We still have lots of organic greens from Costco, so I decided to make Cesar Salad. I filled a large soup bowl with salad, sliced a Roma tomato into pieces, added five or six marinated artichoke hearts, and two green onions, sliced thinly.
I was low on prepared salad dressings and wanted a salad for lunch, so I used the last five or six white anchovies (Whole Foods) in oil and vinegar in the fridge and made a Cesar Salad dressing by chopping up the fillets, then added some reconstituted lemon juice and then some Grape Seed and Olive oil until the mixture thickened and came into the proper taste profile. I then found and added a bit of fresh lemon juice and added some salt and whipped in an egg. Very thick and creamy.
When Suzette came home, I was stuck on the couch after a ten mile ride without water, so after a short discussion we decided on a simple dinner of sautéed previously frozen Ahi Tuna (Sunflower Market, $9.99/lb), tartar sauce, green beans (Sunflower Market, $1.99/lb), and PPI rice. We has stopped at Sunflower Market on Sunday on our way home from Taos
The beverage choice actually took longer than the menu discussion. I suggested hot sake and that was rejected, then we debated the merits of beer versus wine. Without a satisfactory conclusion I went to the basement fridge and fetched a bottle of Spanish white Viura Marques de La Montañana (Trader Joe’s $4.49) and a couple of Coors Gold’s. We drank the Viura with the meal. It was delicious and accommodating to the various flavors; the bland rice and beans and tart tartar sauce and rich tuna and great tasting (crisp and fruity).
Suzette seared the tuna beautifully, so that it had a ribbon of gray on the outside, mostly pink and tender on the inside, with just a tiny ribbon of red in the middle of the steak.
Bon Appètit
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