Dinner.. accomplished

I decided to take my own advice about not worrying about what I don't have and work with what I've got... So.. this is how it goes...spinach, onions, scallions....black olives, raisins, walnuts and cheese claiming to be cheddar....

While all that is going on we enter Phase 2... frying bacon..chopping tomatoes etc...thinking about how to do all this on the fly... the bacon photos kinda bite because Im cooking, not thinking about photo stuff... its bacon.. done crispy so I can make bacon bits out of real bacon... Im not putting textured soy or chicko bacon in my dinner.... its wrong on so many levels

I got distracted and missed taking photos of the salad building process.. the pretty tomatoes and all the colors coming together...

Anyway... starting at the shrimp going clockwise... shrimp civiche which I can't stop wolfing down.. black olives.. refried beans with cumin, spinach and cheddar just because I wanted some contrast and smoked oysters...

The salad is the usual anything I can get in the big bowl type.. I usually add rasins, nuts, garlic cloves, onions, grated cheese or whatever kind... I like spinach.. spring mixes, baby greens.. and stuff you wouldn't expect...  boiled eggs being a favorite.. but shrimp can end up in it all pretty fast too.... ham, chicken... asparagus or any dried fruit thats close at hand....

Lately I've been using vermouth as salad dressing.... its different.. and there are no rules.. nothing wrong with a little adventuring....

 

One of the big pleasures in my life is fixing my dinner exactly the way I like it there is no.. I don't feel like having________________ or I don't like_____________ its great...  you aught to see me work over a salmon.... its magical...the salmon, not me.. and I never have a clue till I get in the kitchen what the game is going to be....

I need for Leigh to plan my movements so she can get the best shots... and make it look as pretty as it is good...