Y’know what plating is, yeah? It’s making the food look pretty on the plate. Not so pretty that you refuse to eat it for fear of disturbing the magnificent work of art (like that would ever happen anyway) but pretty.
I read this Bean and Corn Salad recipe on Home-Ec101.com and a lightbulb went off in my head.
There’s corn in the cabinet. There’s beans. No cooking involved (during a heatwave when cooking is downright unthinkable) (and during a week when my only day off was spent buried in paperwork).
But following the recipe as written was impossible. I had corn and beans and that was it. Or…was it?
After rereading the recipe, it occurred that while I don’t have the dressing ingredients Bobbie used, I DO have a bottle of zesty italian dressing. Time to experiment a bit!
You would think that I’d make sure to grab the can of black beans, right? You would be wrong. Reached in and grabbed the first can of beans in the cabinet. Didn’t realize what a mistake it was until everything was in the bowl:
The good news is that it’s MUCH more tasty than it looks. The bad (?) news is that I’m the only one that’ll eat it.