I Love Cilantro !

Good morning !
This is my first year growing cilantro .. all of a sudden we are addicted to anything with cilantro in  it !
I have 3 pots of it growing ,so my daughter and I found some wonderful recipes to use it.
First , is a salad dressing we found on pinterest ..here.

For the Cilantro Lime  dressing , I add all the ingredients to my little food processor

you need :
 the juice of 2 limes
1/4 cup white vinegar
2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
3 TBSP honey
at least a cup of cilantro leaves and small stems are ok. ( I fill the bowl of my small processor.)
3/4 cup of canola oil
1/2 tsp kosher salt
Just process all the ingredients except the oil until finely chopped then add the oil. I keep mine in a mason jar in the refrigerator

 Then you need to make this chicken from Mel's Kitchen café ... I love this chicken on top of romaine leaves with the cilantro lime dressing . So good

 For the chicken.. I use boneless skinless breasts, sliced in thin pieces so they grill fast and you get a lot of the marinade on each piece.

The Spicy chipotle marinade

1/4 cup brown sugar
2 TBSP minced fresh cilantro
1 chipolte chili
2tsp adobo sauce ( I buy the chipoltes in adobo sauce so I don't have to buy 2 separate things)
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1/2 tsp. chili powder
1/4 tsp. black pepper

I just put this and the pieces of chicken breast in a big Ziploc in the refrigerator  for about an hour. Then grill them . I like to snip a little fresh cilantro on them after grilling too.
 I have made the dipping sauce recipe that accompanies this and its very good also .

I have done some more patriotic stitching.. I love the word plays from With Thy Needle and Thread. I want to find a really different way to frame these so I can do them for each month and just change out the stitching.

Finally I entered the world of the big stitchers by not using Aida cloth ! ( and its hard to stitch on the 28 count fabric) but not as hard as I thought ! Every once in a while I need to shake my head to make my eyes focus ..Just kidding ! I love this Prairie Schooler July design. Hope I can finish it before July is over :)

 I don't know why I didn't try using the higher count fabrics sooner . The stitching looks so much better on it !

In my garden my zucchini plants are actually blooming ! I hope the bees in our neighborhood are ready to pollinate like crazy !

This little guy is 15 months old now .. Could he be any cuter ? Love his Osh Kosh overalls !

 

I hope you have a wonderful 4th of July !

Thanks as always for your visits and comments !

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