shallots are a sweet onion garlic flavore so use em anywhere youd like that
flavor.

KROM

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>I never used to buy them. Then some years ago I ordered some products from
>Omaha steaks and there was a recipe for Steak Dianne. It called for
>shallots, so I bought some to make it. My husband ate the steaks, but
>didn't rave about them so I never bought them or shallots again.
>
> But recently I have gotten shallots many times in my PCA box. Once, I
> chopped them and put them in a vegetable soup. It was nice. I have used
> them raw in salads. Also nice. Then the other night I made some nachos
> for myself because I didn't like the food I made for Angela and my
> husband. I would normally put green onions on nachos or some chopped
> white onion if I didn't have green. The only onion I had was a yellow
> one. It was huge and I didn't feel like cutting it up. So I chopped up a
> shallot. It was very good on the nachos. Very sweet.
>
> I've gotten to where I prefer white onions for most things. I put them in
> almost everything. Can I substitute the shallots to use them up?
>