Weekly cooking (and related issues) Thread

[Jamestown1630]

My office is holding its annual Summer Barbecue in a couple of weeks. Calling it a 'barbecue' is a bit extravagant, as all we do is cook hot dogs and hamburgers on a propane grill ;-) and the stars of the show are usually the wonderful side dishes that folks from many different ethnic cuisines bring to the party.

This year it will be a much smaller affair, with our 'grill master' out on knee-replacement surgery, other staff leaving for new jobs, and lots of folks away for Summer.

But I have to come up with a side dish!

I was thinking of trying this 'Texas Pete Roasted Corn and Poblano Salad' that showed up in the coupon section of the newspaper recently (apologies for the size of the pic above; haven't figured that out, yet ;-(

https://www.texaspete.com/recipe/texas-pete-roasted-corn-and-poblano-salad

I'm also thinking of doing a Broccoli Salad – the one where you finely chop broccoli florets, pecans or walnuts, and onion, and mix it with a Mayo-Milk-Vinegar-Sugar dressing. I'm not sure how it would go over – my crew are not exactly 'health nuts', especially at parties; but I love it. Some recipes add bacon, and in this one Paula Deen really 'mixes it up':

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/broccoli-salad-recipe.htm

-JT

[Jamestown1630]

Yes, my attempts to make them eat really healthy food usually fail and earn remarks like, ‘rabbit food!’; but cheese tortellini salad always goes over ;-)

-JT