the dh starts with what he thinks is the right amount of pasta, then he adds
the protien if warrented, then he chops the veggies, puts them in baggies,
and then assembles our salads onto a plate and puts on dressing... leftover
veggies stay in baggies in frig for use during week, end of week, into
adventure soup. Lee
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>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?
>