Seafood salads, pasta salads

Seafood and pasta salads are great for summertime meals, but with this economy they can be a little pricy. Remember that you can always substitute imitation crab in most recipes and it is significantly cheaper than the real thing.

Spice up dinner with Thai food

Take your taste buds on a global adventure without ever leaving your kitchen.

All delicious porky goodness

Noelia and I ate at the Texan Cafe a few weeks ago and I ordered the pork chop for the first time and it sure was good. This recipe sounds good as well.

Chicken recipes that make a sauce

Here are some chicken recipes that also make a sauce to be served over mashed potatoes or rice, etc. The only thing that may be difficult about this recipe is finding boneless chicken breasts with the skin on, but it’s worth it to look for them.

LOOKING BACK

10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO Carlile Post No. 358, American Legion, is now perfecting plans for the biggest 4th of July celebration in the history of Rockdale. July 4th comes on Sunday this year, so the celebration will begin Monday morning. Governor Miriam A.

Summer camp schedule released

Rockdale Athletics has released their schedule for this year’s summer camps. The fee is $30 for the first sport, then $10 for each additional sport. Camps are as follows: • Baseball/softball, 9-11 a.m. June 1-2, for incoming third through ninth grades. • Boys and girls soccer, 5-7 p.m.

Pasta dishes on the lighter side

Here are a few pasta dishes on the lighter side instead of a heavy meat sauce. This first one has two sticks of butter in it, but everything else is light.

Simple spring salads

Ran across this recipe the other day and it sounds pretty good and pretty easy, especially if you use leftover rotisserie chicken.

LOOKING BACK

10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO The highway commission in Austin will receive bids on the Rockdale leg of State Highway 48, otherwise known as the I.&G.N. Highway, on April 23. (US 79 was called State Highway 48 at the time.

ORGANIZATIONS

Trail Life meetings Trail Life meets at 6:30 p.m. every second and fourth Monday at Meadowbrook Baptist Church in the fellowship hall. All boys and their dads are welcome. For more information, contact Stephen Ammons 512-446-3367.