Dottie Riley

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Happy Holidays!

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A few weeks ago I took my camera with me to the mall and photographed Christmas decorations. This image is from a sale rack in Macy's. I want to go out later today and photograph more Christmas scenes/things.

I have been making a lot of pasta salads lately. I use my own recipes- whatever sounds good. I figured that these salad might be even better if I used an actual recipe, so found one on line for "Greek pasta salad". It includes cucumbers, tomatoes, black olives, garlic, feta cheese, fresh spinach leaves, fresh basil... Sounds good, doesn't it? Well, I don't like it at all! Three quarts of something that I would just as soon throw out. I think I will go back to my bean salads and pasta salads that I make on the fly. I made some with garbanzo beans, onions, red bell pepper, and cilantro that came out really good. I don't remember what else was in it because I ate it all already!

I just deleted two paragraphs. I must stop whining!
By the way- I will miss Randy a lot.

posted on Dec 22, 2012 9:23 AM ()

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verah cool pic. I put pepperoni in my pasta salad too...and cubes of various cheeses.

reguards
yer culinary experimenting pal
bugg
comment by honeybugg on Dec 27, 2012 12:43 AM ()
I like pepperoni and cheeses!
reply by dragonflyby on Dec 29, 2012 10:11 AM ()
Merry Christmas. For 2013, make your resolution ... "Paint more!"
comment by jondude on Dec 24, 2012 7:52 AM ()
Definitely!
reply by dragonflyby on Dec 29, 2012 10:11 AM ()
driving around the streets here it a pleasure to look at the house decorations they have with all the lights going .
MERRY XMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM DOWNUNDER
comment by kevinshere on Dec 22, 2012 3:32 PM ()
Not a lot of people decorate in Florida. Some neighborhoods, but just isolated neighborhoods.
reply by dragonflyby on Dec 29, 2012 10:12 AM ()
Thanks for the picture.
comment by troutbend on Dec 22, 2012 1:40 PM ()
Yes, that salad does sound really good. I know what you mean, though, sometimes they miss the mark for us. Years ago I made a pasta salad that I couldn't get enough of, it had cubes of salami and mozzarella or something like that in it. But I've since lost my touch, and it hasn't tasted as good the last few times I made it.
comment by troutbend on Dec 22, 2012 1:40 PM ()
Wish it had tasted as good as it sounded!
reply by dragonflyby on Dec 29, 2012 10:12 AM ()
Beautiful picture Dottie. It think after we cook a long time we feel
free and experiment more. I like Pepperonoi in my pasta salad.
comment by elderjane on Dec 22, 2012 1:31 PM ()
My experiments sure tasted better than the Greek pasta salad reipe that I got off the internet!
reply by dragonflyby on Dec 29, 2012 10:13 AM ()
I was at a party at my buddy's a year ago an mentioned that BJ's (the wholesale place) makes good salads. I assumed he bought them there because of the trays they were in. Turns out he made it all himself and his potato salad is quite different than mine. The only "right" way to make potato salad is how I learned it from my maw. He said it can have any ingredient as long as the family likes it. If other people like it too, that's great. The short story: I experiment now! Merry Christmas.
comment by jjoohhnn on Dec 22, 2012 11:01 AM ()
Yes, it is amazing what we produce in our kitchens. I wish I had written down how I made some things because later, I did not remember.
reply by dragonflyby on Dec 29, 2012 10:14 AM ()
The pasta really does sound like it would be totally yummy! Thanks for sharing it with us. I am going to try and make it myself.
I think it is great how you are so artistic. That picture of the sales racket is awesome!
comment by trekbrarian on Dec 22, 2012 9:47 AM ()
I did not like it, so if you made it, I hope you liked it better than I did.
reply by dragonflyby on Dec 29, 2012 10:15 AM ()

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