Salad mushrooms

Wash and slice one container button mushrooms. Add three tb lemon juice, bottled is fine. Add salt and pepper  to taste, 2 tb olive oil.put all ingredients in a jar with one green onion sliced. Shake and wait at least 20 minutes.Refrigerate up to one week. Use as dressing layer in salad jars or on mashed potatoes or along side noodles or salad greens.

The Shredder aka cabbage free coleslaw with disturbingly easy balsamic dressing

We got this Y shaped ridgey peeler thing that makes beautiful julienned veggie curls from my aunt as part of an assortment of weird (yet useful) kitchen implements for our civil union. This is a recipe which celebrates it's shreddiness.

First make The Shredder
Use funky peeler (ok or a grater if you don't have one) thing to shred:
one forearm/baby arm sized juicing carrot
1 lg cucumber
1-2 lg well scrubbed beets
add 1/4 raisins if you like
put this in a tub or fridge container with a lid and shake it like a maraca until vibrant and multicolored



disturbingly easy  balsamic dressing
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apply this directly to salad of choice
3tb balsamic vinegar
2  tb olive or sesame oil
   salt to taste
   pepper to taste
Contain in tub, jar or fridge container and shake like a maraca again