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Taco Pasta Salad

Posted by [email protected] on June 16, 2017 at 3:35 PM Comments comments (0)

Prep Time: 10 Min

Cook Time: 20 Min

Ready In: 30 Min

Ingredients

1 cup uncooked spiral pasta

1/2 pound ground beef

1 tbsp. taco seasoning

1-1/2 cups shredded lettuce

1 chopped tomato

1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

1/4 cup chopped onion

1/4 cup chopped green pepper

1/4 cup Catalina salad dressing

Tortilla chips

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Directions

1. Cook pasta according to directions.

2. Meanwhile, in a skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in the taco seasoning; cool.

3. Drain pasta and rinse in cold water; stir into meat mixture.

4. Add the lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, onion, green pepper and dressing; toss to coat. Serve with tortilla chips.

Source: allrecipes.com


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Caesar Salad

Posted by [email protected] on June 5, 2017 at 7:10 PM Comments comments (0)

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Garlic Croutons

1 ½ tbsp. oil

½ tsp. minced garlic

½ tsp. salt

¼ tsp. black pepper

3 slices firm white bread, cubed

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Combine first 4 ingredients in large bowl. Add bread and toss to coat. Spread on 15 x 10 x 1 inch pan and bake 10 minutes until golden brown, stirring halfway through.

Caesar Dressing

1 clove garlic

½ c. oil

1 egg

2 tbsp. lemon

½ c. grated Parmesan cheese

1 tsp. anchovy paste

½ tsp. hot sauce

1 tsp. Dijon mustard

½ tsp. salt

¼ tsp. pepper

Blend for 10 seconds on medium speed in blender.

Romaine Lettuce

Fill sink with water (about ¼ full)

Add lettuce leaves and wash

Gently remove leaves BEFORE draining the water from the sink.

Pat leaves dry with paper towel.

TEAR (do not cut) leaves into bite-sized pieces

DO NOT COMBINE THE CROUTONS, DRESSING and LETTUCE as this salad will be served tomorrow!

Source: Mr. Turcotte

Today in class we made Caesar Salad. One thing our group did well was the cutting of our lettuce, we cut them small enough that people could fit into their mouths, yet big enough that people could knew what they were eating. What we didn't do so well in was that we feel like we made our croutons to big. Next time we make caesar salad what our group would change is that we need to make sure that we stay on task, meaning we should finish our work first then socialize. What we learned that is important to this recipe is that we should be gentle when we handle lettuce because they can bruise easily.

Egg Salad

Posted by [email protected] on May 31, 2017 at 10:10 AM Comments comments (0)

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Ingredients
6 eggs
3 T. mayonnaise
3/4 t. prepared yellow mustard
3 T. chopped onion
2 T. chopped celery
Salt and Pepper to taste

Directions
1. Place egg in sauce pan and cover with cold water. Bring water to boil and immediately remove from heat. Cover and let eggs stand in hot water for 10-12 minutes. Remove from hot water. Place eggs in an ice bath to cool eggs quickly.
2. Peel and chop eggs.
3. Place the chopped eggs in a bowl, and stir in the mayonnaise, mustard, onion, and celery.
4. Season with salt and pepper - more pepper than salt. Stir.
5. Spread butter on both pieces of bread.

When we made egg salad I was surprised because I had never eaten egg salad before. What went well while making this was that our chopped celery and onions were cut evenly and were small enough to chew with ease. What didn't go so well when making this was that when peeling our eggs the shell didn't come off easily so we lost a lot of the egg. What I would have done differently is add more greens to add to the flavour. What we learned that was helpful to this recipe is that we should slowly add the sauce (in this case the mayonnaise) so it doesn't overpower the salad.

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