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Tasty Tuesday
...... Chicken Stir Fry (and chicken soup, broth, one to two extra night's entrees......how far can YOU stretch it?)

CHICKEN STIR FRY
4 Boneless, skinless chicken breasts
6 chicken thighs w/bone and skin attached
12 mushrooms sliced

1 yellow onion
2 tablespoons butter

2 small zucchini

1 bunch/head of broccoli crowns
about 1 cup julienne-cut carrots
 about 1 cup roughly-shredded green cabbage
1 large tomato--diced
soy sauce

splash of Balsamic vinegar
olive oil

2 cups cooked brown rice
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Have the following ready:
kitchen shears or scissors
large crockpot half-filled with fresh, cold water, spices  and

 celery tops and stalks for great flavor
carrots, onion, garlic
rice cooker with rice and water in it (started before you begin stir frying)
pan for stir-frying

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Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces

use kitchen shears to remove thigh bones and skin from chicken thighs
do this roughly so there is meat left on the bones 

toss into filled crockpot, turn on
Add chicken pieces to big pan with sliced mushrooms and onions
use pan spray if you like and also some oil and a butter for flavor and moistness

saute ingredients in pan stirring often
shake in a little soy sauce and some balsamic vinegar
cook until done and mushrooms and onions have caramelized.
This can be set aside while you make salads or cut up
raw veggies.
With Asian food we often have a raw cucumber salad with a dash of vinegar, 

salad dressing and a tiny dash of soy sauce. But you can have whatever kind of salad you want or none
at all.

 Sometimes I do not make a salad since we have having so many veggies
already.

When everything is ready, including the table being set, bring the chicken mixture 

up to sizzling and quickly add
the quick-cooking veggies saving the tomatoes and cabbage until last minute.
Just heat until veggies are crisp-done and the veggies have turned color
If the pan is really hot you can add your veggies atop the cooked chicken mixture and sprinkle

about 1 tablespoon of cold water into the pan, immediately quickly covering with lid when

the water hits the hot pan and all the caramelized stuff at the bottom.
It will sizzle loudly and put out steam for a few seconds.

Once covered turn heat way down and in a few seconds you have steamed veggies. 

I then turn off the heat or remove pan from it and stir everything together. Then I  add shredding cabbage to it and re-cover

I get out the rice and do last second things.
Then I add the diced tomatoes to it on top and maybe some green onion and take it to be served
immediately. Serve while still hot.
Now for us this made one night of stir-fry for three adults and one toddler (family is visiting)
Some was enjoyed the next day with chicken soup poured over it for lunch.
And tonight the chicken will be shredded, veggies chopped smaller, shredded cabbage and some tiny pieces of cooked shrimp added. (*shrimp is spendy but I only buy a few pieces so they often cost under a dollar----I use it chopped for bursts of taste or to sprinkle or float on something, but it is an optional ingredient)

 The filling will be scooped into egg roll skins and fried.
This will be served hot after draining on paper towels or a towel used for this purpose.
We will enjoy a raw salad and some of the chicken broth will have whipped raw egg which is whipped  with a touch of flour for egg-drop soup and  will be garnished with green onion and maybe a cooked mushroom or two taken from the stir fry. 

There will be some left which we'll use atop a bed of lettuces with a  raw tomato on the side after a quick pan-warm-up for lunch.

It's very much easier than it sounds and quicker. It's mostly getting everything organized 

and ready to use before hand.

Stir fry meals are a great way to use the veggies that come out and go down in price at this time of year.
We had several big veggies meals and salads after a really great produce and meat/chicken/fish sale at our local supermarket.
Shop wisely and cook creatively!

Kathi~

Well.....this is how today is actually going

......change of plans

I am sick.
High fever, cough, aches and chills.
Except for coming downstairs to throw dinner in the crockpot so my husband
doesn't have to bother with it when he comes home,
I will be spending the day
upstairs in our bedroom.
I will sleep, wake up coughing or when my fever breaks, try to breathe, 

and hope the aches and headache will leave me alone.

Our cat, Sophie, who has adopted me
as her favorite will snuggle with me and I will feel her purring against my back.

Not exactly what I had planned today.
The day sounds pleasant except for the being sick part!
Why is it we never have days like this unless we are sick----too sick to enjoy it?
Oh, well........
I didn't want to spend the day in town anyway,

 but I would prefer that to being sick.
I rarely get sick.
I have been sick so much this year, since February.
I am not used to this at all.
That does make me kind of cranky.
But I am resisting that and just resting.
Physically and spiritually.

I pared down my long list to two stops for my husband, who offered
to shop for me......
Costco for under ten items
and one other short stop to pick up something.
He is so willing to do things like this for me.
I am truly blessed.

One of our daughters 

had the exact same symptoms
yesterday.
At that point I only had an irritating cough.

Her husband went to the grocery store sale for her yesterday
and I picked up a few other things.
Although I am sorry that she is sick, it is somehow a comfort when someone else
has the exact same thing.
Chances are it is just a virus from which
we will both survive!

Time to go back upstairs to sleep.
I feel a fever coming on again.

My menu plan for this week will have to wait
So thankful for leftovers.
And, somehow, I think we will survive.

I am very thankful for a husband who loves whatever I
cook for him.
I am so blessed!
Kathi~

Town?
...... a little of this, a little of that

Today I am heading to town to finish up the shopping that needs to be done
for the upcoming week.
Since I was at that grocery store sale in the small town south of us yesterday
and found such great deals (you can read about it on yesterday's post)
there is not much that I need to buy.
That sounds very nice, doesn't it?

Well, I guess it is however, when this happens it usually means many
stops. At each place I buy a little of this, a little of that.
Most of my time is spent in traffic or looking for parking and
at check-out stands.
They say it is supposed to rain.
Hmmmm.....

Sometimes I look at my list and decide it isn't
worth the trip to town---the gas, my time...

Unfortunately this is not one of those weeks.
I must go.
Sigh....

I am hoping I find everything we need and get some errands done too.
Getting things done is always a good thing, right?
Yes....

Okay, I will focus on how nice it will be to accomplish necessary things.
Yeah....

 It  will be fun picking out a couple of birthday presents.
It seems most of our family was born in April during the first 3 weeks.
. I already know exactly what I am going to get so it should be fairly painless!
I love buying birthday presents!

If I do not allow myself to get distracted I can whip in and out of stores really quickly.
That's not so bad.
Okay....

If I get an early start I should be home before dinner time.
I will buy a couple deli salads and rolls to have our
usual, been-in-town-all-day dinner from our natural food store. 

So, no dishes, no real prep....just time
to spend with my husband, relaxing and enjoying the beginning of our weekend 

and looking forward to
our youngest daughter's visit to us.
Can't wait to see her and later, her husband, and one of our delightful
grandchildren!
Oh, and their Lab puppy!

Hey, this is sounding pretty nice after all.

Guess sometimes we have to look for the good in
what we need to do but don't especially want to until we think about it.

I'd better get going..........
I hope you have as pleasant a day as it looks like I will have!
Kathi~

Is this a joke?.....I just had to share this even if it isn't Tasty Tuesday

I took this while in a market. It caught my eye.
After encouraging those who read my Wellness Wednesday
blogs to read labels, I did some of that today as I shopped..
This kind of jumped out at me.
Okay, there is nothing REAL in margarine, unless you count water.
I read the label---guess what, same amount of fat in margarine as is in butter!
I thought folks stuck to this plastic, fake food because it was lower in fat.
Maybe not?
It is not all vegetable oil either. And what vegetable oil is in it is not good to consume.
And it is hydrogenated!
Look it up........

I will confess----I prefer the taste of margarine. I remember it and I remember
never being that fond of butter. I know this makes me rather weird.
But, hey, I'm okay with that.
I haven't had margarine for ages for health reasons.
And I used to make my own butter.


I just thought this was funny.
Probably as funny as
"Attention! Lady on aisle three taking pictures of margarine with her
cell phone!"
Just kidding.....
Ha! 

Kathi~

Oh, gross!!!!

They look so sweet and innocent, don't they? 
Don't be fooled.

One of them left a welcome home gift
for us in the living room.
A wee, black, baby mouse lies dead in our living room.
I know it is a gift because it is uneaten.
It looks like it is sleeping.

Thank you, Sadie or Sophie,
but we'd prefer,
if you are going to kill mice on our property,
 that you eat them!
Outside!
And not on our welcome mat!
And whatever
that little green sac you always leave just
where we step outside the doors, we hope you
learn to love it as some kind of
rodent delicacy.

Eating them will save us money on your food,
 (somehow it never works that way though!)
and we will not have to dispose of your gift
or disinfect whatever you left it on!
Thanks, kitties!
^..^   ^..^

Supermarket Sale
......what a bunch of great deals


I am so excited! I found so many great prices on the sale at our market today!
I not only bought a lot of fresh produce for about half the price I usually pay for it.
I found many unadvertised deals too, especially in the meat department.
When meat, fish or chicken nears it's "best by" date they mark it down.
Usually things are from $ .50 to $3.00 off. I believe this goes by the price per pound which is nice because since I buy by the serving, I can afford
to buy things I normally might not be able to afford (or, can't bring myself to pay what they're asking!)
I didn't buy any meat that wasn't marked off except a fourth of a pound of tiny shrimp to
go in the egg rolls we are having this week.
I bought chicken thighs, a small steak cut up into stir-fry-sized pieces, some fish, a very small piece of round steak that I'll use in a recipe. The small organic chicken that was marked down too
will be just right for a soup with meals to follow with the meat and more broth after I de-bone the
bird, after it has made us delicious chicken soup.
Most of the meat packages were 

around $2 each for the whole package, not by the pound.
Bananas and cantaloupe were $.38 a pound.
Fuji apples, avocados and fresh pineapples were $ .78 per pound.
Romas, broccoli, cauliflower were $.98/lb.
Red and green grapes were an okay price as was zucchini.
Grapes and zucchini rarely sell for a good price so even though they weren't a spectacular buy
I bought them and most everything else because we always buy those products
and because, after I saw the store's ad, I planned my meals around the sale items.
Big heads of celery with lots of leaves at the top were $.88/lb
I always hunt for leafy celery because it adds so much flavor to soups and other dishes.
I got a great deal on celery last time I shopped so I need to cut the older celery up and
put it in the freezer for a quick add to dishes. They break apart easily so you
can just use what you need. I freeze the leaves separately in smaller bags to add to broths.
Individual water melon seemed like a great price but when I saw them, they were
really small, so I passed them up.

I wish you all could have gone to this sale and saved as much money as I did!
It was fun shopping today and I ran into two ladies I know which is always nice!

I can't wait until my husband comes home so we can relax together.
AFTER we do some work in the basement.
Dinner is done.

Chicken broth, made(slow-cooked) from last night's roast chicken (bones, skin and fat)
and veggies (onions, celery, mushrooms and carrots) will be poured over
the little bit of  leftover organic, whole wheat pasta casserole I
made a couple days ago and some of the chicken that was leftover will be cut and
added also.
And, of course, we will have a nice dinner salad of several kinds of raw veggies and
my balsamic olive oil dressing.
Have a great evening!

Kathi~

My Bad

......oops

Here I am having just posted about reading labels  and never assuming.
I just was in the kitchen to take a picture of a bad label which is posted below.
Then I picked up a jar of almond butter (partially organic) to take a picture of a good label.
I have purchased this almond butter for years.
The label used to say, "almonds, sea salt". Then, awhile ago I noticed the taste was
different, so I read the label which said, "dry roasted almonds, sea salt."
For awhile you could no longer buy raw almonds, I forget why.
I bought it anyway off and on. I change types of nut butters that we use from time to time.
I did notice the label this month stated it was salt free.
I did not notice "no stir"  written across the front nor did I read the label. I assumed it was the same product except without salt. Now, if I had noticed this I would not have purchased it or I would have at least read the label to be sure it wasn't different than most other "no-stir" products..... and then put it back on the shelf.
No-stir nut butters usually add sugar and other
oils to their products.
I assumed it was the same but without salt.
As I said before, I have no problem with salt but dislike nut butters that are
salted for the simple reason that as they sit the salt somehow
gets concentrated in the bottom of the jar and
tastes nasty to me.
If I am going to use a sweetner I always use natural products. Organic evaporated cane sugar is something I use rarely, when baking. But although the natural sugars are better for the body, they are
still sugar----and this includes fruit which of course has natural sugar (fructose).
But as a society we eat far too much sugar even if it is natural.
If I want to make something with sugar in it I allow for that in our weekly meal plans. I do not want it added into foods that have not previously had added sugar. And it seems silly to me to
buy something that has been adultered just for the purpose of
making it easier to stir.

I did this once before with butter.
Since I found out that inferior milk is sometimes used to make butter which

salt is added to to disguise the off-flavor, and since many recipes call for unsalted butter,
I started buying that.
Yes, it does have a different taste---more like cream than the butter we have become used to.
I figured I could add a touch of sea salt if we wanted it.

But I happened to read the label one day after purchasing it for quite awhile
and noticed it has sugar added to it!

Today I am heading both north and south of here to do my weekly shopping.
I will take my own advice and read every label.
This is annoying, but not as much as coming home with a product you don't want to use.
So, don't do as I have done, do as I say----ha!
Read labels. 

This picture is fuzzy which doesn't really matter 

because I just wanted to show the length of the label.
The items that are food on this label are bad-for-you foods and the rest , the majority, are pretty
much artificial colors and flavors with preservatives.
Oh, and a handful of vitamins tossed in to make you feel better. 

I would not buy this because I know that this item can be made at home using 2 or 3 ingredients
and for a whole lot less money  and only a few seconds more time than this!

Sigh....
Kathi~

Wellness Wednesday
......where do I start?

If you read last week's blog on healthy eating you know that our journey into
good nutrition began rather slowly.
It flowed as we learned more.
We started out in the early 1970's when life was far less confusing
than it is today.
Nothing is perhaps more confusing than changing how you eat.
Why?
There are so many choices out there, so many things to consider.
There are seemingly-knowledgeable people on all sides, 

further confusing what you must consider
if you desire good health.
I find myself saying this all the time
regarding so many things that we have made issues of,
"It wasn't meant to be this hard."
I truly believe that.
We make some things difficult that don't have to be.

We become tired,
discouraged and unhappy.

Here's my take after all these years.
At any given time there are certain foods, vitamins, herbs, eating styles and  

weight-reducing diets
touted as being the answer to all health problems.
Many are either fads and gimmicks.
Some are quite expensive.
As a society we tend to jump on the band wagon without thinking.

We see Italians enjoying robust health so we assume it is the pasta, the bread?

When in fact it is probably all the fresh fruits and vegetables, 

and the oils they use.
Asians don't have the same health problems we have. Oh, maybe it's the soy?
Well, maybe, but did anyone ever notice that Asian cooking uses fermented,

 not plain, soy. They know better. 

And, hmm---maybe it's the fish, fruits and vegetables, fermented foods

and teas they drink?

Over all the years of our nutrition journey we have seen 

many things come and go.
They are usually innocuous but some are harmful.
Some have been deadly.
Nutrition advice morphs from one mind-set to another.
And, often, so do we. Or we just sit by not having
the foggiest notion what we should do.
We sink into a food-choice haze.
It is hard.
We give up.

We are now seeing the high carb, no/low fat,  
low protein and eat-fructose-it's-natural craze 

slowly coming to an end.
"Experts" have swung their pendulums from one extreme to the other, 

which is the nature of pendulums.
Cure-all styles of eating are now changing

 to no/low carbs, high protein, some vegetables and banning fruit
sometimes all together.
And there is always an element of truth in parts of
these food-suggestions.
That's what's so confusing.

I like to go back to scripture to see what those of old ate. I do not mean
the dietary laws of the time, but when recounting history noticing what
people ate.
They ate food in season, they ate local, they ate fresh foods, real foods and they stayed away from
what God said to stay away from.
There were no artificial additives, there was no food industry to "improve"
what God gave to eat, nothing to chemically manipulate our tastes until
real food seems tasteless and ugly.
And no crossing of animal species with plants.
No placing chemical in plants or animals
for higher yields or to control pests and weeds
 (which the bible warns against).

 I am not saying that we must obey a dietary regimen in order to save our souls.
Oh my, no. 

We are saved by faith and faith alone whether we graze on organic veggies minutes after picking
or exist on candy bars and soda pop.
I do believe that as we are careful of what we eat, eating only true food, 

the fresher the better, that we will enjoy better health.
 We would enjoy better health, that is, than we would if we didn't make those changes. 

Not perfect health necessarily, but better, for you
and  your family.

We must remember that this is a sin-cursed world.
There will be illness, diseases.
Let's just better our odds by eating wisely.

Start at your own pace considering not only yourself but 

the tastes and habits of your husband and children.

The first thing, as I said last week, is to define food.
Go through your kitchen and read labels, look at the product itself and honestly decide
if the item is actual food.
Food is not just something you put in your mouth because it tastes good, is quick to fix,
 or makes you feel good.
Foods are the building blocks of health and the fuel our bodies need
AND
It is meant to be pleasing.

Get rid of the things you know are bad for you.
I don't need to list them. I am talking about the obvious things.
You know what they are.

Believe me it gets ever so much more complicated but if you take it one step at a time
it's far easier.

Kathi~

Planned Leftovers
..........pairing up what's on sale and what I have on hand

Wednesday: Roast Chicken and Individual Apple Crisps

• crockpot-roast a whole chicken, with added mushrooms, onions and some root vegetables
• with my not-so-crisp apples I will make two individual custard cup-sized  apple crisps.
  
• put the stripped chicken bones and skin into my large crockpot with celery, garlic, water
  spices and onions to  cook overnight. 
• in the morning cool it, take the fat off the top and chill 

Thursday: Chicken Pasta Soup and Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

• tonight heat up what is needed for soup to pour over the leftover pasta 3-bean casserole.
• add leftover chicken to last few minutes of heating up the soup
• for dessert make a pineapple upside-down cake using rice flour, fresh pineapple
  and strawberries to put inside the pineapple rings.

Friday: Ground Turkey Stir Fry and Cucumber-Orange Salad

• cook up two night's of rice---one for tonight, one saved plain for Sunday
• zest orange peel very finely, about 1 teaspoon then juice the oranges to use in a sauce
  to mix with the rice
• add some soup broth to the rice if needed for sauce 
• use ground turkey and lots of veggies: mushrooms, broccoli,
  celery, cabbage, onion, and cauliflower and some pineapple to make a stir-fry.
• when it is done add raw chopped tomatoes to it on the plates
• mix thinly-sliced cucumbers in small custard cups with a quick sprinkling of
  soy sauce mixed with green onion and a splash of raw apple cider vinegar and orange zest.
• no salad tonight---we have lots of raw and crisp-cooked veggies.

Saturday: Shrimp Egg Rolls with Egg Drop Soup

•  add  last night's leftover stir-fry to a tiny bit of leftover rice
• add a handful of cooked, cleaned shrimp cut into tiny pieces 
• save two of the shrimp to add to egg drop soup. 
• add chopped shrimp to the rice/veggie mixture and use it to fill egg roll skins
• fill the wrappers, seal and fry the allowing them to drain on a paper towel when done
• put them in the oven to keep warm.
• take some of the chicken broth made earlier bringing it to a boil
• while this is coming to a boil whisk raw egg mixed with a little flour and drop it
  into the boiling broth
• pour into bowls, add a few cooked, leftover sliced mushrooms
  and some fresh green onions cut on the diagonal.
• float a shrimp on to of soup 
• add a few match-stick sliced carrots and float a few leaves of spinach or cilantro
  
• before bed put any kind of meat  you like---beef or pork, ground or stew-type meat
  in crock pot with water, curry or turmeric, onions and diagonally-sliced carrots

Sunday: Malay Curry Dinner and Apple-Cinnamon-Choclate  Egg Rolls

• before church put cool and put cooked meat sauce in refrigerator
• after church heat up meat sauce
• warm leftover rice
• in bowls dice into separate bowls:  raw tomatoes, green onions, pineapple, green or red
  onions, cukes, olives. Add also unsweetened coconut, sliced olives, avocado, bananas and
  raisins and nuts or seeds.
• to serve pour sauce over rice and top with ingredients in bowls
• top with a little yogurt if you wish
• for dessert chop apples, pecans or walnuts, add chocolate chips, cinnamon and raw sugar or
  another healthy sugar.
• fill egg rolls skins with mixture and fry
• let drain on paper towel
• serve warm or cold

Monday: Grilled Ribs and Pineapple with Purple and Green Salad and Leftover Jumble Dessert

• make barbecue sauce for beef ribs that I had in my freezer
• grill, adding more sauce as needed
• serve with my Purple and green salad (recipe to follow in a couple of days!)
• add leftover fruit, dried fruit, nuts, seeds, plain rice and coconut to yogurt earlier in the day and freeze
  in a glass bread loaf pan 
• soften a little before serving with chocolate chips, coconut, nuts and sliced strawberries on top

If there are little tidbits of leftovers, freeze them or toss them into something that sounds good.

Hope this thread helps you!

Enjoy!

Kathi~

 

Tasty Tuesday

.....Monday and Tuesday nights' dinners and a challenge for a
leftover thread!

This is a picture of the salad we had last night for dinner. We had eaten kind of heavily Sunday
afternoon----- things we don't ordinarily eat---- so my husband asked for something lighter and I agreed.

There were leftover salads---three bean and marinated cucumber/onion salad.

I changed the menu from what I was going to make just slightly.

This was Monday's dinner:

• I put some of the three bean salad on top of  Romaine lettuce and
  shredded  green cabbage pouring the marinade from both salads over the leaves. 
• I sliced and  sauteed the mushrooms, with white onion slivers and the broccoli
• I placed the marinated cucumbers around the edges of the salad.
• I soaked some hardened sour dough bread in the marinades and then added them to the saute pan to soften and get warm
• On the very top I added a small dollop of leftover deviled egg filling. 

It was a nice, light dinner.

Tonight:

• I cooked whole grain, organic pasta and drained it
• added the last of the sour cream 
• broke up and added some cooked fish
• all  the rest of the three bean salad with olives was added 
• added the last  2 ounce piece of mozzarella. 
• it was a little boring so I added some salsa---not enough to change the light color
  of the dish, just enough for some zip! 

There is enough left over to add, at the last minute, to steamy chicken soup.

I will start a new thread on Thursday.

Our local store is having a sale that day and just about everything on my shopping list is on sale! 

Wow, that never happens! 

What's on sale that I intend to buy:

• whole pineapple
• tomatoes
• several kinds of meat
• avocados
• cauliflower
• broccoli
• small watermelons
• apples
• cantaloupe
• strawberries
• several kinds of fish
• cheese
• red and green grapes
• spinach
• organic baby herb salad
• red potatoes
• organic Greek yogurt
  
  What I have on hand:
• soy sauce
• cabbage, green onions, mushrooms
• shredded unsweetened coconut
• nuts and seeds
• oranges that need to be juiced
• brown rice
• eggs
• chicken, whole
• beef ribs to grill
• apples that aren't crisp
• rice flour
• organic dark chocolate chips
• pecans
• cinnamon
• turmeric

And, of course lots of other things!
I listed these things because I have several
nights of entrees in mind.
I will share them with you tomorrow.
But today, play with my lists and see what you come up with.
Enjoy being creative!

Share any ideas you have with me!

Goodnight,
Kathi~

A Springtime Monday
....it finally arrived!

With the arrival of Spring here in this part of the Rockies and the warmer temperatures 

and sunny days I find making soup for dinner doesn't sound as good as it did during colder
weather. So, tonight we are having salads made from leftovers, of course! 

Let's see, what do I have on hand that I need to use?

I have leftovers from yesterday and some things that I need to use up before I shop this week.

They are:

• leftover three-bean salad
• leftover cucumber/onion marinated salad
• stuffing and cooked egg whites from making deviled eggs 
• hard, sourdough bread
• romaine lettuce
• green cabbage
• a small bit of raw broccoli
• several large mushrooms

Okay, I got it!

I will start with dinner plates of chopped romaine, shredded raw cabbage and broccoli florets. I will drain the bean and cucumber salads and save the marinades.
The raw veggie salads will be topped with the marinated cucumbers and onions and the bean salad.
I will clean, stem and stuff the large mushrooms with the leftover deviled egg mixture (which has cream cheese as its base because I had no mayo.I had great difficulty peeling the eggs after I hard boiled them so it also contains several cooked egg whites along with the yolks. With no mayo there was no zip despite the presence of some mustard so I added a tablespoon or so of salsa. It was very good!) Atop the stuffed mushrooms I will sprinkle Parmesan and then bake them until the mushrooms are warm and the stuffing melty. 

I  will put the hard sourdough bread slices in a glass pan into which the marinade from the two salads will have been poured, which will soften and flavor the bread which will be broiled at serving time to have with the salads.
Sounds good and I know my husband will love it.
And it will pretty much empty our refrigerator so I can give it its weekly cleaning before I go to the store to fill it up for another week!

On Wednesday I will start a new thread depending on what is on sale at the grocery stores this week and what I have on hand.

Have a good Monday!

Kathi~