WTF cooking from my personal LJ!
So, at the Mad Hatter Tea Party this past weekend (which my wallet enjoyed so much it has now decided to stay -- twice!), I got a chance to indulge my love of WTF cooking! Yay me!
This time wasn't so crazy. It was a variation of tortellini salad consisting of whole-grain gorgonzola tortelloni, capers, and black and green olives (the green stuffed with garlic!) dressed in Trader Joe's Organic Balsamic Vinaigrette, into which had been mixed (approximately) 6 tablespoons of pesto, 2 tablespoons each of jarred eggplant garlic and artichoke dips, 1 tablespoon of tzatziki, 1/2 tablespoon of Thai yellow curry sauce, and 1 teaspoon each of cream style horseradish and pumpkin pie spice.
A couple of people REALLY loved it, and those who had the strongest negative reactions never said it was bad, just too many flavors or too sweet. I rather agree with the latter, actually, though that could have been due to the measuring spoon's strange flatness, which forced me to eyeball much more than I would have liked. Still, I'm thinking I could cut the pumpkin pie spice down to 1/2 teaspoon and possibly the Thai yellow curry sauce down to 1 teaspoon (as it also has sweet in it). Also, I found the horseradish almost undetectable whereas I had been hoping for some bite, so I'm thinking of increasing that to 2 teaspoons perhaps.
This time wasn't so crazy. It was a variation of tortellini salad consisting of whole-grain gorgonzola tortelloni, capers, and black and green olives (the green stuffed with garlic!) dressed in Trader Joe's Organic Balsamic Vinaigrette, into which had been mixed (approximately) 6 tablespoons of pesto, 2 tablespoons each of jarred eggplant garlic and artichoke dips, 1 tablespoon of tzatziki, 1/2 tablespoon of Thai yellow curry sauce, and 1 teaspoon each of cream style horseradish and pumpkin pie spice.
A couple of people REALLY loved it, and those who had the strongest negative reactions never said it was bad, just too many flavors or too sweet. I rather agree with the latter, actually, though that could have been due to the measuring spoon's strange flatness, which forced me to eyeball much more than I would have liked. Still, I'm thinking I could cut the pumpkin pie spice down to 1/2 teaspoon and possibly the Thai yellow curry sauce down to 1 teaspoon (as it also has sweet in it). Also, I found the horseradish almost undetectable whereas I had been hoping for some bite, so I'm thinking of increasing that to 2 teaspoons perhaps.