Salad for lunch. Romaine and butter leaf lettuce with cauliflower,
celery, spring onion, cheese, pepitas, pistachios, craisins, fennel
and avocado; dressed with my homemade balsamic vinaigrette. On the
plate are halkidiki olives, oil cured olives, pickled beets and
rice/almond flour crackers.
I think this will hold me until dinner.

https://flic.kr/p/pXVhRh

koko

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Food is our common ground, a universal experience
James Beard

On 2014-11-06 5:18 PM, koko wrote:
>
> Salad for lunch. Romaine and butter leaf lettuce with cauliflower,
> celery, spring onion, cheese, pepitas, pistachios, craisins, fennel
> and avocado; dressed with my homemade balsamic vinaigrette. On the
> plate are halkidiki olives, oil cured olives, pickled beets and
> rice/almond flour crackers.
> I think this will hold me until dinner.


I am not much of a lettuce salad fan, but throw in some avocado and it
becomes more interesting. I don't think I have ever had halkidiki
olives, but since I started to appreciate olives there have not been
many that did not come in a can or a jar than have not impressed me.
The rice crackers I could live without.

koko wrote:
>
>Salad for lunch. Romaine and butter leaf lettuce with cauliflower,
>celery, spring onion, cheese, pepitas, pistachios, craisins, fennel
>and avocado; dressed with my homemade balsamic vinaigrette. On the
>plate are halkidiki olives, oil cured olives, pickled beets and
>rice/almond flour crackers.
>I think this will hold me until dinner.
>
>https://flic.kr/p/pXVhRh

Add a bowl of tuna tetrazinni w/whatever pasta and it's dinner... this
is the best presentation yet. What kind of saw-seege, pepperoni,
sopressata?

On Thursday, November 6, 2014 4:18:13 PM UTC-6, koko wrote:
>
> Salad for lunch. Romaine and butter leaf lettuce with cauliflower,
> celery, spring onion, cheese, pepitas, pistachios, craisins, fennel
> and avocado; dressed with my homemade balsamic vinaigrette. On the
> plate are halkidiki olives, oil cured olives, pickled beets and
> rice/almond flour crackers.
> I think this will hold me until dinner.
>
> https://flic.kr/p/pXVhRh
>
> koko
>
>
Looks goooooood.

On Thu, 06 Nov 2014 17:26:50 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2014-11-06 5:18 PM, koko wrote:
>>
>> Salad for lunch. Romaine and butter leaf lettuce with cauliflower,
>> celery, spring onion, cheese, pepitas, pistachios, craisins, fennel
>> and avocado; dressed with my homemade balsamic vinaigrette. On the
>> plate are halkidiki olives, oil cured olives, pickled beets and
>> rice/almond flour crackers.
>> I think this will hold me until dinner.
>
>
>I am not much of a lettuce salad fan, but throw in some avocado and it
>becomes more interesting. I don't think I have ever had halkidiki
>olives, but since I started to appreciate olives there have not been
>many that did not come in a can or a jar than have not impressed me.
>The rice crackers I could live without.

Dave, the halkidiki olives are cured in a salt brine. The flesh is
firmer and meatier than other olives I've had.
They are fast becoming my favorite olive.
Here's some info on them
http://epochproducts.com/blog/what-a...kidiki-olives/

rice crackers, they don't tear my stomach up, so that's pretty
much what I eat.

koko

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Food is our common ground, a universal experience
James Beard

On Thu, 6 Nov 2014 16:33:27 -0800 (PST), "
> wrote:

>On Thursday, November 6, 2014 4:18:13 PM UTC-6, koko wrote:
>>
>> Salad for lunch. Romaine and butter leaf lettuce with cauliflower,
>> celery, spring onion, cheese, pepitas, pistachios, craisins, fennel
>> and avocado; dressed with my homemade balsamic vinaigrette. On the
>> plate are halkidiki olives, oil cured olives, pickled beets and
>> rice/almond flour crackers.
>> I think this will hold me until dinner.
>>
>> https://flic.kr/p/pXVhRh
>>
>> koko
>>
>>
>Looks goooooood.

Thank you, it's surprising how filling salads can be, especially if
you dump enough "junk" on them. ;-)

koko

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Food is our common ground, a universal experience
James Beard

On Thu, 06 Nov 2014 18:12:12 -0800, koko > wrote:

> rice crackers, they don't tear my stomach up, so that's pretty
> much what I eat.

Have you tried Crunchmaster Multi-Seed? It is my favorite cracker. I
don't need to eat gluten free, I just think they are damn delicious.
http://www.crunchmaster.com/products...-crackers.aspx


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On 2014-11-06 21:14, koko wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Nov 2014 16:33:27 -0800 (PST), "
> > wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, November 6, 2014 4:18:13 PM UTC-6, koko wrote:
>>>
>>> Salad for lunch. Romaine and butter leaf lettuce with cauliflower,
>>> celery, spring onion, cheese, pepitas, pistachios, craisins, fennel
>>> and avocado; dressed with my homemade balsamic vinaigrette. On the
>>> plate are halkidiki olives, oil cured olives, pickled beets and
>>> rice/almond flour crackers.
>>> I think this will hold me until dinner.
>>>
>>> https://flic.kr/p/pXVhRh
>>>
>>> koko
>>>
>>>
>> Looks goooooood.
>
> Thank you, it's surprising how filling salads can be, especially if
> you dump enough "junk" on them. ;-)
>

The more non salad stuff you put into them the better they are -)
I like real Greek salads, the kind made with cucumber, tomato, onions,
olives and feta. When I make a salad for myself it has minimal lettuce.

Speaking of salads... years ago I had a Nicoise salad in a restaurant.
It was delicious.

On Thu, 06 Nov 2014 18:22:34 -0800, sf > wrote:

>On Thu, 06 Nov 2014 18:12:12 -0800, koko > wrote:
>
>> rice crackers, they don't tear my stomach up, so that's pretty
>> much what I eat.
>
>Have you tried Crunchmaster Multi-Seed? It is my favorite cracker. I
>don't need to eat gluten free, I just think they are damn delicious.
>http://www.crunchmaster.com/products...-crackers.aspx

No I haven't, thanks for the heads up. I do have a couple of cracker
recipes that I like. I bought these because I've been too busy to make
some. I will try them though, they look very good.

koko

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Food is our common ground, a universal experience
James Beard

On Thu, 06 Nov 2014 21:36:12 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2014-11-06 21:14, koko wrote:
>> On Thu, 6 Nov 2014 16:33:27 -0800 (PST), "
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Thursday, November 6, 2014 4:18:13 PM UTC-6, koko wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Salad for lunch. Romaine and butter leaf lettuce with cauliflower,
>>>> celery, spring onion, cheese, pepitas, pistachios, craisins, fennel
>>>> and avocado; dressed with my homemade balsamic vinaigrette. On the
>>>> plate are halkidiki olives, oil cured olives, pickled beets and
>>>> rice/almond flour crackers.
>>>> I think this will hold me until dinner.
>>>>
>>>> https://flic.kr/p/pXVhRh
>>>>
>>>> koko
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Looks goooooood.
>>
>> Thank you, it's surprising how filling salads can be, especially if
>> you dump enough "junk" on them. ;-)
>>
>
>The more non salad stuff you put into them the better they are -)
>I like real Greek salads, the kind made with cucumber, tomato, onions,
>olives and feta. When I make a salad for myself it has minimal lettuce.
>
>Speaking of salads... years ago I had a Nicoise salad in a restaurant.
>It was delicious.
>
Yes, Nicoise salads are great.

koko

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Food is our common ground, a universal experience
James Beard

"koko" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 06 Nov 2014 18:22:34 -0800, sf > wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 06 Nov 2014 18:12:12 -0800, koko > wrote:
>>
>>> rice crackers, they don't tear my stomach up, so that's pretty
>>> much what I eat.
>>
>>Have you tried Crunchmaster Multi-Seed? It is my favorite cracker. I
>>don't need to eat gluten free, I just think they are damn delicious.
>>http://www.crunchmaster.com/products...-crackers.aspx
>
> No I haven't, thanks for the heads up. I do have a couple of cracker
> recipes that I like. I bought these because I've been too busy to make
> some. I will try them though, they look very good.
>
> koko

I used to make really good GF crackers. They had just a small amount of
finely minced onion in them. But the recipe only made 10 so it was not
something that I made often.