A Healthy Lunch on a Hot Day
Filed Under (Lunch, Random, Salads) by Lisa on 03-06-2009
Tagged Under : Lunch, salad dressing, Vinaigrette Dressing
Today it’s 30 degrees Celsius! I am sure not use to weather this hot. On Vancouver Island where I live we only have a few days that are this hot per year.
Since it is so hot out today, I didn’t want to do anything to heat up the house, when it comes to cooking. I decided to have a small salad to start things off. I made my favorite simple salad with some romaine lettuce, and my favorite home made salad dressing. Here is the recipe:
Lisa’s Simple Vinaigrette Dressing
Balsamic vinegar
Olive oil
Salt
Black pepper
Add all the vegetables to a bowl and add your desired amounts of the above ingredients. Toss and enjoy.
I topped my salad with some light grated mozzarella cheese and a small amount of low fat feta cheese. It was a simple, fresh and tasty starter. I had one of my favorite juices with it.
Next I had a left over egg roll from a few nights ago.
Finally I had some expired no fat raspberry yogurt. It was 5 days past the expiry date. I am careful when I eat foods that are expired. It smelled okay, looked okay and tasted okay so I think it was safe to eat. I really don’t like wasting food, so unless there is something suspicious looking or smelling about an expired food, I take a chance and eat it.
What are your thoughts on expired foods? Do you automatically toss foods once they are past their best before date? Or do you eat them anyways using caution?
A friend of mine’s mom is a microbiologist, and she told me once that for dairy items like sour cream / yogurt it’s ok to eat them a few days past the expiry date, but that’s only for dairy stuff.
For me, I absolutely HATE throwing up, so I am super cautious when it comes to expired food. If there is even an inkling of doubt in my mind, I just chuck it. I’ve gotten sick from food before I don’t like it.
My biggest pet peeve is bread. It seems to expire so quickly. I normally smell the bag if it’s a day over and if it smells ok and I don’t see any mould, I might eat it if there is no other bread in the house… most of the time though I’m very cautious.