Saturday, March 23, 2013

Sushi Salad…



I tried a new recipe yesterday and thought some of you might enjoy it; it will serve five people.  I like sushi, but don’t really have the budget to eat it all the time. This recipe will give you all most the element of sushi without having to learn to how to roll.

The recipe calls for small, shelled, cooked shrimp. I would suggest if you can find small bay shrimp, you use them. They are tiny and sweet and would be perfect for this recipe. If you don’t like or are allergic to shrimp, try substituting crab or imitation crabmeat.

The directions state to use five large butter lettuce leaves, to place each serving on. Instead of using large butter head, lettuce leaves, I bought a package of chopped butter lettuce.

Even thought the recipe did not call for it, it placed a few dots of Wasabi on my plate and it really made a big difference. When I do buy sushi, I usually eat the pickled ginger first. Yes, I know it is to go on top of the sushi, but I love to eat it. I purposely avoid the sushi aisle at the Asian market, so I won’t buy a big old jar of it!
 

Friday, March 22, 2013

You Don't Have To Eat Out...

With the economy as bad as it is going out to eat does not happen very often. So what do you do? Make those special dishes at home of course!

I do not think I know anyone who does like Olive Garden’s salad and bread sticks. One of my favorite dishes there is the Chicken Parmesan. 

For the bread sticks, you can cheat, by buying ready to cook bread sticks. Brush with...