they can sell it at a good price in today’s market.

#1. Blueyes’ question:  What’s your favorite seafood recipe?

Very simple:  Put a little olive oil in the skillet.  Place a salmon filet in the skillet.  Sprinkle with fish seasoning.  (My favorite is Colorado Spice’s Salmon & Trout Seasoning.)  Cook 10 minutes for each inch of filet thickness.
#2. Italian Ice. Like it, love it or leave it?

I like it OK.
#3. What’s your favorite crunchy food? (anything – pickles, chips, fruit, etc.)

Hmmm….is popcorn considered crunchy?
#4. Have you ever eaten so much of something that you felt or got sick?

Not that I can remember.

With spring already here and summer fast approaching, it’s nice to have a light dessert or snack such as fresh fruit.  And since this is the time of year when fruit is at its best, this is just too good to pass up.  Kids will think it’s fun eating fruit off skewers.  Our 20 month old grandson loves to dip food into sauces, so even young children will have fun eating fruit.

This healthy recipe comes from Coming Home With Gooseberry Patch at   GooseberryPatch.com

INGREDIENTS:

• 6 cups bite-size pieces of fresh fruit such as strawberries, melons, pineapple, & kiwi
  
• 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 2 teaspoons lime juice
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon poppy seed
• 6-8 wooden skewers

Arrange fruit on skewers. For Poppyseed Dip, mix remaining ingredients. Serve dip alongside fruit kabobs.

Skin care is a lifelong thing. I hate it when I get a random blackhead or pimple (or “zit”). I had one on my forehead a couple of weeks ago and thought where did that come from? Our daughter just had a baby, and her skin is breaking out just a little from hormones. I think nearly all pimples, zits, acne, or whatever you call it, are affected by hormones!