About an hour before dinner:

Whoops only lettuce in the veggie keeper. I need something else.

Cut a Granny Smith Apple into a small dice (1/4 to1/3 inch square)
Add some dried cranberries (Crasins)
Toss with balsamic vinegar.

Any from your menu?


--
Old Scoundrel

(AKA Dimitri)

Dimitri wrote:
> About an hour before dinner:
>
> Whoops only lettuce in the veggie keeper. I need something else.
>
> Cut a Granny Smith Apple into a small dice (1/4 to1/3 inch square)
> Add some dried cranberries (Crasins)
> Toss with balsamic vinegar.
>
> Any from your menu?
>
>

Lettuce from the garden (now starting to go to seed), Rosenborg blue
cheese, chopped nectarine or sliced strawberries, and Brianna's Blush
Wine Vinaigrette. Yum!

gloia p

Dimitri wrote:
> About an hour before dinner:
>
> Whoops only lettuce in the veggie keeper. I need something else.
>
> Cut a Granny Smith Apple into a small dice (1/4 to1/3 inch square)
> Add some dried cranberries (Crasins)
> Toss with balsamic vinegar.
>
> Any from your menu?

Add slivered almonds, or those expensive-but-addicting flavored sliced ones.

Dimitri wrote:
> About an hour before dinner:
>
> Whoops only lettuce in the veggie keeper. I need something else.
>
> Cut a Granny Smith Apple into a small dice (1/4 to1/3 inch square)
> Add some dried cranberries (Crasins)
> Toss with balsamic vinegar.
>
> Any from your menu?
>
>

Sometimes we just do lettuce and an interesting dressing. Or one or more
of the following from the pantry:

olives
pickled beets
onions
sunflower seeds

Or sometimes I'll just make croutons from whatever bread I have lying
around.

Serene

--
"I think I have an umami receptor that has developed sentience." -- Stef

On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:51:26 -0700, "Dimitri" >
wrote:

>Cut a Granny Smith Apple into a small dice (1/4 to1/3 inch square)
>Add some dried cranberries (Crasins)
>Toss with balsamic vinegar.

We had that last week at Applebee's...or was it O'Charlies? It was
ok.

On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:51:26 -0700, "Dimitri" >
wrote:

>About an hour before dinner:
>
>Whoops only lettuce in the veggie keeper. I need something else.
>
>Cut a Granny Smith Apple into a small dice (1/4 to1/3 inch square)
>Add some dried cranberries (Crasins)
>Toss with balsamic vinegar.
>
>Any from your menu?

We ordered Thai.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:50:19 -0700, Dave Bell
> wrote:

>Add slivered almonds, or those expensive-but-addicting flavored sliced ones.

HUH? What am I missing? Haven't noticed them.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

sf wrote:

>> Add slivered almonds, or those expensive-but-addicting flavored sliced
>> ones.
>
> HUH? What am I missing? Haven't noticed them.

They're usually in the produce department on shelves which run along the top
of the produce display. They're there with the fried wonton strips, the
croutons, and other crunchy stuff for salad toppings. See
www.almondaccents.com for some examples.

Bob

On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:03:34 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

>sf wrote:
>
>>> Add slivered almonds, or those expensive-but-addicting flavored sliced
>>> ones.
>>
>> HUH? What am I missing? Haven't noticed them.
>
>They're usually in the produce department on shelves which run along the top
>of the produce display. They're there with the fried wonton strips, the
>croutons, and other crunchy stuff for salad toppings. See
>www.almondaccents.com for some examples.
>
Aha! Thanks.

Now I *know* I've never noticed them and why. I simply don't look in
that area for anything. I'm simply not interested. I make my own
croutons when I want some and none of the other stuff interests me.
To be honest, flavored almonds would be like flavored coffee is for
me. BLECH! Why cover up a basic good taste?




--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

"Dimitri" > wrote in news:hmSdk.17546$Ri.2895
@flpi146.ffdc.sbc.com:

> About an hour before dinner:
>
> Whoops only lettuce in the veggie keeper. I need something else.
>
> Cut a Granny Smith Apple into a small dice (1/4 to1/3 inch square)
> Add some dried cranberries (Crasins)
> Toss with balsamic vinegar.
>
> Any from your menu?
>
>

Walnuts, sliced almonds, quarted hard boiled eggs, shredded cheese, sliced
jalapeno pepper, mandarin orange slices, mushrooms...pick and choose.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

"Dimitri" > wrote in news:hmSdk.17546$Ri.2895
@flpi146.ffdc.sbc.com:

> About an hour before dinner:
>
> Whoops only lettuce in the veggie keeper. I need something else.
>
> Cut a Granny Smith Apple into a small dice (1/4 to1/3 inch square)
> Add some dried cranberries (Crasins)
> Toss with balsamic vinegar.
>
> Any from your menu?

Very similar: lettuce, diced apple, blackeyed peas, walnut
oil and cider vinegar, salt and pepper. Don't go too heavy
on the vinegar, hard to screw up otherwise.

Steve

Steve wrote:

>> About an hour before dinner:
>>
>> Whoops only lettuce in the veggie keeper. I need something else.
>>
>> Cut a Granny Smith Apple into a small dice (1/4 to1/3 inch square)
>> Add some dried cranberries (Crasins)
>> Toss with balsamic vinegar.
>>
>> Any from your menu?
>
> Very similar: lettuce, diced apple, blackeyed peas, walnut
> oil and cider vinegar, salt and pepper. Don't go too heavy
> on the vinegar, hard to screw up otherwise.


Similar to that: Lettuce, parched corn, garbanzos, cider vinegar, grapeseed
oil, California chile powder, cumin, salt and pepper. A garlic clove lightly
crushed and shaken with the dressing but then strained and discarded.

Bob

A trick from my ex MIL - when fresh tomatoes are too expensive, too
under ripe, out of season or just like orange tennis balls in
general . . . use diced fresh navel or valencia oranges. A handful of
frozen peas is good too.
Lynn in Fargo