need a few ideas - food

I made a curried chicken dish yesterday for dinner. It took 1/2 hr...most of that time was simmering. Good just on a plate by itself (I served it over rice). You can use either coconut milk or yoghurt. It was gooooood!

can't go wrong with a pasta salad with fresh summer ingredients:

bow tie pasta with cherry or grape tomatoes (halved), strips of basil, olive oil, toasted pine nuts, fresh mozerlla balls (halved), and a sprinkle of parmesan. serve room temp, or even cold... don't mix til pasta is cooled.

or I have another more "elegant" pasta salad (a family fave).

or a fresh pasta salad with pesto, green beans, red potatoes (quartered). lovely.

pasta must be cooked "al dente", or firm (though cooked) - or it's just "rurnt". also, you may rinse pasta to cool ONLY if it is being used as a pasta salad. take my word - I invented pasta.

The broccoli salad I made for the 4th was yummy. It's best to make it the night before or at least a few hours before.

Broccoli Cauliflower Salad
1 head cauliflower separated into small flowerets
1 bunch broccoli separated into flowerets
1/2 cup chopped red onion
1 cup raisins
1/2 to 1 cup sunflower seeds or chopped pecans
bacon cooked crisp then crumbled

Dressing
1 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup vinegar
1/2 cup sugar

Go with Tootsie's pasta idea but use shell shaped pasta. Then go buy a cute sand bucket with shovel and put the pasta salad in it for serving and the shovel is used as the serving spoon. This fabulous idea is out of Coastal Living.

very cute idea t-bone!

Go with Tootsie's pasta idea but use shell shaped pasta. Then go buy a cute sand bucket with shovel and put the pasta salad in it for serving and the shovel is used as the serving spoon. This fabulous idea is out of Coastal Living.

I love the beach bucket and scoop idea!!! If Walmart was anywhere close, I would have to get a big Tonka dumptruck to serve it in. (the party is a baby shower (boy)) :scratch: Now where can I find a bucket and shovel....Just kidding. Relax. I would not use one I find on the beach, and I will wash whatever I use before filling it with edible yummies.

The dumptruck idea for the boy babyshower is cute. Maybe you could get something at 4kids, Gigi's, or Movies by the Sea.

The dumptruck idea for the boy babyshower is cute. Maybe you could get something at 4kids, Gigi's, or Movies by the Sea.

T-bone where you been?

I have a dump truck i will put in the dishwasher for SJ. :lol:

T-bone where you been?

I have a dump truck i will put in the dishwasher for SJ. :lol:

a well loved and used one....😀

a well loved and used one....😀

That is a tractor. :roll: :lol:

T-bone where you been?

I have a dump truck i will put in the dishwasher for SJ. :lol:

I've been a slacker...please forgive.

I love the beach bucket and scoop idea!!! If Walmart was anywhere close, I would have to get a big Tonka dumptruck to serve it in. (the party is a baby shower (boy)) :scratch: Now where can I find a bucket and shovel....Just kidding. Relax. I would not use one I find on the beach, and I will wash whatever I use before filling it with edible yummies.

get yourself to Walmart and get a big a$$ tonka dump truck, line it with foil and put the food right in... you can still use a shovel...

That is a tractor. :roll: :lol:

OH :oops: what do I know...they all look the same:idontno:

get yourself to Walmart and get a big a$$ tonka dump truck, line it with foil and put the food right in... you can still use a shovel...

Shower gift!...done!

That is a tractor. :roll: :lol:

she's right, it's a big dump truck...

she's right, it's a big dump truck...

:floor: :floor: :floor:

OK IT seems some people are having trouble telling the difference....



THIS IS A DUMPTRUCK...












THIS IS A TRACTOR





:floor: :floor: :floor: :floor: :floor:

how about some SPAM???

Don't know what they are serving but Rotel dip is always a winner with tortilla chips! Very easy also!

ok people, now i am hungry, right before bedtime !!!!!

she's right, it's a big dump truck...

Front End Loader. I like saying that. :lol:

yes, but we were referring to the companion dump truck (big and hauls a lot of food for SJ)...

get yourself to Walmart and get a big a$$ tonka dump truck, line it with foil and put the food right in... you can still use a shovel...

Time is not on my side. I will have time to either make the food, or go to Walmart. Not both.

You could buy the dump truck & fill it with sweets or chips...

Like the idea, but plenty of sweets are being made, and I am not the type to bring only chips to a covered dish. I think I know what I will make, now. Thanks for all the suggestions. I hope people enjoy the food from my organic garden. I wish I had time to make my own pasta, but I will have to pass on this on today. There is nothing like eating freshly made pasta. I would press the Basil and crushed Black Pepper directly into the pasta. Yummy! Oh well, I cannot do it all today.