salad spinner

Posted on | June 16, 2008 | 7 Comments

Yes, I’m turning into a kitchen accessory.

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I finished the blue Romney for mittens.  And now I’m not sure that I want to use it for mittens.  It’s a bit scratchy, so I’m going to knit a swatch and carry it around and see if I think I would wear a pair of mittens from this yarn.  It’s the perfect weight, I got close to 400 yards from 3.3 ounces of roving.

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I may use this Shetland instead.  It’s from the fleece I got at SAFF and is very soft.  I could spin up some white alpaca to go with it….oh, the possibilities!  I need to get cracking though, since we leave Saturday for the beach and there’s no room for my wheel in the car.  A decision will have to be made before then!

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This is the yummy salad I had for lunch yesterday.  During the week I have a salad for dinner and a heartier lunch (the treadmill makes me ravenous) but on the weekends I swap it up.  This salad had mixed greens, red onion, cucumber, bell pepper, tomato, half an avocado and a sprinkling of roasted pumpkin seeds.  I make my own dressing with 1 tblsp. of basalmic vinegar and 1 tsp of olive oil.  It is so good!  Perfect for summer and easy to make.  The fun part about making a salad is seeing what you have in the fridge and going from there.  As long as you have a bed of greens, you can pretty much throw anything on there and it’ll taste good. 

I’ll be eating lots of these at the beach and trying very hard to avoid my MIL’s poundcake. 

 

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7 Responses to “salad spinner”

  1. Carrie
    June 16th, 2008 @ 9:47 am

    If you have a problem with the poundcake and need to get it out of your sight, you can send it to me and I’ll take care of it for you.
    LOVE that blue.

  2. rebecca
    June 16th, 2008 @ 10:42 am

    that shetland is NICE. and are you getting lots of fresh veggies? growing any in your own garden? or just finding great stuff at the farmer’s market? seeing the tomatoes in your salad makes me yearn for them, given that salmonella scare and the non-existence of tomatoes anymore. i have two ever-growing tomato plants in my backyard that i cannot wait to harvest!

  3. margene
    June 16th, 2008 @ 1:39 pm

    Excellent spinning! The salad looks excellent, too!!

  4. Jen
    June 16th, 2008 @ 4:07 pm

    That salad looks awesome! It looks soooo….fresh. If it gets too hard to stay away from the poundcake, just remember there’s a reason they call it that. After that, if you still must have some, then have a small piece (eat it slooowwlllly) and forget about it. Don’t beat yourself up and just continue on with the next meal.

  5. Miss Scarlett
    June 16th, 2008 @ 11:04 pm

    Your salads always look so delicious! I have really got to start making myself food like this – it looks so filling and nutritious.

    Love that blue on your niddy noddy behind the salad.

  6. cyndy
    June 17th, 2008 @ 12:37 pm

    The finished Romney looks as delicious as the salad!

  7. Judy
    June 26th, 2008 @ 9:53 pm

    I say that if you are going to cheat on your diet, do it up right and get it over with. Better to do it in one day. Don’t spread it out and make it a habit.