Bucket 4th of July

A special thanks to Diana who went above and beyond in making us feel patriotic and pampered at Bucket, the 3rd of July.  Her coconut salmon was spectacular as well as her fun red, white and blue table.


Coconut Salmon-
Whip egg whites together and brush on salmon fillets, then dip salmon in shredded coconut. Bake until salmon is no longer "wet" inside. I noticed that Diana put tin foil on her baking sheet.  Diana did tenderloin size -about 2 inches by 5 inch fillets- baked at 350 about 10 minute.   She then made a reduction of teriyaki sauce - just boil teriyaki sauce until it reduces- about 15 minutes. Serve the salmon on a bed of mixed greens and drizzle the teriyaki sauce over the top.  Don't leave the greens off since the combination is perfect.
(note: you can warm up the reduction for another time but if you boil it again, it burns and gums up.)










Layered 4th of July beverage-
Her fourth of July drink was a show stealer. Put ice in glass about 1/3 up. Pour cranberry juice up to top of ice. The fill the glass up to the top with ice. Pour blue gatorade another 3rd (or more.) Top with Diet Sprite. You have a great 4th drink. Apparently the sugar content is the key to separation so don't buy diet cranberry juice. We were amazed!

Flag Salad

She did a flag fruit salad with blueberries for the stars, watermelon and bananas for alternating stripes. 

Star tortillas-

She also cut out corn tortillas in star shapes (cookie cutter)....bake 350 on pam-ed baking sheet.  After 2 minutes, put mounds of grated cheese in center and sprinkle lightly with paprika.    Yum and cute.

Tapioca with strawberries an blueberries.  Costco rules! 
Dessert was tapioca topped with strawberries and blueberries. 

another tip she shared was dipping strawberries in sour cream...then instead of the traditional brown sugar, dip them in fire-cracker colored sugars!