Rankin's Thoughts #13

RANKIN: This sunflower smells terrible. What was Elizabeth Arden thinking?

RANKIN: Dad, can we run to Home Depot? I've got an idea.

RANKIN: If someone will put a nipple on this thing I'll give it a try.

Salad: 1950s Style

"Welcome home, honey, we're having salad for dinner."

I'm fairly certain that in their 50+ years of marriage my grandmom never once said that to my grandad. Salads were side dishes only. But back then grandmom also kept a tin can full of bacon grease on her stove.

There's a restaurant in midtown NYC called Penelope that serves a warm meatball salad. Oxi-moron? Maybe. Delicious? Definitely. Manly? You betcha. Filling? Absolutely.

These are turkey meatballs loosely based on this Giada recipe.

But I like to add rosemary because it's yummy and in my front yard.

Every salad I make turns out like a Greek salad

but you can put them over any kind you like.

PS. This dish also passes my "I have a 5-month old and can't spend more than 30 minutes making dinner" test.

PPS. Making a lot of meatballs and freezing them seems smart to me. Then I could make spaghetti, subs, and more meatball salads!!