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
  

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