Tuesday, 10/25: Salad

, We were very happy to have Karen home for dinner. Everything is right again. We got along okay without her, but everything is better with her.

Another kitchen cleaner favorite of mine is salad for dinner. If you have the right vegetables, this is a very healthy way to clean out your fridge. I had to stop at Target on the way home from work, so while there I picked up some Texas Toast. This used to be a staple in our home. It's seriously the yummiest frozen bread there is. For the salad, I used fall mix lettuce, cherry tomatoes, kalamata olives, and a granny smith apple. I sauteed a Quorn chick'n cutlet with BBQ sauce and added that as well. It was topped with raspberry walnut salad dressing from my work.

Doris loved the bread. She's not a bread eater, but she loved this one. After just one bite, she laid claim to the rest of the bread on the table. "I'm going to eat it all so don't eat it, alright?" She made a sandwich of olives and bread and ate it that way. Karen snuck a piece and when I tried to, she started crying. "I'm eating that. You don't eat it!" After dinner Karen and I finished what she had left on her plate.

Doris also liked the salad. She ate everything but the lettuce and asked for more. Who doesn't like fruit for dinner, so that makes since, but it's crazy what an olive lover she is.

I forgot to add cheese. Karen has told me many times that a salad absolutely must have cheese. But this time I forgot and she didn't say anything. I may forget more often because it's healthier this way.

CSA veggies: $2
Olives: $3
Apple: 75 cents
Bread: $1.23

Total: $6.98 ($2.33 per person)