“Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.”
-Erma Bombeck
Quote of the Week – 7/28/10 – Erma Bombeck
Colorful Food
It’s a safe bet that when you’re looking to eat a healthy dinner, the more colorful your food is, the healthier it must be. Some nutritionists will suggest you eat a rainbow of food colors. Let me qualify that by saying it needs to be naturally colorful. No artificial, neon, tie-dye, electric blue colors will make it healthy, even though that might make little kids want to eat a dish. Bleh.
This sesame chicken salad that we ate last night was one of the more colorful dinners I’ve prepared in a while. The white chicken pieces accented the green of the cucumbers, bok choy and cilantro. The red jalapeno slices promised that extra zip which would make the dish exciting. It was dressed with a soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger dressing (there was a little bit of sugar in the dressing), and it all combined into a very tasty salad. Serving it on a colorful plate added to the eye and appetite appeal, don’t you think?
Of course, few meals are perfect. Annie went into a coughing fit from the jalapeno slices, and Louisa refused to eat the bok choy. But she more than made up for it in chicken and cucumbers. A fair enough nutritional trade in my opinon.
On Being Our Own Weekend Guests
I don’t know about you, but when I have weekend guests over, I enjoy planning something special for breakfast. Unlike our usual breakfasts that are grab and go items such as cereal and fruit, breakfast becomes a more leisurely meal with food to savor and long conversations. When we visited my sister-in-law a few weeks ago, we didn’t eat breakfast until later in the morning because the bacon needed frying and the pancakes had to be cooked. We had a delicious, sunny time together lingering over the food, our conversation, and the coffee.
Over this weekend I was inspired one morning to make waffles from scratch and use up the fresh berries in the refrigerator. As Joe washed my car, I took my time preparing a breakfast as I might for weekend guests. When we finally gathered at the breakfast table, it almost felt like we were our own weekend guests.
How often do you enjoy leisurely breakfasts with your family?