It’s Friday, and who wants to cook? Yet, the dinner-out budget is already busted for the month, so it’s time to scrounge. I say, scrounge with pride, and a little creativity, and you’ll come up with something rather special. Here was my effort tonight:
I found a bag of frozen shrimp, and a half jar of cocktail sauce. I ran cold water over the shrimp for ten minutes to thaw, and put it all together in a martini glass with a basil leaf from the herb pot to add some quick elegance.
A salad can be boring, but only if you allow it to be. I hand-shredded romaine lettuce into a nice serving bowl, boiled and sliced eggs, cut up some tomatoes (again, fresh from the deck), a half-ball of mozzarella, and topped with shredded parmesan and cheddar cheese. To compensate for the fat of three cheeses, I drizzled the salad with a bit of olive oil, a healthy fat, so that a minimum of salad dressing was necessary, if needed at all. Salt, pepper, croutons, and toss!
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