My daddy-o just spent the weekend with us.
I forget how humbling it is to be ridiculed by loved ones.
He is one of the few people who can tell me I look fugly & I’m like, “Yeah, you’re probably right.” Moms just can’t do that – especially with daughters. We take that ish so personally from moms. “You don’t like my sweater – YOU DON’T LIKE ME!” Same comment from a dad & it’s, “Wow I am so blessed that this flesh & blood of mine has such great fashion sense.”
However, dads are also the neediest creatures to exist. I pour him a warm cup of coffee & he’s all, “I need cream & sugar.” I remind him of his heart condition & refuse to serve him anything besides black coffee under my roof. He then convinces my impressionable husband to run to the local Starbucks & steal a bunch of sugar packets. Like, the lengths that dads will go to defy their children.
He’s also “dropped” a playlist on Spotify called “WestCoastThang” & I believe he is more proud of that than he is of me.
Time: 20 minutes (prep + cooking) | Serves: 4
Ingredients:
- 1 bag of arugula
- 2 cups of pecans
- 1 cup of dried cranberries
- 6 oz. of goat cheese
- 1 cup of olive oil
- 1/2 cup of balsamic vinegar
- 1 tbsp. of garlic, minced
- 1 tsp. of dried basil
- 1 tsp. of oregano
- 1 tbsp. of brown sugar
- S+P, to taste
How to:
- Heat a skillet over low-medium heat
- Add pecans + cook stirring constantly, for 6-7minutes
- In a bowl, combine olive oil + balsamic vinegar + garlic + basil + oregano + brown sugar + S+P
- In a large serving bowl, combine arugula + toasted pecans + cranberries + goat cheese + some of the dressing
- Serve room temp or chilled
- Eat every bite because ruffage is healthy
Emerging Adult Eats 
Looks great! Thank you for sharing Rachel.
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Thank you for reading! It’s my favie salad. 🙂
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“It’s beginning to look at lot like Christmas”……..another one we will be making, but I will have to sub Haloumi for goats ceese as I am the only person in France who does not like it – they think me rather strange, but I can smell the goat lol
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I bet you got high marks for letting your dad sample any one of your delish, scrumpious culinary masterpieces!
And Btw… You are beautiful on the outside and have a heart of gold!
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Really?!?!?! Mmmm it’s one of my favorite cheeses. Smell the goat – that’s hilarious. You’ll have to let me know how it is with Haloumi instead. Thank you, my friend!
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I know, and I eat all sorts of other very smelly ‘cows or sheeps’ cheese. I love blue cheses, but can’t do the Camembert and red wine at breakfast like some……….I am a lightweight ‘petite Anglaise’ ha ha
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This is one of my favourite salad combos as well…. And I love hearing stories of dads like yours! Always makes me feel so grateful to also have an awesome dad 🙂
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The BEST salad, in my opinion. I crave it all the time. Aww yay I love dads! 🙂 Thanks for reading, friend.
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Love the pecan touch!
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🙂
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Looks delicious! 🙂 Thanks for sharing
XO—Kathryn
Down-Home Damsel
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Thank you for reading! 🙂
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I put some combo of nuts and dried fruit on practically every salad I eat. It’s a great way to dress salads up, isn’t it? That and bacon and/or croutons and/or hard-boiled eggs and/or bleu cheese.
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