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Caesar Salad Dressing For those of us who are coddled egg challenged! 2 egg yolks 2 tsp dijon mustard 5 cloves, garlic, finely minced 1 T lemon juice 1 T lime juice 1 tsp worchestershire sauce squeese, anchovy paste olive oil or canola oil freshly grated parmesan cheese garlic croutons bacon bits, (optional) Using an electric hand mixer or immersion blender, beat egg yolks until pale and thick. This will take about 10 minutes or so. Add the dijon mustard and mix thoroughly. Add the oil in a steady stream until it looks like you've made about 3/4 of a cup, and it is nice and thick. And the garlic, lemon juice, lime juice, worchestershire sauce and anchovy paste and keep mixing. When tossing the salad in a wooden bowl, you can rub the bowl with additional garlic if desired. Taste. Now is the time to adjust for flavour, thickness etc. Add more oil for more dressing. Add a touch of lemon juice if the mixture becomes too thick. Keywords: Salad ( RG914 )

I use both lemon and lime juice

I don't think that's quite what I meant by discuss. And I never step willingly into any Starbucks. I also happen to like the West Coast

I actually gave up using olive oil and now use regular canola oil. Garlic croutons for me, and the croutons and the bacon bits MUST be homemade.

Very little anchovy. In fact I use a touch of anchovy paste rather than the real thing. (ick). And I've never coddled an egg in my life (possibly because I don't know how ). But I make one of the best Caesar Salads around. (Really).

As noted in the Toronto Star Digest, here on eG. Toronto (or Hogtown as we are affectionately known) speak out on the concept of having a Toronto "signature" dish. So, fellow Torontonians, I want your opinion. Do we need a special dish to call our own? Is this the right dish? Discuss!

I didn't have any cooking sherry on hand so I actually used cream sherry

Go fifi! LEt us know how the new batch turns out. I probably won't make any more until we return from our road trip now.

Hubby and I too!

Here, I'll bring it back to the thread for you . Because, hormones, any hormones affect how your body processes food. (there.) Seriously, birth control affects every woman differently. There are some who gained masses of weight on the pill, others who found it to be a very effective form of weight control, never mind alleviating cramps etc. What birth control doesn't do, is alleviate those cravings. (on topic enough ?). (if it get's too off topic, maybe doc can create a bio thread since this would be relevant to him ) I know women who have been placed on the pill to help with the cramps and other assorted problems associated with a woman's cycle, and it appears for them at least to be very effective. When I did take the pill, I found it to be a great weight control thing- I have no idea why, but I still got cravings at that time of the month. That never changed. I couldn't take the pill past 35, because the Pill and smoking over 35 do not go together. Then too, I hit menopause at 40- about 10 years to early and so tried HRT. What I found with HRT was the exact opposite of when I took the pill. My weight started to climb despite a fairly rigourous exercise program (that treadmill to nowhere feeling comes to mind ). Then came the HRT scare and no more hormones for me. It is possible that continuous birth control would work for some women, but to me, it is HRT in a different context. Because HRT "replaces" hormones, whereas, the Pill, is "adding" hormones. How many extra hormones are "ok" for a woman, when there is already contraversy over "replacing hormones.?" Just some food for thought.

I think your mac n cheese sounds wonderful! Congrats on taking up the cooking challenge (See what these blogs make you do?). You go girl!

, "what year is it in Ontario? 1965?"

I'm also going to add that when using a credit card with rental places in Mexico, be very careful they don't charge your card more than once. A lot of them do. edited to add: Playa del Carmen is my favourite place in the whole world

I think this is long overdue as well! Now if we could just get beer and wine into the grocery stores

I'm a mashed potatoes kind of girl

Hmmm chicken demi glace. May give it a whole new taste. I'll be interested in hearing how it tasted

Don't forget the demi-glace and the sherry

As far as I'm concerned, the bacon took the onions down the wrong path - so to speak I was just not happy with the taste, whereas the second time the confit was outstanding!

I agree fifi. I like my second batch without bacon much better than the first batch when I used bacon in it.

Thank you so much everyone for your kind words. I can't tell you how much fun this has been! It felt weird tonight, not having to take pictures of everything I cooked . And yes the sunroom is lovely, however, it's also a pain. We had to replace every single pane of glass (and there's a lot of it) because the seals had failed. The sunrrom is also the centre of an ongoing (now 5 year old) lawsuit against our house inspector . But it is a great room to hang out in. Thanks again!

I did? How the hell did I do that?

That looks awesome ca! I'll have to try the brown sugar idea!

I really really wish I could sing I'm looking forward to your blog. And I wish I could eat like that and not worry about my weight (psssst. Sam's not allowed to answer for you )

You must be one of those Very Wise People who always plan ahead and never miss an opportunity to start a fresh batch when something is running low. I totally agree about making it fresh, but it does takes all night.... I'm picturing that moment that might occur on getting home late and whisking together an impromptu supper: "... and a little dollop of onion confit would be Just The Thing to add here and... you don't mind waiting a few hours, do you?" I don't normally plan ahead my meals either, but I agree with Woodburner. This is just too easy as it's cooks in the slow cooker while you sleep

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