Caramel Biscuit Ring Around

I'm pretty sure Courtney got this from her 6th grade friend Stephanie at a sleepover.  It receives automatic coolness points because it comes from the big sis.  Super easy, super cheap, super healthy..........eh ok maybe not that last one, but still super good!

The recipe:

• 3/4 c. brown sugar
• 1/3 c. butter
• 2 T water
• 2 cans biscuits

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Grease a bundt pan.
3. Melt butter.  Add brown sugar and water.
4. Using kitchen shears, cut biscuits into quarters.
5. Mix butter/sugar mixture into biscuits. Toss lightly.
6. Spoon into pan and bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown and cooked throughout

Drill Team Salad

(In honor of Courtney and her very long day yesterday)

Courtney was on the Alta Drill Team in high school.  To a little sister, hearing about what was going on there was always pretty cool.  I was always so jealous of the presents she got from the "booster moms"- balloons, chocolates, flowers- you name it, she got it.  Anyway, I remember my mom made this for dinner once and she mentioned one of the moms had made it for a team dinner for the drill team, so I've always just considered it the  
drill team salad.  

The recipe:

• chicken
• celery
• mandarin oranges
• red/green/yellow peppers
• cucumber
• romaine
• slivered almonds
• 1 T fresh ginger
• 1 t minced garlic
• 1 T soy sauce
• 1 T white sugar
• 1/2 c. salad oil
• 1/4 c. white wine vinegar
• 1/2 c. mayo

1. Blend the ginger, garlic, soy sauce, sugar, oil, and vinegar.  
2. Add 1/4 c. of this mixture to the mayo. Blend. Dressing: done.
3. Rub the rest of the mixture over chicken breasts and bake at 350 until done.  Slice.
4. Make your salad using whichever ingredients you want or have on hand.  (Mom used to just do it salad bar style and we'd make our own salads.)
5. Drizzle dressing on top and enjoy!

OKAY! Okay. This is not a real picture- it is, in fact, the Wendy's mandarin chicken salad.  The truth is, I was so into eating my salad that i forgot to take a picture of it.  So this is holding the place until someone else makes it and takes a picture so we can have the real Drill Team Salad picture.  

Another side note, I totally messed this recipe up when I was making it- I didn't notice the lower case "t" on the garlic, so I added a full TABLESPOON instead of just a teaspoon (I fished most of it out I think).  Also I just realized I used your typical dried ginger and I'm pretty sure dried herbs are about 4 times as strong as fresh.  But the good news is it's still yummy!  So the real good news is you can't really go wrong with this :)