Not quite ready for primetime? LOL

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Hi All--Just Checking in! Tuesdays are my long days and even though

I check and delete my e-mail in the A.M., what I came home to today

was a record! Took me awhile to download, but since I finally got

thru all my chores, I've been kicking back and going thru all the

messages 1x1. I'm thinking maybe this has been a busy day on the

net, or maybe I'm not quite ready for prime time yet!!!! LOL, just

kidding!

 

I love going thru all these messages and all the wonderful recipe

ideas. Got to say I receive from Feral and Veg and another list,

plus some other assorted esoteric odds and ends, but, the bulk was

from the two veggie groups! I just want to thank you all again who

are willing to spend the time to post and discuss such great ideas

for eating.

 

My contribution for a way to use polenta, is that it is very good

placed in the bottom of a soup bowl, and then to have some thin but

tasty soup (like vegetable) poured over it. It adds a little

thickness to the soup and also is fun to dip down into while eating

the broth.

 

As for the cold foods--I like a lot of things served cold the next

day, because the flavors have blended so well and the texture has

solidified...and has anyone else noticed that things seem to be more

salty when they have chilled and blended?

 

....but, my favorite is to bring a cold Bocaburger to work to eat at

lunchtime. My friend and I both do this. When we are making our

lunches in the mornings, we just zap a boca burger patty in the

microwave (my favorite is the grilled garlic) and then make up a

regular little burger

out of it. Mine have lettuce, onion, tomatoes, horseradish, mustard,

catsup -- and whatever else I can think of. The patties really lend

themselves well to not having to be hot. Another added bonus is

that all the kids at Mother's Day Out are so curious about what we

are eating.

 

Since we're eating all the neat veggies and whole wheat buns and

veggie patties, that makes it seem like something desirable to them

also. I kind of feel like we're giving them a good example without

proselytizing.

 

Thankyou all! Paula