Feta Cheese- brined curd cheese, made from sheep's milk, oh how delicious..............Feta Cheese should never be mistaken for Blue Cheese =( I really don't like Blue Cheese. But Feta Cheese really completed this meal; it brought out all of the seasonings and made my pasta salad pop.
Quick and Easy pasta is what this recipe should've been called. Why? because it is. All I had to do was add some olive oil, cherry tomatoes, garlic, red pepper flakes, vinegar and salt to a skillet. Let it cook through so the tomatoes get soft and then sit it to the side. In the between time I boiled 1lb of pasta shells before while I tried to figure out how I could grill my shrimp and zucchini (Again I think, why didn't I pack my George Foreman gril
l in my Unaccompanied Baggage).
l in my Unaccompanied Baggage). FYI do not try to grill anything in Hamilton Beach convectional oven
, it doesn't do the trick. So far it has worked for everything else, cookies, lasagna, toasting bread….etc. but not to grill. I tried for about and hour and it didn't work instead it made my zucchini kind of flimsy. Then I remembered that we had this wonderful system kitchen here in Japan (meaning 3 burners and a place to bake fish sort of like a broiler under the stoves back in the states). I stuck the zucchini is there and we were grilling! I was so proud that once again I found a way to make this cookbook idea of DH’s work. What a learning experience this is starting to be, things I used to take for granted like an oven, countertop space, garbage disposal
and my DISHWASHER
!!!! (yes I am still hung up over this). On the other hand I am definitely finding new ways to do the same things. Somewhat stressful at times and might I add highly IRRITATING. Finally it was time to grill the shrimp and the DH came home with the skewers
just in time (3 stores later the LaLa, Commissary and finally the NEX gas station). Just so that I could give myself a splinter, don't ask why? even though Ryan got to meet our neighbor to ask her if he could borrow some tweezers
. So I suppose it all worked out well =).
, it doesn't do the trick. So far it has worked for everything else, cookies, lasagna, toasting bread….etc. but not to grill. I tried for about and hour and it didn't work instead it made my zucchini kind of flimsy. Then I remembered that we had this wonderful system kitchen here in Japan (meaning 3 burners and a place to bake fish sort of like a broiler under the stoves back in the states). I stuck the zucchini is there and we were grilling! I was so proud that once again I found a way to make this cookbook idea of DH’s work. What a learning experience this is starting to be, things I used to take for granted like an oven, countertop space, garbage disposal and my DISHWASHER!!!! (yes I am still hung up over this). On the other hand I am definitely finding new ways to do the same things. Somewhat stressful at times and might I add highly IRRITATING. Finally it was time to grill the shrimp and the DH came home with the skewers just in time (3 stores later the LaLa, Commissary and finally the NEX gas station). Just so that I could give myself a splinter, don't ask why? even though Ryan got to meet our neighbor to ask her if he could borrow some tweezers. So I suppose it all worked out well =). To finish the dinner I just added everything together and tossed in the scallions, olives, lemon zest and parsley and Feta Cheese. Then you can add salt and pepper to taste. The family ate it up, the kids loved it and the Feta Cheese was the main attraction. DH said he liked this salad more than the Chinese Chicken Salad from Souplantation; and that is a lot for him considering he hates salad as much as I hate brussel sprouts. He liked it so much he took it to work and one of his coworkers said the Feta Cheese smelled like Shi* and DH said Kiss my A**. LOL he does love me doesn’t he =)
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