LooseButtons's Notizen, 26 Jul 23

Looks great though. 

Thanks Shirley, only meat in it was bacon bits, so what can I do, eh!! 😉🤣 

Awesome! 

I would rather have that salad than a ham sandwich. My wife and I eat a larger salad with cottage cheese and sometimes avocado just about everyday. I also make a homemade, lower calorie, ranch dressing from yogurt (rather than mayonaise) for mine. Between the salad, dressing, and cottage cheese the meal is less than 200 calories. If avocado is added, then it is about 300. There are some Blue Diamond crackers that add another 60 calories. We add some fruit. So, the total is somewhere between 330 and 430 calories. For us, it is a very delicious and healthy lunch.  

Bio... Yep, I remember that you'd said you eat salad daily.... This was a standard salad, with no real dressing added.... I've taken to using pepperoncini or stackers juice, and it's zingy enough for me. I've no idea what the calories are for it, but since I can have 15 stackers slices for under 10 cals, I figure the juice can't be all that calorie intense... I understand your choices, but to me, the 20 cals or so saved isn't worth losing the 20g protein. 🤔 

Thank you Morticia! It tasted well, was crunchy and a good cool meal on a hot day! 🥗 

FYI Feel Good Story Note.... The fork and knife are over fifty years old.... A while back I found a box of plastic spoons, forks & knives while organizing in my mum's cellar. Box was almost half full with over 1000pc start. My Dad and a family friend used to make them back in the day at one of the first plastic factories. I've been using them ever since rediscovering them. So a month or so ago I went to the friends 90th birthday party. Known him for sixty years. Their daughter was the first friend I ever made. For a gift I gave he (and his wife) a framed copy of their marriage certificate that I dug up online, and taped one of the silver spoons to the outside of the wrapping. People couldn't figure out why or what was for, but he remembered. His daughter told me everyone was asking about it! He and his wife couldn't stop smiling and hugging me. Best gift of the day! 🏭 🥄🎈🎂 

LooseButtons, we make up for the protein elsewhere in the evening. I like adding the pepperoncini juice to the salad. I've done the exact same thing when we have them, or if we are at an Italian restaurant. I'm not sure where we learned that, but probably while visiting one of the Italian quarter restaurants when we lived in the northeast. But, it is a great addition to a salad.