Shepherd Center Book Club discussion

Talk about the May selection here.

So I promised to post a link to the caesar salad cups.

http://www.everylastbite.com/2014/06/...

I used that for the guide. I went to Publix intending to buy the ingredients but they had caesar salad bagged kits on sale BOGO so I bought two - I only used one for the 12 cups I made. I chopped the lettuce down smaller than it was in the bag. I also cut the croutons so they would be smaller for the cups.

I just used a table spoon to measure out the finely grated cheese I bought (I wasn't going to grate that cheese myself). I already had parchment paper. I used the microwave to melt the cheese. Just put two spoonfuls of cheese in a circle on the parchment paper (on a small plate), make sure there's no gaps in the cheese. Melt time in the microwave is going to depend on your oven - I first tried 1 minute and got a completely harden cheese puff. Tasty but not what I was after. I reduced that time to 30 seconds and got a melted layer of cheese that I could pull off the parchment paper in one whole piece and drop in the muffin tin cups. The cheese is hot but you can handle it fine. Then I just did that 11 more times. My plate got too hot after about 6 microwavings so I started a second plate and alternated them in the microwave.

I stored them in the frig just because they're cheese and I wanted them to stay hard. I thought it I left them out they would go soft at room temp. I took them out of the muffin tin before filling them. I was worried that the weight of the lettuce, chicken and dressing would make the shells crack while lifting them out. Oh, I added bacon to them. I had another bagged salad kit with bacon bits that I stole from. But, of course, you could microwave a couple of strips of bacon and crumble it up yourself. Or buy bacon bits.

Thank you for making these! It was such a fun snack for everyone.
The book discussion was interesting too. One thing that stuck a few of us was how Barlow's character changed and grew, as did his nephew's.