I fixed a big salad with all kinds of green stuff plus grapes, manderines, hard boiled eggs, sunflower seeds, toasted almonds. I whipped up a quickie wasabi mustard vinaigrette. Sometimes, a salad is the only thing that will do! But, I know that some of the meals mentioned tonight are going to be on our table soon. I love Mediterranean pasta....just think Greek instead of Italian. I always add canned artichokes to mine, along with the other usual ingredients. Wonderful with chicken or shrimp. You can use canned chopped tomatoes, too.

Wow, your dinners all sound so good! I love the chicken in the slow cooker, steak, pasta sauce. Stir-fries are always good, and anything can be used in it. So versatile. Baked salmon and asparagus sounds delicious! I've got asparagus in the frig, that I'll either cook with orzo, or maybe roast it. We love it roasted. The last time we did that I made Angela's roasted asparagus breaded with breadcrumbs and parmesan. Thank you SO much for the best wishes guys. I just read them to him and he's touched. I know things will be good and he'll have a good recovery. This is a top-notch hospital AND it's all done by robot. Not laproscopy but a robot, not a human hand. He think that's very cool. LOL The time wearing the catheter and the recovery time is greatly reduced by choosing this method. And he's home the following morning, vs spending 3 days in the hospital with the traditional surgery.

Rhizo, Happy Anniversary! I made potato salad and 15# of ribs on the smoker. DIL brought beans and rice DS made his pretzel sticks, DD brought fruit salad and cool whip and soy milk to make chocolate pie with the pudding mixed DIL brought. I had the graham crust. I have leftovers! DH had to work this afternoon but worked hard before he went by getting the ribs ready and on the smoker and our big canopy put up so we had shade for the day. Tami

The weather here today was similar to yours, jasdip. We decided to go to the famous local seasonal 'dive' which opened for the season yesterday... a family business since 1938, I think. It's just a little shack with minimal cooking facilities (bbq sandwiches, hamburgs, hotdogs, fries) where you stand outdoors in line to order. They also have an ice cream side, but it's not open yet. You can do take-out or eat outdoors on picnic tables. It's near a busy intersection so always noisy, but the food is good and super cheap, so it's always busy. Totally tacky and totally fun. You'll see everything from tattooed grandmas on motorcycles to vice presidents in suits all standing in that line together, and today the lines were the longest I've ever seen! I chose a pork sandwich w/ bbq sauce, dill pickles, hot relish on the side (they make their own and it's really good) and fries. Totally happy here. :O)