Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Is it wrong to drink the leftover wine in the bottom of the glass from the night before?

I mean really...
I can't just throw it out because I forgot there was still 2 oz in that glass!
Anyway....
Last night I ended up making luscious little salmon patties for dinner with a nice salad and fresh corn on the cob.  Tonight I am grilling the steaks that were still frozen last night when it was time to make dinner.  Since I have not been keeping up with my blog, I got out of the habit of taking pictures of food.  Not to worry, that problem will be solved so that I don't get so far behind.  I really want to work on my recipes, so I need to take pictures, write the recipes down, and share the work with my friends and family.

We have this big cabbage I've been cooking with the past week or so, so I felt like cold slaw would be a nice change.  I usually make it with mayonaise, mustard, onions, celery, cabbage and seasonings.  Today I didn't have the right ingredients, so I changed it up a little.   I rough diced about half the cabbage and added other diced ingredients of spring onion (3) and a persian cucumber.  I seasoned with a little salt and fresh ground pepper and a little dill weed.  I added about 2 Tblsp of  drained capers.  I mixed a drizzle of good olive oil with some white wine vinegar and mixed that in, then added a squirt of dijon mustard and 2 Tblsp of mayonaise and mixed it all together well.  It is sitting in the fridge a couple of hours before dinner so that the flavors meld.  I think it will be good.  I thought it was when I taste tested the finished product.

*addendum* 
Not only did this slaw turn out to be a nice fresh and crisp salad, Dad ate 3 helpings and then finished it off.  I always take this as a good sign... cause although he (Dad) says he likes everything, he tends to be highly critical of the way food is prepared. I thought it was a nice addition to dinner, and without the mayonaise might be a good picnic type slaw.  Summer is here... picnic often!

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