COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL APRIL 26, 2017
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Cook's Corner: Salad alternatives for a new season
PICKLED RED ONIONS
1/3 c. fresh lime juice
1/4 c. distilled white vinegar
10 oz. small red boiling onions (about
30), peeled and halved, or 1 red
onion, thinly sliced (about 1 cup)
Recipes from
Betty Kaiser
A
crisp green salad is always a bright and perky
accent to whatever you’re serving for dinner.
But after a long, wet winter, the lettuce we buy for
our salads can be very disappointing. The dreary
days and endless winter rains lettuce is often kind of
wimpy and tasteless.
In fact, my dinner salads have been so boring that
not even the dogs want to eat them. I fi nally gave up
on my old stand-by-salad of lettuce, tomato and av-
ocado. Instead, I opted for fruit combos. I think I’ve
added more shredded carrots, cabbage, cranberries,
apples and oranges to lettuce salads than ever before.
I had the same bland, boring problem with green
vegetables. One can only eat so much broccoli or
green beans and I have had my fi ll. So I went looking
for a different, tasty and interesting green leaf lettuce
salad AND an unusual green vegetable combination.
I found both in an old “Good Housekeeping” mag-
azine.
The following recipes violate my rule of “the fewer
ingredients the better” but they are worth the effort.
The salad is a little confusing because it has three
parts: dressing, pickled red onions and the salad base
of greens, etc. But is tangy, crispy and different. The
Spring vegetables are a meal in themselves.
Good luck and enjoy!
Karen and Artemis, cousins, were devastated
their cat died, so they phoned Rude Ranch Animal
Rescue Center. Rude Ranch was featured on the
same Animal Planet show MUST LOVE CATS as
my famous swimming cats! The owners assuaged
the cousins' broken hearts and promised them "the
purr-fect cat.”
But, instead of coming home with one cat, they
arrived home with the “Terror Twins.”
The kittens were named after Princesses from
Greek mythology: Andromeda (Romi) after King
Cepheus’ daughter, and Aurora (Rori) after the
Princess in “The Sleeping Beauty.”
At the age of one something mysterious hap-
pened to Romi. Her back legs became dysfunc-
tional and she couldn't see out of one of her eyes.
Make Pickled Red Onions
If using boiling onions: In medium
bowl, stir lime juice, vinegar, and 1
teaspoon kosher salt together. Heat
medium saucepan of water to boiling
on high. Add small onions; boil 1 min-
ute or until just softened. With slotted
spoon, transfer to bowl with lime juice
mixture. Cover and refrigerate, stirring
occasionally, at least 40 minutes or un-
til cold. Makes 2 cups.
If using sliced onion: In small bowl,
combine sliced onion, lime juice, vine-
gar, and 1 teaspoon kosher salt. Cover;
refrigerate 30 minutes, stir occasional-
ly. Makes 3/4 cup.
Transfer to a jar; refrigerate (up to 2
weeks) until ready to use.
Make Salad: Just before serving gently
toss romaine, cabbage, radishes, carrot,
and tomatoes with enough dressing to
coat. Season with salt. Drain pickled
onions and scatter over salad. Top with
diced avocados, Cotija cheese, pump-
kin seeds, and crumbled tortilla chips.
Serve immediately. Serves a lot!
Keep it simple and keep it seasonal!
Betty Kaiser’s Cook’s Corner is dedicated to sharing a variety of
recipes that are delicious, family oriented and easy to prepare.
Contact her at 942-1317 or email bchatty@bettykaiser.com
Rori remains handicap free.
A pet chiropractor taught the cousins some
unique healing-petting tips and benefi cial kit-
ty massages. Romi has an appreciation for life
and each hurdle she's physically presented with,
they've found ways to clear it together.
The twins obviously had different fathers
because they are two different breeds. Rori is a
long-haired Maine Coon and Romi is an Egyptian
Mau Mix. Egyptian Mau’s bond deeply and are
devoted to one person so Romi looks at Karen as
if she is a gift from God! It's easy to see why the
Egyptians worshiped the cat, God Bast, and made
hurting a cat a crime punishable by death.
Rori is small, mighty, fl uffy and loves kisses.
She jumps up on tables, marching back and forth,
until she receives kisses from Karen and Artemis.
Or Rori will crawl onto their chests and turn her
head back and forth to have both sides of her face
kissed. Like Rori, Romi loves to play. To accom-
modate her handicaps, Karen and Artemis slow
down her toy fi shing pole or her
laser light. They carefully mon-
itor Romi’s breathing. When
she appears tired, they stop for
cuddles.
Romi, like Karen and Ar-
temis, is a lover of sci-fi , the
movie ‘Battleship’ and TV show
‘Zoo’ are her two favorites (no
accounting for taste). When
there is a shark movie on, or one
with explosives or zombies, she
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SALAD
3 c. coarsely torn romaine lettuce
hearts (from 1 head)
1 1/2 c. green cabbage, very thinly
sliced
4 radishes, cut into matchstick-size
strips
1 carrot, cut into matchstick-size strips
1 c. cherry tomatoes, halved
Pickled Red Onions (see recipe below)
2 small avocados cut into large chunks
1/2 c. coarsely crumbled Cotija cheese
or feta cheese
3 tbsp. toasted shelled pumpkin seeds
(pepitas)
1 1/2 c. tortilla chips, coarsely crum-
bled
estaurant
In heavy 12-inch skillet, combine onions, garlic, oil and
broth; heat to simmering on med. heat. Cover; cook about
2 min. or until onion softens slightly.
Add asparagus, fava beans and peas and sauté 2-3 min.
or until heated through. Add escarole, spinach and basil;
sauté 2-3 min. or until escarole wilts and asparagus is
crisp-tender.
Stir in lemon peel and juice. Season to taste with kosher
salt. Transfer to serving platter; sprinkle with chives and
grated Parmesan. Serve immediately. Serves 6.
runs over to the couch and cuddles with her favor-
ite two humans. Romi’s curiosity makes her tilt
her head in the cutest way, so she can see out of
her "good" eye.
In Artemis Milchon’s newly published book,
‘The Last Dragon’ (www.avalerionbooks.com),
the heroine, Sally, is taken in by a group of refu-
gees from another world and give her a real fam-
ily for the fi rst time, while the Clan Lords teach
her how to see the best in herself. Romi's done
the same for Karen and Artemis.” And the animal
shelter was right, they did fi nd the purr-fect cat(s)
for Karen and Artemis!
POTTY TIP
Karen created a “handicapped’ assisted-litter
box” for Romi to walk into with no
steps or walls, and sturdy enough to
hold her up, while she is busy ‘in de-
box’.
Karen tried cheap little plastic box-
es, but they were too small. Then they
tried cardboard boxes that they treated
with a waterproof spray and left to cure
in the garage until the smell had dissi-
pated. They then added a dog training
pad and a little litter.
Once Karen and Artemis realized
Romi couldn't balance on litter, they
began using dog training pads inside
the box. One side of the box is cut off
for Romi to walk directly into without
having to step up. They keep the box
in the corner of a room, so two of its
sides are supported by the wall for her to lean up
against.
Romi likes the dog training pads for two rea-
sons: 1. her little-wobbly legs have no problem
navigating them, and 2. they absorb smell which
is the reason why cats bury their business in the
fi rst place.
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4 green onions, trimmed and slices
2 cloves garlic (fi nely chopped)
3 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons lower sodium chicken broth (or water)
8 ounces asparagus (trimmed and cut into 1 1/2-inch piec-
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1 cup fresh fava bean (shelled, from about 1 pound pods,
peeled, or sugar snap peas, trimmed and halved
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1 cup garden peas (shelled fresh, from about 1 pound peas
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1/2 head escarole (torn into bite-size pieces, about 2 cups)
1/2 cup loosely packed fresh basil leaves
1 tablespoon grated lemon peel (fi nely)
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives (fi nely)
1/2 cups baby spinach leaves (loosely packed)
Parmesan cheese (for serving)
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