Chunks of Grilled Chicken, juicy Nectarines & creamy Avocado resting on a bed of shredded lettuce! Add a few whole Pecans, some shredded Red Cabbage & Carrots with Feta Cheese resting on top. Now that is colorful! Now that is so nutritious & yummy, too!
Then Raspberry Balsamic Vinaigrette drizzled on top. This is definitely my kind of Salad Platter for dinner. It's been HHH lately, so after enjoying Grilled Chicken, Grilled Zucchini & a microwaved "Baked Potato" one night at dinner, a cold Chicken Salad Platter the next evening is oh so good!
The OXO salad dressing shaker is filled with:
Raspberry Balsamic Vinaigrette
1/4 Cup Balsamic Vinegar
1/2 Cup Olive Oil for salads
2 teaspoons Raspberry Jam or Jelly
Then, shake, shake, shake & shake that container again!
Repeat & repeat again until the Jam/ Jelly is dissolved.
If I had cold Grilled Zucchini left, I'd add it to the Salad platter, too! This is a great refreshing nutritious dinner on an HHH night!
Grilled Cheese...yum! The sandwich containing oozing warm melted cheese has been a fave of mine for years. Usually, lunch for me is Yogurt over a sliced Banana along with a glass of Orange Juice. Bananas are not a fave with me, so I hide them in other foods, whenever possible, to eat the fruit daily.
Yesterday, as my DH & I were delivering "Meals on Wheels" to senior residents in town, the vision of the ripened Avocado sitting on my kitchen counter kept popping into my thoughts. Suddenly, I knew how the green fruit would be enjoyed! A Grilled Cheese & Avocado Sandwich! I envisioned cheese topped with slices of green Avocado surrounded by Oatmeal Bread.
Driving up our driveway, we were famished! It did not take long to defrost 4 slices of Oatmeal Bread and locate my griddle. Good ole' plain Grilled Cheese, Grilled Cheese & Tomato, Grilled Cheese & Ham and Grilled Cheese & Tuna all taste great. This change up using slices of Avocado is also yummy!
There was an extra large slice of Avocado remaining. Cut into chunks it made for a very tasty garnish!
On this sunny Wednesday in May is it really 96°F outside? Oh, it sure is! Time to enjoy a glass of icy, cold solarGreen Tea. Ah, that sounds so good!
Yesterday, the Green Tea brewed in my sunny front window. My favorite glass pitcher was filled with cold water. Three Green Tea bags were added and in four hours the tea bags were removed. The pitcher was covered and placed in the fridge, ready for a hot day such as today!
On the same shelf is a ripened Avocado! Thank you to my Blogging Friends for your Avocado hints! :) Over the years I have come to enjoy Tofu, Avocados and Green Tea! Life is good!
Do you drink Green Tea? I like it hot or cold. Usually, I use the tea bags. However, in my fridge there is a container of Matcha – powdered Green Tea. If the powdered Green Tea is used to make hot tea, it requires whisking the tea leaves with the hot water.
Now, it’s time to enjoy the view outside while sipping on my iced, refreshing Solar Green Tea!
Visiting another area of our vast country and enjoying the variety of regional foods is always a special treat! In the past few days my DH & I traveled to Houston, TX for our niece’s beautiful wedding.
While staying in The Woodlands, we took a stroll down the pedestrian walkway along the Waterway KoiPond. Click here for info. Looking down into the Koi Pond, various sized Koi swam gracefully. Some were very large and in an area close by, little fish vigorously swam. An informative young boy and his mom were also admiring the peaceful scenery. He told us where to look for the baby fish.
While standing on a walking bridge overlooking the pond, beautiful colorful Water Lilies bloomed. Gazing down we could see the leaves and buds of the plant below the water’s surface. A gentle breeze caused ripples in the pond. How gorgeous and tranquil!
And it is a bit of info to share with school groups when I give my Japan Tours at the Quadrangle. Who knew I would bring back to MA some info for my tours?
Each day we ate delicious food! Avocados were part of a meal – sometimes mashed and at other times sliced or cut in chunks as part of a salad. Yummy, this is one tasty fruit! Yes, they are available to me in my grocery stores, but I never purchase them – just walk past the display in the Produce aisle. Well, that is to change. A couple of slices of Avocado on a Tuna Salad Sandwich would be so good!
Tomorrow, when I replenish the fridge guess what item will be on my grocery list! Do you have recipes using Avocados?
