Carrot-Cumin Slaw pg.35 & Cherry Tomato Crisp

For Good Friday/Easter dinners this year we decided to experiment on our family.
The slaw was a 3 Toasts - any comments from the Spoon household? We though the cabbage could have been cut a little thinner.

The bake was a 5 Toasts from Spatula's sister Squirrel - any comments from the Spatula household?

Yes the eggs were made with the fool proof hard cooked eggs technique.

Also stop giving Spatula candy you readers. His dentist is trying to find his sweet tooth to pull it out.

Thai-Style Steak Salad pg.50

5 Toasts

This dish converted me from being a well done steak cooker to a medium rare. Just like in the picture, cooking the outside and the letting the steak rest while under an aluminum tent is all you need to get the most tender results.

Make sure you make some carbs to go on the side or try the hot and sour soup because we were hungry after a few hours.

Hot and Sour Soup pg.20

5 Toasts

The best part of making this was stirring the ribbons into the soup. I brought this to a potluck at my office. I was a little nervous about hearing the critiques from my collegues since I left the stems on and didn't know if either of them liked mushrooms. Newbie loved the soup and told me that Russians and other Europeans often go mushroom picking, even in Canada. Memory Bank liked the chewyness, texture and taste.
We used oyster mushrooms instead of shiitake.

Sauteed Chicken In Mustard-Cream Sauce pg.32 & Roasted Asparagus with Parmesan pg.85

3 Toasts 1 Crust

This was the first time we cooked with tarragon and I found it too strong. The sauce also didn't thicken as much as I would have liked it.

Instead of the reccomended side dish of steamed asparagus, in order to make another dish we made the roasted asparagus with parmesan 3 Toasts - too salty to go with the main dish.

Greek-style mini lamb burgers pg142

3 Toasts 1 Crust

Spatula made this one. We both prefer the prepared tzatziki instead of our own. Why are pitas always hard to open?

Chocolate Sauce Grasshopper Sundaes pg.93

Maybe because we have been eating these cookies all week or maybe because nestle syrup has been in my every single glass of milk, but this receipe is:
3 Toasts

We had frozen pizza tonight with it!

Creamy Broccoli Soup pg.189

3 Toasts

Maybe an extra crust for the rating.
I gave this receipe to "Newbie" my co-worker a few weeks ago and when I asked her today how it went she said that she added a medium potato to make the texture smooth. She also mashed instead of pureed, as did we (with our new masher)as it is much quicker and heartier in texture.

The rolled oats do lend an interesting texture to this soup, just make sure you mix well as Spatula ate an oat pocket from his bowl. I will bring the leftovers to work tomorrow and get "The Memory"'s opinion as her luch always smells delicious even though she claims to hate cooking.

For Mom J here is the secret sauce for the salmon steaks:
salt and pepper well then mix the following
orange juice
hoisin
honey
and glaze