Here’s another example of using “formula cooking”. Tonight I was really in the mood for something *LIKE* potato salad. I didn’t have any potatoes but I wasn’t going to let a trivial problem like that stand in my way. I used the formula for potato salad and came up with a very tasty quinoa and vegetable salad that was exactly what I was craving.
The formula for potato salad is pretty simple:
- Some cooked starchy vegetable(s)
- Some aromatic vegetable(s)
- Some mayonnaise-like binder
- Some seasoning
I had some cooked quinoa and left over sauteed green beans and mushrooms. Here is what I came up with:
Summer Quinoa and Vegetable salad
- 3/4 cup cooked quinoa
- 1/2 cup cooked green beans. chopped
- 1/4 cup cooked mushrooms, chopped
- 1/4 cup frozen peas, defrosted
- 3 green onions, chopped
- 1T fresh parsley, chopped
- 3T mayonnaise
- salt and pepper to taste
Mix it all up. Makes about 3 servings.
