Sylvia's Scenario

, I love salads with edamame (soy beans) and I buy them frozen at Trader Joe's.  They are great to throw into salads or just eat plan.  You'll often see them still in their shell as appetizers at restaurants which we also love and they are very popular in Japan.  I made this salad last night for a family dinner and thought it also looked perfect for a Christmas salad because it's red and green. Deck the Halls! I got it from  Hannah Freese, RD  but I changed it a lot from the original.  I mainly changed it because when I went shopping at Trader Joe's, the Italian parsley was in the spot where the cilantro was suppose to be and I didn't notice until I got home.  (It looks like cilantro.)  So, I used Italian parsley even though the recipe called for cilantro. The recipe also says to serve it warm but I always make my salads ahead of time so mine wasn't warm and it still tasted great.  And then I used lemon juice instead of lime juice since I was...

Here is a recipe to start off the New Year in a healthy manner.  I made this salad for our New Year's dinner to take over to Nick's house. We had received an  Amana ham  from a vendor that Bruce worked with who sends us a ham every year.  Usually, we save it for our Super Bowl party but we certainly won't be having one of those this year.  So, we decided to have it on New Year's Eve and take it over to Nick's house. Nick's been home from work for 2 weeks since they have a break over the holiday and our granddaughter has not be going to preschool during this break so we figure there was less covid risk spending time indoors with them.  The grandkids were so eager to show us all their toys and have us play with them. I particularly had fun on their new gymnastic equipment that Santa brought them; a bar and balance bean that is low to the ground so you can't really fall off.  The beam was great for me to practice my balance, even though my granddaughter ...