Recently a friend on the West Coast posted a photo of a delicious looking, healthy salad on her FB page. She shops at her local Farmers' Market and everything always looks freshly picked. Someone asked her what dressing she used on her salad and the reply was homemade mayo that didn't thicken. I was curious about the mayo but didn't like to ask if if was thin by choice or by accident. I frequently make mayo at the cabin and it always thickens with no problem and that made me wonder about making it less thick. Not long afterwards we returned to the cabin and realizing that I'd forgotten to top up the mayo jar I decided to whip up some - our favourite is garlic (aioli) and chipotle - this time I combined the two flavours and the chipotle aioli is delicious. So I whipped up - or should I say blended - the mayo till it was thick and let it sit for a couple of minutes while I sterilized the jar for it - went back to the aioli and poured it into the jar ..... what, poured it? I've always had to spoon it into the jar! Now I know how easy it is to make thin mayo but I still don't know how I did it - perhaps it was the power of suggestion. ^^ I like this thin mayo because it can be used as a salad dressing for greens but isn't so good for mixing a potato salad, for example.
Recently, wanting a change from a vinaigrette on a green salad I tried a homemade Catalina dressing from here - it was very good!
So you might be wondering where this photo fits into the story - it doesn't but since I don't have a photo of the chipotle aioli I thought I'd show you a birthday card that I made for a neighbour who will be 90 in September. If you were to meet this lady you would be surprised to learn that she's coming up 90 - I thought she might be turning 80 and was shocked to learn her correct age. She is active, still drives, does her own cooking and cleaning, takes care of her 90 y.o. husband who has some physical issues, has a sharp mind - the list goes on and on - she is certainly an inspiration to us younger folks. She has Scottish ancestry, as do I, and we both celebrate Robbie Burns Day thus it seemed appropriate to stitch her something that was a wee bit Scottish. I daresay this design is lavender but it looks quite similar to heather so that's what we'll call it ... a bit of artistic licence. ^^ The envelope was made from gift wrap.
life is like a mirror -
smile at it and it smiles back at you
