Orange Ginger Slaw
A colorful and tasty salad for your dinner, yes, but first I need to show you a large grey cat.
I’m thinking of making a t-shirt or a poster of these paws, they’re perfect.
Scott and I were devoted dog lovers and this big dork of a cat showed us there could be another way, transformed our hearts. Scott’s collies rescued a starving wisp of a kitten fourteen years ago and became surrogate mothers for the tiny grey orphan who then proceeded to take over our lives in the role of Sultan, a gravity-generating mass of fur. My sister wrote “that sweet little doorknob bean-head cat…the clunky jester…such endearing and frustrating idiosyncrasies…”, he was a huggable and sometimes strangle-able squash-and-fruit-loving feline that stole the show. He was also part of one of the best cat-love-stories around, maybe that I’ll share another time.
Eeyoo passed away peacefully a few weeks ago, it’s amazing how empty space is so noticeable. You really don’t know how you will miss anyone until you do.
I often had assistance during the ‘photo shoots’.
The weekly quotes on my Homepage this month have had a distinctive theme:
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“One cat just leads to another.”
Ernest Hemingway
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“Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.”
Joseph Wood
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“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.”
Albert Schweitzer
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“Time spent with cats is never wasted.”
Sigmund Freud
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If there were to be a universal sound depicting peace, I would surely vote for the purr.”
Barbara L. Diamond
Try this beautiful salad with the brightness of orange and ginger, it’s good for a hot summer’s evening or a holiday spread. Our local cabbages are in full season, they’re sweet and abundant at the market. Tis a good season for eating.
Orange Fennel Slaw
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Make the dressing:
1/3 cup Orange Juice Concentrate
2-3 Tablespoons Olive Oil or your oil of choice
Juice of 1/2 Lime
1 teaspoon Ginger, grated
1 Tablespoon Honey
Salt and Pepper
Toss the dressing with:
1 head Red Cabbage, shredded (or use red and green together)
1-2 Carrots, peeled and grated
1 small head Fennel, shredded
1/3 cup Craisins
Taste and Adjust.
Sigh….
A cat is a cat,
And that is that.
yep