Tobi has been working hard for what seems like years, two sometimes three part-time jobs while finishing college at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV). Well, she’s done. Finished. Got her degree and is ready to enter the field of education.
The Graduate
And last night her Mom & Dad threw a graduation party for her.
Teri (Mom) told me she was doing a Mexican buffet, and asked me to bring a salad if I wanted to help. I have a recipe from allrecipes.com for California Salad Bowl, which I made about 5 years ago. It was delicious as I remember.
First I made the avocado salad dressing: 1 avocado, 1 T. lemon, ½ C mayonnaise, some Siracha, ¼ C olive oil, 1 clove garlic and ½ t. salt. My method? I just put everything in the food processor and creamed it.
Avocado Dressing
I cleaned and dried two large heads of Romaine lettuce and tore them into pieces.
Romaine Lettuce
Then 6 oz. of Cheddar were shredded, 2 Roma tomatoes seeded and diced, and 3 green onions chopped.
Tomatos, Cheddar & Fritos
Everything was put into containers to take to the party and mixed there as salad, particularly, needs to be tossed at the last minute to taste fresh. I also took several small bags of Fritos.
When we got to the party, Lisa & Hannah helped me mix the salad and get it on the buffet table.
The refried beans were particularly delicious, smooth and spicy. Mark, Tobi’s Dad, cooked pork on the grill, sliced it and sauced it with a tomato sauce, which was great. This besides various salads, tortillas, salsas, chips, rice etc.
Creamy Refried Beans
Grilled, sauced pork
The California Salad Bowl tasted of creamy avocado with a hot kick to it. The Cheddar gave it a cheesy flavor and the Doritos gave it saltiness and crunch. And it went so fast. I went back for seconds and the bowl was empty.
Tobi’s Aunt Darleen who is a cake genius created the graduation cake.
For Tobi
So our favorite graduate was honored by everyone, had a great time at her own party and ‘felt the love’ from every person attending. The kind of launching party that Tobi deserved.
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