{"id":1395,"date":"2007-09-05T20:15:03","date_gmt":"2007-09-06T01:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2007\/basic-vinaigrette\/"},"modified":"2007-09-05T20:15:03","modified_gmt":"2007-09-06T01:15:03","slug":"basic-vinaigrette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2007\/basic-vinaigrette\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic vinaigrette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I used my measuring spoons for the first time in about six weeks. It was like meeting up with some old friends. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/img_9426.JPG' alt='Basic vinaigrette' class=\"alignright\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cooking has been one of the casualties of my &#8220;morning sickness&#8221;:\/news\/2007\/our-little-announcement these past few weeks, and our whole family has felt it. We have been exploring the riches of frozen foods available to middle America &#8212; and I&#8217;ve been grateful to not have to suffer through the smell of sauteing garlic (something I usually *love*). But my nausea is abating just enough right now to drive me to eat a fresh salad &#8212; complete with this homemade dressing, modified somewhat from Nigella Lawson&#8217;s standard recipe in &#8220;_How to Eat_&#8221;:http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0470173548\/octothorppres-20.<\/p>\n<p>p{color:gray}. Photo: A recent meal  &#8212;  which Ann absolutely loved  &#8212;  of frozen chicken nuggets, instant potatoes, and canned green beans. (Not that there&#8217;s anything wrong with that.)<\/p>\n<p>*Basic Vinaigrette*<\/p>\n<p>scant 1\/2 teaspoon dijon mustard<br \/>\na few drops of cold water<br \/>\n2 teaspoons red wine vinegar (other varieties work well, too)<br \/>\n1\/2 teaspoon coarse salt<br \/>\na good grinding of black pepper<br \/>\n6-8 tablespoons olive oil<\/p>\n<p>Measure all ingredients into a small jar with a tight lid. (Old jam jars work well. I&#8217;ve tried baby food jars, but I always have trouble sealing them tightly enough.) Shake vigorously until well-combined. Add more salt and pepper to taste, then toss with greens. (I like adding lightly toasted walnuts, too.) Store leftover dressing in the fridge &#8212; and bring to room temperature before using again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I used my measuring spoons for the first time in about six weeks. It was like meeting up with some old friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kids","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}