Bottom of the Jar Cooking

I have posted about using up the bottom of jelly and mustard jars before. Today I used up the bottom of a mayonnaise jar. I made a vinaigrette very similar to my Risingwoods dressing and left out the oil. I poured some into the nearly empty mayonnaise jar, attached the lid and shook to remove all the residue of the mayonnaise from the bottom of the jar.

Voilà!! Perfect dressing for the shredded cabbage to make a slaw for dinner.

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Testing Cookbooks

There is a niche that the Food Network has missed and that the new OWN Network has filled. Cooking is great; eating is great; but how do you know if the cookbook that you are drooling over is worth it.

Anna and Kristina can help you. The show is called Anna and Kristina's Grocery Bag. On a regular basis they choose a cookbook and test quite a variety of recipes from it. So far they have chosen Julia Child's Art of French Cooking, Jamie Oliver's At Home and a Betty Crocker tome.

The girls are not cooks. By that I mean that they are less capable than most home cooks. Their inability to understand measurements (Yesterday, they couldn't figure out what a pint was) really irritates me. However, they do a great job judging the cookbooks. One could easily watch the show and decide if the cookbook would suit their tastes and their abilities.

I highly recommend this show.

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Diane's Menu 1/14/2011 - 1/20/2011

Diane's Menu 1/14 2011 - 1/20/2011


Fri - 1/14 - Lentils with Lamb Sausage
Sat - 1/15 - Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Penne
Sun - 1/16 - BBQ Pork Stuffed Baked Potatoes, Broccoli Slaw
Mon - 1/17 - Pizza
Tue - 1/18 - Chicken Fried Rice, Hot and Sour Soup
Wed - 1/19 - Chili
Thu - 1/20 - Pork Roast over spiced braised Red Cabbage

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Diane's Menu 1/4/2010 -

Diane's Menu 1/4/2010 -

TUE 1/4 - Hawaiian Pork Chops, Sweet and Sour Carrots
WED 1/5 - Apple Cider Pork Roast, German Hot Potato Salad
THU 1/6 - Pasta Carbonara and Peas
FRI 1/7 - Burgers, Sweet Potato Fries
SAT 1/8 - Chicken Parmigiana
SUN 1/9 - BBQ Pork, Slaw
MON 1/10 - Pizza
TUE 1/11 - Fish Sandwich, Slaw
WED 1/12 - Twice Stuffed Baked Potatoes with BBQ Pork and Cheese
THU 1/13 - Spinach Ravioli Lasagna

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