On May 3, 11:58*pm, "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?

I have that problem with both pasta and potato salads - always make
too much (I'm a single) .... usually I give the extras to my neighbor,
because she has enough family around all the time to eat it up, plus
she takes care of her dementia-ridden mother who lives with them.

N.