Salad In A Jar

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Once again I have used pinterest idea. This salad in a jar is has been quite successful for me. I take a jar and place the heaviest vegetables in first. Any combination works. The lettuce is last. When it's lunch time I get the out the jar from cold storage and pour on to a dinner sized plate.

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Review: I enjoy peas that have just been defrosted in my salad. I made the mistake of thinking I could place the frozen peas in the jar and they would stay crunchy. What happened was they froze my cucumbers and then defrosted. Not such a good idea. Next time I will defrost the peas first. I also don't think any vegetable that is messy is good. (Grape tomatoes rather than cut tomatoes.) I also don't add my salad dressing to the bottom of the jar. I like a good crisp salad and this was perfect. I made 3 jars and they stayed fresh for the 4 days it took me to eat my salad lunches.

DELICIOUS RECIEPE

This dish was so colorful and beautiful I decided I would try to make. I didn’t have the julienne peeler but I did have a mandolin so I used that. Sometimes I think always buying the newest gadget is crazy. Why not use what you have?

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Review: the recipe was so easy to make. I love that it turned out just as colorful on my plate as it did on Pineterest. The site didn't have good directions but I could figure out how to heat up the ingredients. My opinion is that the vinegar was a bit overpowering. I will use less next time. I also skipped the sugar and added 2 teaspoons honey. This is a dish I will make again.

I HATE JELL-O

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Jell-O is something that you either love or hate. Being raised in the 50’s and 60’s it was a staple in most people’s diet. You could make it into a lovely dessert or a sweet, savory or sweet and savory salad. People mixed fruit, cool whip, and soda pop in it. When you wanted a healthier version you might grate carrots, slice olives, add ketchup, mayonnaise, cottage cheese or any other distasteful thing you can think of and call it a salad. ( I have recipes to prove this!)

My children didn’t have Jell-O served in our home. The simple reason was I hate Jell-O. Unfortunately Jell-O has made a comeback in the American diet. Because of Pinetrest I actually decided to try to make it for my family. We were having a family dinner and I decided to make it a rainbow dinner, hence the need for Jell-O. I made Jell-O in orange halves.

Review: the Jell-O was a hit with everyone. The plate was colorful and fun for the grandchildren to pick up and eat. All the adults had fun with the Jell-O wedges also.

The negative side is the time it took to make and the terrible mess. Cleaning out the orange took a couple of hours. My refrigerator was tied up for most of the day since the oranges needed to sit undisturbed.

Cost was also a factor. It required 12 beautiful oranges and 6 boxes of Jell-O. After you cut the oranges in half and cleaned out the inside there wasn’t a lot you can do with the best part of the orange. The last negative was my granddaughter, who was just learning to feed herself loved the Jell-O but unfortunately took a bite of the rind and she will probably be a Jell-O hater like her grandmother from now on.

WHERE TO GO

I have been struggling with this blog. I have felt so uninspired by what I have been blogging. So until I can think of anything better I will be blogging what I make from pinterest.com. What is Pinterst you ask? It is a creative Idea sight. So I will be blogging what I find interesting to do or make. For example yesterday I made crock pot baked potatoes. The instructions are: clean and foil wrap your potatoes. Place in a crock pot and bake for 8 hours on low. Since I got a late start I only baked them 4 hours but on high.

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My review on the idea: the potatoes were attractive to look at. They were tender and moist. Since we are having unseasonably warm weather it was nice to have baked potatoes without heating up the house. I served the potatoes with butter, broccoli crowns, Steak n Shake chili, cheese, sour cream or cottage cheese. Everyone chose their desired toppings. Also, we had a large beautiful green salad.