Zesty Catalina Dressing Review

I didn't sleep very well last night. Some nights are better than others, but I think I've been getting a little more sleep than I had been lately. I'm not completely exhausted all the time. I also got more B12 which I'd ran out of. I think that helps as well. 

I slept a little longer than I'd expected. The dogs thought it was still raining and were in no hurry to out. I had a bagel with peanut butter & raisin and a big cup of lemon ginseng tea with honey for breakfast. I flipped my placemat to show the smaller pattern on the back that I mentioned yesterday.

Since I was late getting up, it sort of threw my whole day off. Late breakfast, late lunch and too avoid a late dinner, I went with a smaller choice for lunch. I just had 2 of the Gimme Lean sausages on a biscuit with peach preserves.

It was pretty good. The sausages had more of a mushy texture straight out of the frig, but after they were reheated (30 sec. in the microwave), their springiness(?) returned. This was possibly even better than with the egg.

Late afternoon, I was feeling a little sluggish. I decided to go for another cup of tea and a snack. A nice juicy orange with a few vanilla wafers. The orange was the best part.

I had a salad for dinner. I used shredded iceberg (should have added some spinach), onion, green pepper, broccoli, carrot, shredded taco cheese, boiled egg, imitation bacon bits, a few saltines, and Kraft Zesty Catalina Dressing. I think the zest is black pepper. I'm pretty sure they had light, but Lucas picked this one.

I love Catalina or French on my boiled egg salads and the saltines are a must for this combo. I do think I like the Zesty Catalina better than regular, but if regular is all you have, just add some black pepper, of course this way, you don't have to worry about adding too much. It was good, but it didn't "Wow" me, so I'm just giving it 4 stars. Personally I think it needed more, but, I do like things spicy.

Now, it's not really late and I don't have to be up really early, but I am going to go to bed because, I don't always sleep really well. Have a great night/day!!!

Kraft Creamy Poppyseed Dressing Review

Since I didn't get Sunday's post up last night and I didn't have a chance to work on it today, I'm just now getting to it. Yesterday's breakfast was half a pumpernickel bagel with cream cheese and a big cup of mostly decaf. Sleep was not great, but more than I've had lately, so I was feeling fairly refreshed.

We had dinner at Mom's. I manage to miss a few photos as usual. This time it was the barbecued chicken and the crab cakes. I did get a photo of the baked chicken.

There was also beef brisket.

Broccoli Casserole

Mashed Potatoes

Corn on the Cob

A mini salad bar, lol, with Romaine, Onion, Mandarin oranges, strawberries, mini sweet pepper slices, cucumber, radishes, sunflower seeds, chopped pecans, and Kraft Creamy Poppyseed Dressing. It wasn't all meant to go together and I'm pretty sure there were some other dressings involved. The poppyseed dressing was actually suppose to go with the fruit, nuts, and Romaine. It was inspired by a recipe I saw online, but not exactly the same. I hope to actually try the recipe eventually.

The Kraft Creamy Poppyseed dressing was pretty good. It has sour cream in it, but reminds me more of mayo. It also has a hint of mustard. It is a sort of sweet dressing. I really didn't notice the flavor of the poppyseeds so much. It was not bad with the fruit. I would be interested in making the dressing from the recipe to compare, but I would eat this again. I'm going to give it 4 stars.

We also had rolls, which I totally forgot and didn't get the any of them. I brought a few home, but they quickly disappeared before I could get one.

Here on my plate there was the salad without the dressing, because I almost forgot about it until I sat down to eat. I used the Romaine, onions, strawberries, oranges, peppers, and pecans in mine. I also had a huge corn on the cob, a couple of the crab cakes, which I didn't get a picture of before hand, and some of the broccoli casserole.

Lynda made a delicious peanut butter cake, which reminded me of the cake my Grandma brought home from the school where she worked, when I was little. I had looked for a recipe many times to duplicate it, but had never tried to make it. It may not have been the same exactly, but it was close enough to bring back good memories.

I had my slice with a big cup of decaf coffee. This was really good.

I Pinned the recipe on Pinterest.

We sat after we ate and watched (the 4th) Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol, starring Tom Cruise. It is definitely action packed, so we really had to keep an eye on the screen, no cruising the internet while watching this one. I really liked it, probably as well as the others I've seen. It's been a while, but I do remember that I liked them a lot. The movie is also getting 4 stars.

I won't be staying up late enough to get today's photos posted, but I will try to get them out tomorrow, earlier, so that I can post tomorrow's as well. Have a great night/day!!!