I’ve been all about the salads lately. Veggie salads, potato salads, and yup, you guessed it - pasta salad. We’ve been putting the new grill to good use, and I’ve been craving cold salads to go with the tons and tons of protein. So naturally, for this week’s edition of Presto Pasta Nights, I chose to go with a pasta salad.
I have a huge case of Penzey’s love. I don’t think it helps that we have one right here in town, because I spend far too much money in there. I think we have at least one bottle of damn near every spice they carry. But one of my favorites right now is their Country French Vinaigrette seasoning, which is great as more than just salad dressing. This recipe is straight out of their catalog, and is exactly what I was looking for.
Well, it’s Day Four of Kittie’s new job - and it’s going well so far! I’m missing not being too busy to check out as many blogs as I would like - not to mention posting here. But hopefully it will settle down over the next few days and I’ll work out a new routine!
Update! Since my last edit (it was originally Day Three!), I have been told I am going to be moved onto another new project - to make better use of my talents… I didn’t realise you got IT Project Cooks!!
In the little time I have today, I thought I would pass on this great pasta dish. As you may have guessed, I’ve had a bit of a thing about caramelized onions recently - I keep making up big lots of them then chucking them into various dishes! Nom nom nom… my favourite so far was the chicken and caramelized onion risotto… nom nom nom!
This started out as a what-can-…
Evening all. I hope you’re in need of some mental, or at least visual stimulation just before you start Dinner. If you’re not, wait a while and come back when your stomach starts to make “wah-wow-wow†kind of sounds.
As some of more regular amongst you may know, (and I mean that in a visitation sense, not…the other kind) I’m an absolute sucker for anything that links food with Author, Cook and NYT Columnist ‘Mark Bittman’. It’s his friendly, laid back, almost passively cavalier style of cooking, that really inspires me to strip everything right back to the bare essentials, and to allow myself to do fair and easy justice to the food in my hands. Bitmann’s hospitality on camera, in just the couple dozen short clips on the NYT website, have had such a massive impact on the way I now approach the whole sub…