Cook Book 1

The first cookbook we choose was Mark Bittman's "How to Cook Everything Vegetarian". Because of the celebration of our nations birth we went with good old American 'no-mayo coleslaw'. It was much better than I thought it would be and made me realize that maybe following a recipe isn't so bad after all. However, we didn't actually follow the recipe ingredient for ingredient because we didn't have everything. This is what we ended up with:

Recipe:

One bag of slaw mix (Buy at your local grocer)
2 table spoon Dijon mustard
2 table spoons red wine vinegar
crushed black pepper to taste
1 table spoon celery salt
1 table spoon minced garlic

Direction:

Mix it all together and chill for a few hours (we did it over night).

Alternatives:

I think you could add bits of broccoli or celery to give the dish another dimension of flavor an texture. I also played around with the idea of adding caraway seeds but maybe next time. We did leave out green onions which would be an interesting addition I might try one day.

Uses:

Pairing this slaw with some sort of protein was perfect. HER VERSION: I ate it with some grilled tuna steak. HIS VERSION: He had it pile on top of his turkey sausage.