Home made dips & Salads...

[Jakabella]

So the BBQ weather is apon us and I want to have a few bbqs!

I was wondering as you cant eat shop dips and sallads I could make my own.

So If I was to make a taziki dip and a corn relish dip (can I have phyli cheese??) and kept them in my fridge is that OK?

Same goes with a potato sallad (small spuds, herbs, mayo and bacon) that I have cooked can I then keep it in the fridge and eat it for a few days?

I guess Im wondering if I make it and store it will it still be suseptable to the nasties that are in the store bough versions??

TIA
Kate

[Trillian]

Everything you make should be OK - I always ate that type of stuff when I was pg and so long as you can maintain the temp on the trip home it will be fine. Just take an esky with you and some ice and put all your cold stuff in it. You probably don't have far to go home from the shops, but I would still use the esky and ice.

[Jakabella]

Thanks Trill.
My supermarket is a 2 min car trip from home (small country town) so I should be ok in that dept. But If I do a big shop in the bigger town then I will take my esky and ice blocks!
Mmmm might make some potato sallad and steak for tea tonight.... MMMMMmmmmm!

[Anila]

I lived on cornrelish dip when pregnant, it was my all time fav! That and egg salad sangas, mmm

[Jakabella]

Thanks Anila!
Im so looking fwd to whipping up some dips and sallads for this week! Mmmmm

[luna moth]

I don't eat anything more than 24 hours after it is made, and I would leave out the cold bacon.

I'm really wary of other people's salads, because you just don't know how long ago they were made, or how well (or even IF ) they wash anything.

But not everyone is as hysterical as me.

[Phteven]

If you make your own mayo for potato salad you might have to use the processed one instead. Or use a different dressing.

[Eenee]

I don't eat anything more than 24 hours after it is made, and I would leave out the cold bacon.

I'm really wary of other people's salads, because you just don't know how long ago they were made, or how well (or even IF ) they wash anything.

But not everyone is as hysterical as me.

I am! I don't eat anything that I don't eat straight after it's made. And I also don't eat anything that anyone else has prepared, yes I have gone a bit extreme in that direction. So I wouldn't eat salads unless I ate them straight after I made them, but that's me and know i'm a bit over the top but it's the only way I can stop myself from going into a panic after I eat something.

[Jakabella]

Thanks Ladies.

I will prob not have any pot sallad left after tea tonight anyways so thats not an issue - its soooo yummy that I will eat it all tonight!!

I will store the dips and see how I go - but again the corn relish dip is sooooo good that I dopubt that will last long anyhow!

Dont worry I dont eat anything unless its made by me or my mum or dh! I go into panic mode also!

[Babyluv]

Use a mayo that doesn't contain raw egg, I discovered the praise light one doesn't contain egg.
We eat lot's of salads but I only eat it when it's made fresh, I won't eat it the next day as listeria can grow in fridge temps and you can never be too sure how consistent the temp of your fridge is. Although I think I may be a little obsessive about it hehe. I won't eat salads prepared by other people because i'm scared they may not be washed or fresh and i wouldn't eat the bacon or any other meats cold.
Listeria can only be killed by steaming hot temps.
Dips I will buy from the supermarket because they are sealed and refrigerated but I don't eat them the next day if I've dipped carrot and celery sticks directly into them. Hahah oh dear, told you I was a bit obsessive!
Everyone is diff, when my mum had kids they didn't have so many restrictions.

[Cupcake]

I use sour cream in my corn relish dip

[Babyluv]

Mmmm corn relish dip yum yum, now I want some!

[juniper76]

I have trouble convincing myself it's safe to eat any dairy that hasn't been cooked (ie cheese on pizza, milk in a cooked dish, etc), so I'm on the look out for some hot dip recipes or dips that you cook and then chill...

I'm the same with salads as others have posted above - won't eat any that I haven't prepared myself because I don't know how well they've washed the ingredients. I don't think my mum was impressed when I told her I wouldn't eat salad with Christmas dinner unless she had washed and towel-dried everything before making the salad. She particularly didn't understand washing things that get peeled... I think I may have to tell her I'll make the salad myself. (Lol, she's doubly upset that I'm not eating seafood since our normal Christmas dinner is seafood + salad!)

On the mayo thing, I thought most of the big brand mayos in the stores were pasteurised (ie safe)? I've not had any because we haven't bought any new bottles (I won't even have tomato sauce unless the bottle is in date and newly opened), but I would have thought they were safe?

Anyway, sounds like you had a lovely BBQ planned!