Frugal In Florida

So we had some friends over for the Birthday/Cinco de Mayo/Mother's Day/Air and Sea Show/Kentucky Derby Weekend ... and since it might be our last bash for such a weekend in this house, we went a little bit all out with food stuff. However, I was trying to be mindful since one of my friends is trying vegan style food right now, another is a body builder, yet another is a trainer and then of course, the majority of us our middle age with that middle age weight issue coming on ... So I opted to serve a few healthier things and kept the junk food (chips and dip) to a minimum. It didn't help that Hubby served up a nice Spinach and Artichoke Dip ... but at least I said no to the bean dip that we are so in famous for. I opted to make the cucumber and tomato salad, but I wanted it to be HEALTHY and SUGAR FREE but still yummy.  This totally worked out in my favor!  I will say, if you like that syrupy stuff, this is NOT the recipe for you. BUT if you are looking for a healt...

A few weeks ago I had picked up a small amount of the greek salad from Whole Foods ... it was so dang good, I was really upset to finish it ... I was adding cooked, diced chicken to it to make it a meal and make it last a little longer ... I know the dressing they used has sugar ... how could it not? They also put feta cheese in, which is fine in the small amount that was used. AND they added olives, which in MY book, is NOT fine. I really do not like olives. To the point where they can pretty much 'contaminate' the food mixed with them ... ::shudder:: sorry .... can't help it. So anyways. The base of the salad was just green peppers, red onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, feta cheese and the dressing. And it should be noted, the veggies weren't swimming ... which is the way I prefer things! I really wanted to make my own. Heck, it's $7.99 a pound at Whole Foods. Isn't that enough motivation to make you want to make your own? Oh, yeah, that and the p...