Welcome to the new year everyone! I hope the first two days have treated you well. If my first two days of the year reflect how everyone else spent their first two days, I hope you all enjoyed shopping at Walmart and Target, buying storage containers and hangers!
Yesterday, boyfriend and I spent the day cleaning and organizing the apartment in preparation for our move to a slightly smaller apartment. We filled up three huge garbage bags with clothes than no longer fit into our wardrobe and dropped them off at the donation bin. The huge pile of metal hangers made their way to the recycling bin. The pile of shoes in the bottom of the coat closet got organized and whittled down.
Along our cleaning journey, we realized that we had accumulated lots of new clothes for christmas and were in need of hangers. A series of thoughts brought us to getting in the car and driving to the closest Walmart, only to discover that everyone else in the county decided to go there too. Were you at the big box store this weekend, because I think just about everyone in the world was in my checkout line. (Warning - if you take a cart FULL of items into the "Speedy Checkout Line" you're going to get quite a few snide comments)
At the end of the day, our closet was slightly cleaner and our bodies were tired. There was very little energy remaining to prepare anything for dinner. Chopping a head of lettuce into four pieces was just about the amount of prep I could handle.
Iceberg wedge & Blue cheese dressing
Adapted from Williams Sonoma - New York
I've had a couple of wedge salads in my time and I've always wanted to make it at home. The dressing always had the same notes, but I didn't have a good base recipe. This recipe from Williams Sonoma really hit the spot. Although, to be completely honest with you... After I photographed the pretty wedges of lettuce, I chopped it up and tossed it into a big bowl. So much easier to eat, just less pretty to look at!
1 head iceberg lettuce, cut into 4-6 wedges
1/2 cup mayonaisse
1/2 cup light sour cream
juice from 1 lemon
dash of Tabasco
1 tsp kosher salt
1/4 tsp freshly cracked black pepper
4 oz crumbled blue cheese
1 tbsp fresh chive, finely chopped
1/2 cup candied walnuts
1/2 cup dried cranberries
Plate one wedge of lettuce per plate.
In a large bowl, whisk together all ingredients for the salad dressing (mayo through chives). Spoon a few tablespoons of dressing over each wedge. Spinkle with cranberries and walnuts.
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