This week I am trying a Spaghetti Carbonara recipe that I found on the FoodBuzz website. (Thanks C for inviting me...I am slowly getting to know the site.)
During our cocktail hour, we'll be enjoying our "House" Manhattan...1/2 rye, 1/2 Makers Mark Bourbon. Very tasty. We will be eating shrimp cocktail, as well. Kinda a double cocktail hour, eh?
To boost the veggie quotient for dinner we will be having 2 kinds of salad. Josh loves his Caesar, so he will have that. He is also lately into a simple to make and always have available cucumber salad.
- Peel cukes and slice thin (I use the slicing blade of my food processor for this--not the peeling, just the slicing)
- Set slices of cucumber in a strainer/colander in/over sink and salt liberally. Ignore for several hours.
- Thinly slice an onion...I like red for this salad
- Mix rice vinegar and olive oil for dressing. Ratio should be something like 4:1 vinegar. Add Splenda (or whatever sweetener you prefer), salt and pepper. Taste and adjust accordingly.
- Mix cukes, onion and dressing and chill.
Dessert will be a true adventure. I am making boxed brownies. (I know, you're saying "Ooooh how adventuresome. Just wait a minute, will ya?) I am swirling in pulverized strawberries. I'm kinda into "swirling fruit" into my desserts lately. Future posts will touch on this.
I have a loaf of crusty Country Italian bread to accompany the pasta. And a nice bottle of red wine. I'll have to consult the "cellar" to make a final selection. By cellar, I mean the spot under the counter where we keep our wine club wine.
So those are my plans for dinner tonight.
Happy Eating!
Kristen
4 comments:
To everyone who reads this blog:
the cucumber salad is T.D.F!!!!!!!!
That recipe is on my list of ones I want to try - I can't wait to hear how it turns out!
The cuke salad sounds absolutely yummy. And the brownies do sound adventurous. Is pulverizing strawberries exactly like it sounds?
Colleen--the carbonara recipe was as easy and tasty as sortachef claimed.
PWN...yes, pulverizing strawberries is exactly as it sounds. At the last minute I added about a T of confections sugar and a tsp of cocoa. They weren't terribly pretty but they did taste a lot like a chocolate covered strawberry.
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