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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Salad - Drink - Dessert --- for a light dinner

Celery - Butter Bean - Tuna  Salad
Total time : 30 Minutes   Serves : 4
Big, creamy butter beans give a tuna and celery salad terrific heartiness. The salad would also be delicious spooned over slices of warm grilled country bread.

2        tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2        teaspoons Dijon mustard
1/4    cup plus 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1/4    cup snipped chives
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
4        3-1/2-ounce cans Italian tuna in olive oil, drained
3        celery stalks with leaves, thinly sliced on the bias
2       15-ounce cans butter beans, drained and rinsed
1-1/2     tablespoons drained capers

1 .  In a small bowl, whisk the lemon juice with the mustard, then slowly whisk in the olive oil. Stir in the chives and season the lemon-mustard vinaigrette with salt and pepper.
2 .  In a large bowl, gently toss the drained tuna with the sliced celery, butter beans and capers. Add the lemon-mustard vinaigrette and toss to coat the salad. Season the salad with salt and pepper and serve at once.
Serve with Crusty bread.

SUGGESTED PAIRING
Crisp, citrusy Sauvignon Blanc.

In-Sandíary
Makes  1 drink
This cocktail's name is a play on both the Spanish word for watermelon, sand?a, and "incendiary," referring to the peppery tequila and the spicy ancho chile rim.
CHILE SALT
1       teaspoon ancho chile powder
1       teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon sugar
COCKTAIL
1     lime wedge
Ice
2     ounces blanco tequila
2     ounces watermelon juice
1/2   ounce fresh lime juice
1/4    ounce Simple Syrup

MAKE THE COCKTAIL In a small bowl, mix the kosher salt, sugar and ancho chile powder.

Moisten the outer rim of a highball glass with the lime wedge and coat lightly with chile salt. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add all of the remaining ingredients and shake well. Fill the highball glass with ice and strain the drink into the glass.

Berries with Lemon-Thyme Sorbet 
Prep: 20 Minutes    Total time : 3 Hours   Serves : 4
Endlessly versatile, flavored syrups can be churned with ingredients like pureed fruit, fruit juice or fresh herbs in an ice cream machine to make sorbet. 

Lemon-Thyme Syrup
6       ounces strawberries, halved, or sliced if large
6       ounces raspberries
6       ounces blueberries
6       ounces sweet cherries, halved
Thyme sprigs, for garnish

Pour the Lemon-Thyme Syrup into an ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions. Transfer the lemon-thyme sorbet to a plastic container, cover and freeze.
Shortly before serving, in a bowl, toss the berries with the cherries. Scoop the sorbet into bowls. Spoon the berries on top, garnish with the thyme sprigs and serve.
TIP :
The sorbet can be frozen for up to 3 days.
Heart healthy

3 comments:

  1. Beautiful summer meal from start to finish. Great post PIC. Love it.
    Thank you
    Luv PIC

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  2. We eat a lot of salads i the summer , trow something on the grill or cook fish .
    Dad love the red thing as he calls it his blog {WB} Hahahaha!! he said come here Nee , Dad said the drink looks delicious but how in hell do you make it . Well , I listed the ingredients ... that man notice everything Hahahaha ! he is a stickler for details .
    The cubs haven't seen the peacock spider , they will let you know what they think ... they are cute and colorful.
    You are ever so welcome
    Love PIC
    PS:more to come

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  3. PPS: I like salads... they are healthy and you can add left over meats for a full course meal.
    Love BAW

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