What I'm Reading This Week #34
Hello you sassy beast! Ready for another flip flappin' fantastic weekend? Yes indeedy, Ally Sheedy. It's been a week of working ahead for me as I try to work on ideas for holiday posts. I know, no one is ready for Christmas but spit balling stuff is actually getting me excited for the season. I like to try to give myself the month of December off from writing new posts (except updating weekly happenings) so all I have to do is respond if needed. It lets me take a little mental break during the holidays to try to enjoy what I can then hop back into the new year hopefully rested and ready to roll. We did book our 30th anniversary trip, which is the same one we had to cancel this year and of course got travel insurance. It's just nice to have something to hopefully look forward to and it makes you go "where the heck did 4 1/2 years go?" because it seems like just yesterday we were celebrating our 25th. Do people even celebrate their 30t...
Sorry about the gain. No words of wisdom coming from me other than "It sucks."
ReplyDeleteVegetable salad (aka GIANT SALAD) is the high point of my meal planning! Especially at this time of the year when I can add all the good stuff that's fresh! Sodium is a constant issue for me; what kind of dressing are you using? I was amazed to discover that a local store's "house brand" ranch dressing has the lowest sodium of any brand on the shelf.
Have a great weekend full of fun (like I need to tell you that!!)
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I use Catalina French. The light is gross and I don't alter my favorite dressing for a salad, just the amount. So I will do what works for me because obviously, this ain't it! :)
ReplyDeleteSorry about that, but hey, you wouldn't have known unless you gave it a go.
ReplyDeleteI also am not eating nasty diet crappy dressing on a salad. It tastes horrible and it makes my teeth squeak. Ick.
Ugh, that sucks! Hope things are better next week!
ReplyDeleteSorry hun. I don't blame you on the salad dressing issue either. I have creamy masala on my salad and keep it within my ranges. Its awesome and way better than diet fakey dressing. Hugs to a better week coming up!
ReplyDelete*hugs* I'm sorry for the scale disappointment. I discovered early on why they call those "healthier" dressings "free." 'Cause they can't GIVE 'em away they're so nasty.
ReplyDeleteWell, maybe next week you'll drop an extra pound after you go back to the fruit salad. It was worth a try, but boo on the scale; sodium is evil. Diet dressings--bleh, not worth using. I'd rather eat a salad plain than endure those, I'm with you on that. There are some things I will not compromise on for the sake of calories; it has to taste good or forget it. I won't use the fake butter either; Instead, I make my own butter spread with half butter and half extra light olive oil (add a little salt to bring back the salt level of the butter). Cuts the saturated fat but keeps the flavor, and I KNOW what's in it.
ReplyDeleteSorry the salad experiment didn't work out - I prefer fruit salads myself.
ReplyDeleteSo happy to see the email subscription here - pretty cool!
I have found a couple of light dressings I don't mine. Hidden Valley Ranch fat free Ranch is ok (not as good as the regular, but I don't dislike it) and I found an awesome berry based dressing one time that was fantastic for only like 15 calories - but I've never been able to find it again. Maybe I dreamed it?
ReplyDeleteGlad you're back to your fruit though since you enjoy that more anyway and clearly you experiment was not a success.
You said you like Catalina French (regular, not reduced fat)?
ReplyDeleteI'm a french fan, too, and I switched over to Old Cape Cod honey french and it's very good (low fat, 2 TBSP for 90 calories--don't know other numbers).
I've also found some of the "organic" types of "french" (they don't always use "french" in the name--sometimes it's just "tomato"--but it's creamy red "french" style dressing) are very good, too. Same tangy tomato taste (and thickness).
I've also found that shaking my salads (so the dressing portion gets all over everything) beats putting it right on top or doing that "dip your fork" thing.
(just had to share my salad tips--I eat a salad every day for lunch, love the easy veggie route)