An Amazing Salad Using Some of That Bargain Cabbage From St. Patrick's Day

We had this salad on my daughters' birthday. Not an exact recipe, but more of a guideline; the dressing is definitely "to taste".

Ingredients:

shredded cabbage
2 tangerines, peeled, sectioned and halved (not only to make bite-size pieces, but also to release juice)
vegetable oil
ground ginger
soy sauce
vinegar

I combined the oil, ginger, soy sauce and vinegar in the bottom of a bowl. The I tossed with the cabbage and tangerine pieces. This made good use of some rather aging tangerines. They still tasted delicious, but the peels were less than attractive.

I served this salad with a Chinese dinner for their birthday. It was delicious, and inexpensive!

Cheap & Cheerful Suppers for St.Patrick's Day Week

Friday

• black bean chili (I made an extra large batch for the freezer and lunches during the week)
• homemade corn tortilla chips 
• tangerines

Saturday

• leftover sandwiches, potato chips, veggies and dip and fresh fruit, from a luncheon at which I worked during the day

Sunday

husband cooks 

• pot roast, with carrots, potatoes, mushrooms and gravy
• fresh watermelon (gifted after working a luncheon)

Monday (leftover night)

• leftover pot roast and gravy
• leftover fresh fruit
• green salad (with gifted cherry tomatoes and lettuce that I bought)

Tuesday

husband cooks

• lentil and rice curried casserole
• chutney on the side
• watermelon, grapes and cherry tomatoes (all gifted to us)

Wednesday

• ham, egg and bread strata (from freezer)
• leftover curry/rice/lentil casserole, with choice of leftover pot roast gravy or chutney
• green salad
• bananas

Thursday

• lentil and ham soup from the freezer
• bread and butter
• bananas
• cole slaw

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I used the clearance sugar cookie dough from after Christmas (55 cents/package) and some clearance green sugar crystals from after Christmas several years ago, and made some treats for us yesterday. I ate way too many myself! But they were pretty good.

This was a clean out the refrigerator week for us. On Wednesday, I used up some lingering rhubarb sauce, cranberry sauce and orange juice in a smoothie. I discovered that the curried lentil and rice casserole was delicious with pot roast gravy at lunch, one day, so I offered that with a dinner one night. Today, I will use up the various non-sweet liquids in the fridge, along with the last of one bundle of limp celery, in a large pot of soup.

Another busy weekend coming up for me. I hope that you have a great weekend!