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Default Favorite things to do with onions?

On 12/19/2011 8:35 PM, Tiger Lily wrote:
> On 12/19/2011 8:23 AM, Robert Miles wrote:
>> On 12/10/2011 2:56 AM, Tiger Lily wrote:
>>> On 12/8/2011 8:48 PM, Jacquie wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "Tiger Lily" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On 12/7/2011 3:01 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>> I love onions. I put them in nearly everything. My favorite are the
>>>>>> white
>>>>>> onions but currently I have yellow ones because they were cheap.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What do you like to do with onions?
>>>>>
>>>>> - Greek Salad
>>>>>
>>>>> - Marinated with tomatoes as a spin on greek salad
>>>>>
>>>>> - onions, garlic, mushrooms and lastly tomatoes with sweet basil stir
>>>>> fried
>>>>>
>>>>> - green onions, bacon into scrambled eggs
>>>>>
>>>>> - vidalia onion & mustard salad dressing (yum)
>>>>>
>>>>> - trying to think of a meal that onions don't go with..... raw in
>>>>> hamburgers, cooked into spaghet sauces, curry, meatloaf, shepherds
>>>>> pie, chicken pot pie, mongolian hot pot.....sliced and put into a
>>>>> casserole with mushroom soup over pork chops... as a side to steak,
>>>>> yum
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Sometimes when I am out of lettuce and we are having Italian, I will
>>>> slice onions and tomatoes and marinate in a nice Italian dressing. Nope
>>>> there is not much I cook without some kind of onion.
>>>> When I make baked or fried cheese I sometimes add sliced green onions.
>>>> Or I will make a cheese crisp with a low carb tortilla, and add green
>>>> onion to it. I will brown chicken for fajitas and slice onions and
>>>> caramelize them slightly , then mix then together and add cheese and
>>>> make quesadillas with that mixture, serve it with sour cream and
>>>> lettuce
>>>> tomato and salsa.
>>>> Do you have a recipe for the mustard and Vidalia dressing?
>>>>
>>>
>>> unfortunately, i'm desperately looking for the Vidalia/Mustard recipe
>>>
>>> the farm that the onions first came from has a brand name (now forgotten
>>> or name lost) and they sold their salad dressing via Costco............
>>> we stocked up, but everyone LOVED the dressing and we gave them a fresh
>>> bottle
>>>
>>> now, Costco doesn't have them
>>>
>>> they are E coast USA based
>>>
>>> kate

>>
>> You might check if one of these gives the recipe you want:
>>
>>> http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/ho...lia_sauce.html

>>
>>> http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/vida...0000001173730/

>>
>>> http://www.yummly.com/recipes/vidali...stard-dressing

>>
>>> http://www.yummly.com/recipes/vidali...-honey-mustard

>>
>>> http://mcclainsgourmet.com/recipes/h...en-salad-.html
>>>
>>>

>>
>> Note, however, that these recipes tend to have honey or sugar near
>> the start of the list of ingredients.
>>
>> Robert Miles
>>

>
> ty Robert
>
> while sugar is a main component of this dressing, it pours thin*** enough
> (versus 1,000 Island for example) that a 1/2 tablespoon goes a LONG way
> to dressing a large bowl of salad, and the dressing has lots of flavour
> as well, again, don't need lots of it
>
> it's a nice change to the various balsamic or sun dried tomato type
> dressings that we also enjoy
>
> i'm still trying to find the garlic/bacon ranch dressing we stumbled
> upon to 'try out' and it is amazing on spinach/pickled beet/shredded
> carrot/whatever i feel like salad
>
> kate


*** typo correction