Eating Up A Storm

There was a lot of rain last night so Houston woke up to a flood of epic proportions. Bayous were filled way past the brim, breaking records that stood 500 years. Yup, it’s that bad. As a result, the clinic decided to close and so did the school districts and a lot of offices. All three of us are all under one roof to weather the storm!

Unplanned stay-ins like this is always welcome, even if we didn’t really do much except watch the weather channel on TV and marvel on how lucky we are that all it really means to us that our pool is filled and there are some areas in the lawn that are soaked. I wish I could say the same for the rest of Houston…

So what should we eat? Always a burning question in this household. I had a lot of prepared food, thinking that we were all going to be out today for school and work. To my dismay, my two boys were not keen on nuking out anything. So for lunch, I converted the roast chicken to my usual Lemon Chicken Soup with Wild Rice. Easy enough, one meal down.

For dinner, I decided to make my Left Over Salad.

lettuce
lettuce — i prefer buying it whole and cutting it up to my ideal size – about half an inch, without any stalks

I make my own dressing. I already used up all my lemons so I will have to jazz this up some other way.

Garlic-infused olive oil --- heat oil then throw in a couple of cloves, cook for about 5 minutes in low heat
Garlic-infused olive oil — heat oil then throw in a couple of cloves, cook for about 5 minutes in low heat
Cut up about 5 leaves of basil, get balsamic vinegar and mustard
Cut up about 5 leaves of basil, get balsamic vinegar and mustard
Mix above ingredients. I will add some honey because I like to add some sweetness to balance the acidity of the balsamic vinegar.
Mix above ingredients. I will add some honey because I like to add some sweetness to balance the acidity of the balsamic vinegar.
Add chopped almonds, raisins and cranberries. Mix!!!
Add chopped pecans, raisins and cranberries. Mix!!!

For an impromptu salad, this turned out good. Testament to that, D and Beans wanted seconds!!!

 

 

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