Recipe Review
Today’s Recipe and Location: Spicy
Caesar Salad
Found
in: The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food From my
Frontier
Pages 40 - 41 Copyright: 2012 Harper Collins
I
have never really been a big fan of the new salad wedge. It seems like it would be easier to eat
if it was just chopped up, but I want to enter the new world and go with the
flow. Unfortunately, this is the
first thing that I have made that I would not make again. It may be partially because I prefer a
creamy dressing. The chipotle peppers definitely gave it a lot of zing. I
really love the chipotle ranch dressing sold in the produce section of
Walmart. That one has a lot of
kick and is rich and creamy enough for me. For me – a thumbs down. Now I have guilt for letting Ree down. Sorry Ree! Unfortunately, I do not have a photo for this one - just think of a wedge of lettuce with dressing on it. Waalaa - a good visualizing activity!
Today’s Critics: The
Lehman and Serpico Families
The Serpico
Girls: “The dressing has too much
of a taste of olive oil. It was a
little spicy for the kids, but not too bad. It needed more salt.
We won’t be making the Caesar dressing again.”
Brandy
Lehman: “Wow, yes, spicy is right.
I did like it, but it was a little too bold even for me, and I like spicy
food. It definitely didn't ruin the salad for me by any means. I would never make it. Bold taste, but
not for my salads.”
Gabbin’ About Gratitude
I
am grateful for a really good chef’s knife. Ree Drummond’s favorite knife is the Wusthof Nakiri classic
8 inch wide cook’s knife. She
raves about this gem on her show as well as gives it out as a prize. I did a little research and in this
area located it in many possible locations. On December 14th, Bed,
Bath, and Beyond sold it for $149.99. Amazon and William-Sonoma both sold it
for $129.95. I know it sounds
expensive but when you cook all of the time, a good knife is a gift to yourself
because it saves you time and makes cutting food easier. Treat yourself today!
Memory Musings
Baseball
is the all-American sport, according to the commercials. You know…baseball, hot dogs, apple pie,
and Chevrolet. I know you are all
singing that song – so don’t pretend that you don’t know what I am talking
about.
As
kids, we spent many a day playing softball in Mr. Charles’ field. In those days families were larger than
they are today and our neighborhood was no exception. There was always a group around to get up a game. Now those of you from my generation may
remember that we played games that we organized and had no ref to solve our
problems. I think that is why we
were good communicators. I hope we
are not doing our kids a disservice by not letting them problem solve for
themselves. Our parents never got involved in kid disputes.
These
laidback days held so many wonderful memories of filling our time enjoying
friends and playing a great game. So maybe we should encourage our kids to get
up a game in our neighborhoods this summer.
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