Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Holiday Food

  The menu for Sundays food at the Olsons' house was, Salad, Homemade bread, Potato salad, Cole slaw, Crab stuffed flounder, and Fresh berries and Sabayon
   Cole slaw:
   1 head finely sliced cabbage
   1/2 red onion thinly sliced 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
   12 oz. diced green chilies
   1 Tbs. salt
   juice from 2 limes
   4 diced garlic cloves
   1/3 cup olive oil
   1 oz. sesame oil
   Combine first 5 ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Then in a small saute pan, heat the oils and garlic over med. heat. Cook till garlic simmers about a minute. Do not brown garlic. Then add to slaw. Mix thoroughly and chill.
   Very interesting flavors

   Potato salad:
   10 each small red and purple potatoes, boiled till tender
   1 rib celery thinly sliced
   1/4 red onion thinly sliced
   3 cloves roasted garlic, mashed
   1/3 cup chopped parsley
   1 tsp. dry mustard
   2 chipotle peppers finely chopped
   1 tsp. salt
   1/3 cup mayonnaise
   Mix all ingredients thoroughly and chill.
   This dish also had good and unusual flavors
  

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Pizza party

Hi all,
   So far no one is able to comment on the meal we have had. Too full to comment. The various pizzas prepared were delightful... each and every one. Never had sage on a pizza before but it was great. All of the pizzas were prepared right before our eyes with fresh rolled crust. Bob is a culinary genius.