Who Knew Homemade Would Be So Good

So Bronchitis and Costochloritis has taken over my life the past couple days aka I've been sick and not left my bed because of it.  Since I was home for lunch today, I actually was able to make my lunch...well as best as I could.  I decided to make a salad because I had so many fresh veggies on deck and it doesn't take much effort to make one.  It does however take me a long time to make one for some reason but it was worth it because I love salad.  Anyway, the other day my mom gave me the idea of making my own salad dressing and I figured today would be the perfect day to try since making salad dressing isn't very strenuous.  I didn't have a recipe to follow because my mom didn't remember where she read it but I did have all the ingredients so I just went with it.  This was the first time I've ever really made anything on my own and it was actually fun to experiment and try it out.  Here's what I ended up using...

1/2 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

1/2 tablespoon balsamic vinegar + couple extra shakes

3/4 tablespoon dijon mustard

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

It was as easy as 1,2,3!  I added them all to a bowl and whisked them together.  At first I only used 1/2 tablespoon of dijon but I couldn't really taste it so I added another 1/4 tablespoon.  I also added a little bit of water to make it more liquidy (if that's a word).  I tasted it and it was delicious!  Super easy and super good so I will definitely be making it again.  It went great on top of my salad that had...

Field Green salad mix (not the whole thing of course)

Green and red bell peppers

Cucumbers

Roma tomatoes

Carrots

Reduced-fat feta cheese

Mesquite turkey breast lunch meat

Here's what it ended up looking like...

Love me some salad as you can tell

Also since I was lying in bed all day yesterday and today, it was the perfect time to browse the internet and I stumbled upon my new favorite website.  It's a blog called Skinny Taste and I'm now officially obsessed.  Everything on her website looks amazing and I will probably start getting a lot of my recipes from there.  I spent probably an hour or 2 just browsing around it...no big deal haha.  Here is the link to her website so I hope y'all check it out and like it just as much as I do!  http://www.skinnytaste.com/  Enjoy and be thankful you're not sick like me!