Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On May 4, 3:56 am, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>> Jerry Avins wrote:
>>> On May 4, 12:58 am, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>>>> I made pasta salad tonight but as usual I wound up with waaaay too
>>>> much of it. Seems no matter what I do there is always too much. I
>>>> have different versions that I make. Basically there is the pasta,
>>>> fresh veggies cut in strips, slices, chunks or left whole depending
>>>> on size, olives and some kind of protein. Dressed with some kind of
>>>> Italian dressing.
>>
>>>> Tonight I used a quinoa pasta because it contains protein and also
>>>> added kidney beans and chickpeas for more protein. I only used
>>>> black olives but will add some stuffed green ones to my portion.
>>>> The vegetables are sweet peppers (green, orange and red), grape
>>>> tomatoes (safe ones), radishes, green onions, celery and cucumbers.
>>
>>>> I have leftover peppers, radishes and tomatoes. Only had half a
>>>> cucumber so that worked out well. Used part of the green onions for
>>>> my dinner tonight which was nachos. Yes! Nachos. So will have to
>>>> come up with a use for the leftover veggies.
>>
>>>> But when I began to assemble the salad, I realized I didn't cook
>>>> enough pasta for the amount of veggies I had. So I had to cook some
>>>> more and now I have a big bowl of it plus what I have packed up for
>>>> our dinner tomorrow.
>>
>>>> I like to use a wide variety of veggies in my salad. I guess that's
>>>> part of the problem. I have tried to buy things from the salad bar.
>>>> I can't always get what I want though and tonight I wasn't near a
>>>> store with a salad bar so made do with what I had and bought a few
>>>> additional things. And even when I do use the salad bar, I seem to
>>>> still wind up with too much.
>>
>>>> I did do better than I usually do. Most of the time I have a HUGE
>>>> bowl of it and eventually some gets thrown out because there is
>>>> only so much we can eat. I am hoping we can either eat this two
>>>> days in a row or maybe just come home and eat the leftovers rather
>>>> than go out to eat on Friday. But sometimes we just want enough
>>>> pasta salad for that one meal. So what's the trick for doing that
>>>> if you are cooking for just two or three people?
>>
>>> Start with less pasta? Cut up less pepper? (Maybe leave out a
>>> color?) If not that, I don't get it.
>>
>> I did start with less pasta. But then I had to cook more because
>> there were too many veggies in proportion to pasta. I like a lot of
>> different kinds of veggies in the salad and a lot of different
>> colorsl But it seems that once I put them all in, there is too much
>> salad.
>
> Don't put them all in. If you cut up too many veggies, put into the
> salad only what it needs, and save the veggies for some other use.
> They'll last a day or two.
>
> You're like my husband making cocktail sauce. He starts with
> the horseradish rather than the ketchup, and wonders why he
> can't make just a little bit of it.

I guess that's the problem. Thanks!