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Care to Play Some Food Tag?
Elaine from California Living, one of my cyberfriends from French Fridays with Dorie, tagged me in a game of food holiday tag. Elaine’s blog is delightful. She shares my interests in cooking and gardening, and she is also into crafts, but is much more accomplished.
This started as Easter tag, but that’s past. The rule of this game is to share menu suggestions of 5 – 10 dishes previously posted on your blog for an upcoming food holiday, with photos and links to the recipes. Then, you tag 10 more bloggers to follow suit. I say pick a menu for any upcoming holiday. Everyone has their own celebrations they observe. What about a Mother’s Day brunch or dinner, a graduation party, a Memorial Day barbeque or some personal holiday theme on your calendar?
I’m picking Cinco de Mayo because we love Mexican food (and today is May 5). Here a few favorites that I’ve shared before:
Margaritas
Quick Posole with Pulled Pork and Hominy
Tomatillo Rice with Shrimp and Bacon
Turkey Tomatillo Enchiladas
Black Bean Salad
Mango Guacamole
I’m tagging the following bloggers to continue the game!
Susan of The Urban Baker
Cher at The not so exciting world of a dabbler…
Lana at Bibberche
Candy at Candy Girl
Jen at My Morning Chocolate
Sara at Three Clever Sisters
Sanya at The Good Life
Patty at Patty’s Food
Allison at French Whisk
Amanda at Fake Ginger
Have fun if you care to play!
Bedroom Salad
I’m longing for spring to come and stay. In late February, it seemed hopeless, so I planted a pot of microgreens. The seed packet promised they would be ready to eat in 2 weeks. The seeds germinated within the first week, and I moved the pot to the sunniest window, in the bedroom. After two weeks, the greens were growing, but looked too pathetic to eat. Each seedling still had only two leaves, about an inch long. I just let them keep growing. I was good about raising the shade in the morning for sunshine, watering so the greens would keep growing, and rotating the pot so the leaves would grow straight. It’s been about six weeks, and the salad was starting to look edible.
Tiny Micro Salad
The timing was right. The weather is finally starting to improve. Last week’s snow has melted. The temperature is staying above freezing (though not by much). My morning boot camp started outside this week, three weeks earlier than in past years. It was actually pleasant.
This weekend, I plan to spray paint and hang a planter on the back of the garage for lettuce and radishes. We’re having a bunny issue, so this will help keep my spring greens out of their reach. I’m expecting to have greens from my own outside garden some time in May. I think it might be spring.
A Non-Recipe for Salad
Use the amount of mesclun greens you want to eat. Wash the leaves and dry them very well. I use a salad spinner.
Pour a tablespoon or two of the best extra virgin olive oil you have into a wooden salad bowl that’s much larger than you think it should be. You need plenty of room for tossing. Add the greens and toss very well. Each leaf should be lightly coated in oil. Add more oil if there’s not enough.
Squeeze a little fresh lemon juice over the salad, along with a shake or two of Worcestershire sauce and a generous seasoning with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. Taste and adjust the seasonings to your liking.
A Plateful of Happiness 