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Halloween menus and fun foods??
With Halloween on a Friday this year it promises to be an extra-festive and spooky weekend. Any plans / ideas for fun Halloween foods, or for the following day (Dia de los Muertos) ?? I like to put little red bell pepper "ears" on pigs in blankets so they are "Devils in Blanket" but it is a lot of work. People seem to love it, thought. What do you plan to "scare up" for Oct 31st?1.5KViews0likes6CommentsRe: “Perfect” traveling meals
Once you get in the habit of taking picnic food in the car it's quite easy and you won't waste so much time sitting in restaurants, either, in addition to the cost savings. Why not keep a plastic, lidded tub in the toad with, say, a box of Triscuit (reduced fat taste better than original for some reason), cannister of almonds or dry roasted peanuts, cannister of raisins and whatever other shelf-stable items appeal to you. Paper plates, napkins, wipes and cutlery can also live in this box along with basic condiments. Then, just use zipper bags or washable food containers to take an array of items such as pickles, olives, sliced veggies, cheese cubes, rolled lunchmeat, jerky, etc. Ranch dip is sold in single-serve tubs and with a piece of fruit you have a nice picnic. You can make up lots of baggies of the items ahead of time, with perhaps some Chex Mix or a small handful of pretzels, and with so much protein you'll stave off hunger all day. Hardboiled eggs, sandwiches, small tubs of chicken salad, potato salad. Pre-cook bacon and take along ingredients for a "BLT." Green salads travel pretty well in a cooler. If you have a vacuum jug, take along warm baked beans or soup to drink out of cups. Even if you don't pack a lunch, nipping into a supermarket deli for a couple of items -- french bread, sliced turkey and a jar of pickles, for example -- is way cheaper than dining out and better for you. Take a gallon jug of water and paper cups so you aren't tempted to buy the plastic water bottles.276Views0likes0CommentsRe: Low-carb ideas?
Very interesting, Jim. I'm not terribly overweight but could definitely drop a dress size or even two. Lately have been trying to adhere to simple rules like eating only at table, not lounging in front of TV. Using smaller size plates and dishes really does work. Savoring a few bites and then asking myself if I really need the rest, as you have, seems to be key. It's usually the first sip of Coke, the first bite of baked potato etc. that taste the best. Polishing off the entire thing just as a matter of routine must lead to hundreds of thousands of unwanted calories a year. Thanks!552Views0likes0CommentsSoda stream machine?
My sister was just raving about their purchase of a soda stream machine for making tonic water and diet cola. The notion of saving on returnable cans and bottles has me intrigued; taking them back is a dreaded chore. And storage is an issue. Any experiences pro or con?6.2KViews0likes22CommentsLow-carb ideas?
Hello, trying to wean myself off of favorite items like baked potatoes, Coke, corn, snack chips etc. Two weeks in -- most lunches are salads, most dinners about 3-4 ounces lean meat and a vegetable such as wax beans. Snacks are dill pickles, dry popcorn (I know it's a carb but better than potato chips), olives, almonds, and some cheddar cheese. Probably more cheese than I should. I'm not fanatical, just trying to remove sugar & starch from my diet to see how I feel. Does anyone else have ideas for low-carb finger foods, snacks, and light meals? How bad is a turkey sandwich on light bread with mustard; I miss turkey but can't envision eating it plain. Is it worth it? I do feel lighter in the midsection and am starting to feel a relative indifference to food. Not that I'm not hungry, but since I can't have what I want, I just "eat to live."5.3KViews0likes30CommentsRe: 11 Tricks Restaurants Use To Make You Spend More Money
The $1.69 for the tea includes the cup it is served in, the labor in the kitchen that heated the water, the labor that served it, the energy that heated the water, the water itself, the tea bag itself, the rent or upkeep of the building it's served in, any advertising of the restaurant, taxes and insurance and other utilities etc. If you factored in all of the overhead costs of serving yourself a cup of tea at home, I wonder if you could beat $1.69. I don't own a restaurant, never worked in one, never will -- but I am worldly enough to realize that a lot more goes into the price of menu items besides the raw material cost of the basic ingredients. It's like saying "we're camping in Walmart's parking lot for free, so our accomodations don't cost us a thing tonight." Yeah, other than the payment or depreciation on the rig, the gas to get there, the supplies on board, energy for heating and cooling, the laundering of the sheets and towels, insurance, etc. etc. For what most nights in an RV really cost, most of us could stay in a pretty swanky motel. But some prefer the RV and some prefer a cup of tea instead of water in a restaurant. Neither is a "ripoff."174Views0likes0Comments
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