COBB SALAD

Serves 4

1/2Cup Old Fashioned “Red Dressing”
6 Hearts of Romaine lettuce, shredded
1Cup Cooked diced Chicken or Turkey breast meat
2 Tomatoes, diced
1 Avocado, diced
2Tbs Cooked bacon, crumbled
1/4Cup Shredded Colby cheese
1/4Cup Shredded Mozzarella cheese


Prepare “Red Dressing”.

This salad may be made in larger amounts and assembled in a large plastic storage container to take to a picnic or store until served in your refrigerator. If you are serving individual serving, assemble in a large bowl.

Start by placing the lettuce in the bowl or container as a base. On top of the lettuce base arrange in strips across the lettuce all of the remaining prepared salad ingredients (except dressing). Apply dressing and serve.

© Chef Johnny’s Products LLC 2001

Great Pie for Easter Dinner

BAY BRIDGE SUGAR PIE

3 T butter
½ C flour
1 C Light brown sugar, well packed
1 C milk
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 C Pecans, chopped
1 9 inch pie shell

If you are not good at making a home made pie shell, buy one at the store. Bake the pie shell and allow it to cool, set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, cream together the sugar, flour and butter. Beat the egg adding the milk. Add this mixture to the creamed sugar. Transfer this mixture to a 2-quart saucepan and over medium heat, cook until thickened, stirring constantly. When thickened, remove from heat and cool. After cooled, add the vanilla and pecans. Pour into the prebaked pie shell and place in refrigerator for several hours. Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

This is one that I enjoy eating while sitting by the bridge in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi watching the shrimp boats.

© Chef Johnny 2000

Turmeric Recalled Due To Excessive Lead Levels

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - April 15, 2011 B&M, Inc. Conducts Voluntary Nationwide Recall Of 6 Lot Numbers Of Archer Farms Ground Turmeric Due To Excessive Lead Levels. B&M, Inc. of Mount Vernon, Missouri is voluntarily recalling Archer Farms Ground Turmeric sold at Target stores in glass bottles with a net weight of 2.6 oz. (74g), due to elevated levels of lead. Lead can accumulate in the body over time. Too much can cause health problems, including delayed mental and physical development and learning deficiencies. Pregnant women, infants and young children especially should avoid exposure to lead. People concerned about blood lead levels should contact their physician or health clinic to ask about testing. This voluntary recall is a result of notification from B&M, Incorporated’s supplier that the Ground Turmeric they provided contained excessive levels of lead. The Archer Farms Ground Turmeric was distributed nationwide to Target retail stores located in the following states from June, 2009, to February, 2010: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, and WI. The product is identified at the retail store level as Archer Farms Ground Turmeric, UPC 0-85239-02612-0. The lot numbers included in this recall are 1740901A, Best By 6/23/2011; 2180902A, Best By 8/6/11; 2780906A, Best By 10/5/2011; 2920903A, Best By 10/19/11; 3060903A, Best By 11/2/2011; 0071003A, Best By1/7/2012. The lot numbers and Best By dates can be found on the bottom of the bottle. No other Archer Farms Brand spices have been affected by this voluntary recall.

How Sweet It Is!

LOW COUNTRY SWEET POTATOES Serves 10 to 12 4 lb sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 2 inch pieces 6 T butter, this is one you do not substitute with margarine 1/8 C light molasses 1/8 C honey ½ tsp salt ¼ tsp nutmeg In an 8 qt stockpot, place the cut sweet potatoes with enough water to cover and cook to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to a slow simmer, cover and cook 20 minutes or until the potatoes are tender to the fork. Drain well and return sweet potatoes to the stockpot to hold warm. Use a 1 qt saucepan and add the butter over medium heat. Cook until browned, not burned, approximately 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from heat. With and old fashioned hand potato masher, mash the sweet potatoes while adding the brown butter, molasses, honey, nutmeg and salt. Mash until smooth. © Chef Johnny 2001

Top of the Salt List

Here's a popular dish that is at the top of the salt list for daily sodium equivalent.

Ruby Tuesday Mediterranean Shrimp Pasta
3,933 mg sodium
1,086 calories
63 g fat

Sodium Equivalent: 11 Large Orders of McDonald’s French Fries

Somebody needs to tell Ruby Tuesday that to make “Mediterranean” pasta, you don’t need to actually boil the noodles in Mediterranean seawater. Ruby Tuesday makes only one pasta dish with fewer than 2,000 mg of sodium (almost an entire day's worth!), and it has only two pasta dishes with fewer than 3,000 mg. Do you have an alternative dish with lower sodium? Post it and share with others.