My daughter is celebrating her birthday in South Korea today and we miss her so. In celebration, complete with birthday flowers, we had a birthday lunch at home in Cape Town and skype talked to her. Such is life. I made a blue cheese salad dressing for the first time and will for sure play with the dressing to accompany all sorts of dishes in future. I did not feel like searching and reading recipes and just started mixing ingredients to taste.
I mixed olive oil, cream and a tangy mayonaise ( use own quantities to taste)
Add fresh herbs of choice
Half a cup of blue cheese melted for about half a minute in the micro wave-I left mine a bit lumpy as it is nice to have a piece of cheese here and there in the dressing. There was more than half a cup but the other half landed in my mouth.
Mix until smooth(ish).
Add more cheese if you want a thick dressing or add a bit of water/milk if a runny dressing is called for.
Crunch was what I was after and I layered salad leaves and baby savoy cabage which are the most beautiful and perfectly formed little things.
Next add anything you like with a lot of chrunch like cucumber, pine apple and dried onion flakes( which I am obsessed about) and lastly generous scoops of the blue cheese dressing. I did not add bacon bits this time but will certainly do that next time. We had the salad with chicken and pumkin fritters. Trust me, it is nice!
Now, for my random photo of the day:
This is specially for chef Mimi who recently blogged “In My Kitchen” (which I thought was a great idea) on her blog www.chefmimi.com about things in her kitchen she cannot live without. She mentioned that her Nespresso machine is one of those things and I said to her that I take my obsession with good coffee to another level by taking my Nespresso with me on travels in its own travel case. Her reply quote unquote:
” Holy s&$$))))))! I need to see that!”. Well, here it is then and it saved me from depression many a time, when I just could not and would not face the tepid blueish hotel coffee that seems to go around.
It is about the same size as a small vanity case. I will rather leave the vanity case behind……
Enjoy Mimi! (wanted to say: Eat your heart out! hehehe).
Ps. I was not paid for this standing ovation to Nespresso.
It tasted divine!!!
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Die weirdste ding is my replies kom nou deur na my email as comments.
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I haven’t seen a compact Nespresso machine before! That’s the coolest! Your salad dressing sounds so good. I’ll make it for sure.
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Cool huh! Yes, cheese and more cheese. My life is not complete without.
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Geluk met Tara se verjaarsdag vriendin. Ai ek verlang so na jou/julle. Wanneer kuier ons ???? Lovies vanuit Bosveld.
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Dankie Linda. Nee ek weet wragtag ook nie. Lyk nie of dit hierdie jaar gaan gebeur nie. Xx
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That dressing & salad look delicious! Also, love Nespresso. Best coffee machines ever.
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Hope you enjoy the dressing. My day starts and ends with coffee!
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Also, happy belated birthday to your daughter! 🙂
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Yes, the case IS it.
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Travel companion!
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Love blue cheese dressing! I must say, yours sounds delish! And I love that you had a long-distance birthday celebration for your daughter via Skype. So sweet! I too love Nespresso but don’t own one. Sigh!
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Missing a child is so awful we just had to do something to break the mood. Even opened her gifts for her. Visiting her in Dec.
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Wow. I bow to your coffee superiority. I thought i was a hardcore coffee snob, but I can’t carry my machine around in a handy little case. I covet that machine!!
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Cool huh! I will rather not drink anything than a bad cup of coffee.
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Dankie suster. Jou fotos lyk al hoe mooier.
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Love it and the gorgeous flowers and photography !
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Thank you! All with iPhone.
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Ai julle weet nie hoe sien ek uit nie, mis so baie!!!
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Voel dieselfde!,xxx
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