Recipe Thread

[shais_mom]

I was at a meeting one day last week and lunch was served. Part of it was spinach salad with dried cranberries, almonds and Gorgonzola cheese. The dressing was a vinaigrette. I love spinach salad but this was a bit odd. The stems were still on the spinach leaves - I always cut the stems off with scissors or a knife before I wash the leaves. But these were still on, so I just cut them off with my plastic knife and fork as I ate the salad. Does it matter? My niece sometimes puts a handful of spinach leaves into scrambled eggs and she said she trims off the stems if they're really long. I ended up cutting the spinach leaves anyway because I didn't want to be cramming salad into my mouth in front of all the people at the meeting. I don't like cooked spinach but I do like it in salad.


Thanks,
Elyse

I never cut the stems off. I usually just throw a handful in the bowl and use it as a salad. My favorite is the hot bacon dressing but since giving up sugar I need to make a hot bacon dressing that is sugar free. I love to take spinach salad, add some bacon and salad fixings and top with 2 soft boiled or poached eggs. The yolk makes a perfect dressing..

[Karen]

I never cut the stems off. I usually just throw a handful in the bowl and use it as a salad. My favorite is the hot bacon dressing but since giving up sugar I need to make a hot bacon dressing that is sugar free. I love to take spinach salad, add some bacon and salad fixings and top with 2 soft boiled or poached eggs. The yolk makes a perfect dressing..

Ooh, that sounds scrumptious, I never thought of that! I usually have to avoid dressing because I am allergic to canola oil, and nearly every commercial dressing on the market has it.

[shais_mom]

Ooh, that sounds scrumptious, I never thought of that! I usually have to avoid dressing because I am allergic to canola oil, and nearly every commercial dressing on the market has it.

I had never soft boiled eggs before, I was looking thru Pinterest on how to do it and came across a "recipe" using the yolk, as a dressing. And sometimes I add a bit of balsamic vinegar tho not too much since I watch carbs now. its YUM!

[Karen]

I had never soft boiled eggs before, I was looking thru Pinterest on how to do it and came across a "recipe" using the yolk, as a dressing. And sometimes I add a bit of balsamic vinegar tho not too much since I watch carbs now. its YUM!

Yeah, I often just use a little balsamic vinegar, or my basil vinegar for salad dressing, with or without a bit of olive oil. Love when tomatoes are in season, and tomatoes and fresh mozzarella over some spinach with that basil vinegar!

[Lady's Human]

Not spinach, but swiss chard stalks are almost the best part of the green. I don't cut the stems off any leaves, be they chard, spinach or beet greens.

[maid25cats]

MAZZETTI balsamic vinegar has NO SUGAR & NO SODIUM ADDED
I looked at the label of EVERY BOTTLE ON THE SHELF AT A&P
This was the only one with NO SUGAR.
The bottle I bought at BJs had 5 grams of sugar so I tossed it

[pomtzu]

This isn't exactly a recipe you are likely to find in a book - just something I threw together to satisfy my craving for something sweet and cold. It's rather like a Watergate salad, but I like mine better,

Make up a small box of jello and put in fridge and allow to set thoroughly. When set - turn out into a larger bowl and whisk it until completely broken up into a very small chunky mixture - kinda like that of cottage cheese. Take a heaping ice cream scoop of whipped cream cheese and soften it to the consistency of pudding - I just nuke it for a few seconds at a time till it's as soft as it needs to be. Pour into mashed up jello and mix thoroughly. If desired, toss in some drained crushed pineapple or pineapple chunks. Pour back into a smaller bowl that it will all fit into, and refrigerate till set again. I used lime jello, but any flavor that suits you is fine. Strawberry jello is yummy too, and any fruit you like will do too.

Yummy and simple - my kind of dessert.