Homemade Roasted Garlic Vinaigrette

I had a dinner party with my friends and decided to make dinner & dessert from recipes found on Pinterest. As we all know, I get super nervous when hosting, but do it anyways. Can you imagine my anxiety level??? Luckily, my friends don't mind being my guinea pigs! True friends rock!
The original post made this vinaigrette and paired it with a spinach cobb salad. I (still) don't eat eggs so I changed the salad up a little. Was it tasty? Why, yes! All bowls were empty! It was absolutely delicious! Next time I decide to make it, I'll be sure to take a photograph for you.

Roasted Garlic Vinaigrette
2 heads of garlic, roasted and peeled
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
2 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1 tsp black pepper
1 tbsp honey

Cut the pointy top off of the garlic. Brush with olive oil and roast them in a pan at 400 degrees for about 25 minutes, until it is starting to turn golden brown and soft. Remove from the oven, allow to cool. Once the garlic is cool, peel the skin off. Discard the skins, save the garlic.

Add all the ingredients to the food processor and process until smooth. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

The salad I made was simple. I used spinach, diced roma tomatoes, shredded cheddar cheese, turkey bacon crumbles, and carrots. If you're a meat eater, might I suggest adding chicken. Yum!

Recipe from http://fatgirltrappedinaskinnybody.blogspot.com/2011/06/roasted-garlic-vinaigrette-dressing.html

I'm in love...

By love, I don't mean the kind where everything is roses and I'm changing my last name because he put a ring on it...
but it's pretty close!

I'm completely addicted!
I haven't been this crafty/ productive/ procrastinator of actual REAL important things in such a long time!

What is this new obsession?
Yep, you guessed it...PINTREST!

I've yet to document my adventures through photographs, but trust, they're coming soon!

Please don't judge me...

Yikes Y'all!

To blog, apparenlty, someone has to actually login and write regulary! I clearly haven't been that person. School & work have consumed my life over the last few weeks (actually months, but weeks sounds so much better)!

I vow to update you on my personal happening over the break. I actually started blogging on another site to see if I'd like it better and it turns out I didn't. I'll start with a post from a salsa workshop I attended. Good times! Happy Reading!
This post is from November 2011.
Better late than never!

Salsa Workshop with Nery & Giana Last weekend...I spent a second consecutive weekend dancing in Atlanta. The workshops for the weekend were on salsa fundamentals. I has a spectacular time and learned a ton! Now, I'm waiting to physically recover (sick...boo) so I can put these new dance skills to use.

We started the workshops by doing some partner yoga. YES, yoga! It was absolutely amazing! Turly the best "warm-up" ever! (Can you tell I've been converted into a yogi)? I now have a morning and evening routine that I do....everly so slowly working into the difficult poses. You know, Rome wasn't built in a day...just sayin'...

Nery and Giana were wonderful! Fantastic teachers! I love their technique and their energy! Very positive and very thourough. Saturday started with fundamentals in posture and footwork. Luckily, I knew most of this from a private lesson I took with Randi over the summer. It was a nice refresher. The workshops rocked, but because I was attending with a friend who wasn't used to the salsa "party scene," we didn't party like rockstars Saturday night. Beauty sleep...works miracles!
Sunday, the focus was on partner work. The last two hours were strictly dedicated to cater to the needs of the students. We each got to choose a technique to focus on (footwork, spotting, etc). This turned into very effective mini-lessons!
If you ever get the chance, I HIGHLY recommend you work with Nery and Giana!
Check out their awesomeness on Youtube!

Things I learned:1. Dance energy levels/ Connection to the floor:
flat, hips, hips + shoulders
2. Lift your "tray"
3. Yoga, yoga, yoga!