d's delights- cooking and crafts

Creamy Poppy Seed Dressing Mix the following in a small food processor: 1/3 C Mayo ¼ C Milk 3 Tbs sugar (or Splenda) 4 tsp cider vinegar 2 tsp poppy seeds This is one of my new favorites!   It is perfect with a salad that has something sweet in it, like cranberries.

Poppy Seed Dressing   I realized after going through all my blog posts, that I had not actually posted a blog about this dressing.  It’s a simple one to make for yourself or a pitch-in.  I happened to make this one recently for a pitch-in, and it was well-received, with people asking for the recipe.  If you have a thing against poppy seeds, you could leave them out and the dressing would still be good.  (Sometimes I wonder what the big deal is about poppy seeds is… I guess it gives some texture and color to things… I am not sure if I would notice a taste difference without them.) ½ White Onion, (or a small one) ¼ C White Vinegar 2 Tbs Sugar or Artificial Sweetener (like Splenda) ½ Tsp Salt 2 Tsp Dijon Mustard ½ C Salad Oil (Canola is good) ½ Tbs Poppy Seeds Mix this all up in a food processor or blender.  Serve with greens, celery, cucumber, green onions, something sweet (mandarin oranges, strawberries, cranberries etc) and somethi...

I told you all about my love for homemade dressings-    well, here are a couple of my favorite more complicated ones.   I call them more complicated because they require a food processor, and usually some ingredients that you might not always have handy at home.   These are the dressings that YOU MUST TRY if I bring them to a dinner party!   The first one, I am ever so proud of because I virtually stole it from a cookbook in a restaurant!   I know, I’m bad!   I used to enjoy going to Charbono’s for lunch in Avon when I was teaching there.   (It was right next to my favorite scrapbooking store, you know!)   I would always order the side salad and some chicken velvet soup.   (Which was just as yummy as the old Arbor Café’s was.)   The dressing that came with this salad was PHENOMENAL! I mean, “wow!”   Well, on my way out one day, I noticed they had a cookbook for sale.   It was $25.00, and I didn’t have that much extra ...