Vinaigrette recipes are simple (thus no links) 3 tablespoons good vinegar, 2 tablespoons good olive oil, a small sprinkling of herbs (preferably fresh) and a good shake of fresh cracked black pepper. I typically make just enough vinaigrette for the salad I'm serving (or enough in a very small container for lunch). I'm trying really hard not to buy any dressing, as it contains too many things that are not good for me. I should try making thousand island dressing myself sometime. There's lots of good recipes for it out there.
The best and simplest green salad is a Mark Bittman recipe (thus again, no link). Well, more a potential list of ingredients. For us, it means - romaine lettuce, baby spinach, a diced bell pepper and occasionally an ounce or two of cheese. Sometimes we add soy or other nuts, and additional greens (red or green radicchio, and other greens as they comes into season). In winter the salad is typically 1/2 iceberg and 1/2 romaine without the spinach and we add a few tablespoons of mixed tinned beans. Now that spring is here I can start buying spring mix and adding a handful of that to the salad to replace some of the romaine.
This week I picked up a small bag of broccoli slaw. I love it. So now I have another use for broccoli stems. The mix is about 3/4 finely julienned broccoli stems (peeled) and 1/4 carrot.
I cleaned the kitchen floor on the weekend (a task that was much-needed, and takes about 3 hours to do properly). The floor is very old, scratched, and covered in something that discolors quickly. The coating is slowly coming off - unevenly and thus makes even a clean floor rather gray in places. But, with that task out of the way I now have to sort through my under-cabinets. I should be getting boxes this week to label Recycle and Give Away. The process will be fairly painful but much-needed. I'll try to take pics.
Snacks this week are: apples (always) and quaker rice crisps (90 calorie pouches).
| Saturday 3 | Breakfast: 1 feta omelet with whole wheat toast Lunch: 2 chicken drumsticks, small side salad with homemade vinagrette Dinner: East Side Mario's out with friends. |
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| Sunday 4 | Breakfast: 1 hard boiled egg, 1 pc whole wheat toast, 1 apple Lunch: Chicken pita wrap with broccoli slaw salad Dinner: Steak sandwiches with cheese The best and simplest green salad with homemade Cesar salad dressing |
| Monday 5 | Breakfast: 1 goat-cheese omelet with whole wheat toast Lunch: Pot noodle with homemade chicken stock & vegetables Dinner: Arahova Souvlaki take-out (Gyro pitas!) |
| Tuesday 6 | Breakfast: 1 apple, Oatmeal, 1/2 banana Lunch: Chicken thighs in tomato sauce with rice & green beans Dinner: Baked potatoes & salad with white wine vinaigrette BBQ Chicken breasts in homemade barbecue sauce Desert: Banana Bread |
| Wednesday 7 | Breakfast: Toast & almond butter, 1 apple Lunch: Chicken thighs in tomato sauce with rice & green beans Dinner: Cornbread & Hamburger soup (leftovers) |
| Thursday 8 | Breakfast: Toasted cornbread & butter, 1 banana Lunch: Chicken thighs in BBQ sauce, side salad with homemade vinagrette Dinner: Soda biscuits & Two Bean Chili |
| Friday 9 | Breakfast: Oatmeal & banana Lunch: Chicken thighs in BBQ sauce, side salad with homemade vinagrette Dinner: Buttered noodles & salad with apple cider vinagrette, Cobble Hill Roast Striped Bass |
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