The creation of the Mardi Gras flavor in your own kitchen

Wow, next week there are three events that cry out for special diet: Valentine's Day, Chinese New Year and Fat Tuesday.

Valentine's Day means candy, so I would add to the confectionery industry for sweets for the special person in my life. I celebrate the Chinese New Year at one of the great Middle Eastern restaurants in our area. New Car Buying That is, I'm zoning in on Fat Tuesday for some great make-at-home recipes are used on Tuesday, the last day of Mardi Gras before the start of Lent on February 17.

Get ready to party. Use Mardi Gras decorating colors green, purple and gold. I've shown in the Table Cape Mardi Gras vase here, which is borrowed from a friend. A few boas in the Mardi Gras colors, and voila, it is Mardi Gras in the Ozarks.

Traditional Mardi Gras fare for Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) includes Cajun and Creole specialties like Gumbo, Jambalaya, etouffee, seafood bisque king cake donuts and not - and do not forget muffulettas.

This sandwich is perfect for a festive Mardi Gras celebration, but store the recipe, because it can be used on many other occasions. The success of one is all about the Muffuletta olive salad, the meat and cheese tops.

Muffuletta

Garlic Aioli:

1 / 2 cup mayonnaise

1 teaspoon Tabasco brand pepper sauce original

1 clove garlic, minced

Spicy olive oil Filling:

1 cup pimento stuffed olives, finely chopped

1 / 4 cup pitted black olives, finely chopped

1 / 4 cup roasted red peppers, finely chopped

1 1 / 2 teaspoon Tabasco brand pepper sauce original

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 teaspoon sugar

Sandwich

1 large bread, French or Italian, about 22 cm long

8 grams of hard salami, sliced

8 grams slices deli ham

8 grams sliced Provolone

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Mix mayonnaise, Tabasco and garlic in small bowl and stir to give to well mixed.

Combine green olives, black olives, roasted peppers, Tabasco, olive oil and sugar in medium bowl until well mixed.

Cut the bread horizontally in half, serrated knife, but not entirely through open apartment. Spread both sides with cut garlic aioli mixture. Arrange salami, ham and cheese evenly over the loaf. Tablespoons olive oil spicy filling machine direction center of bread.