After a long work day, I dream of the word simple. A dish with few ingredients and one that takes only minutes to prepare. Dinner, in this case, was a gathering of laid-back ladies; Myself, my boyfriends mother Susan and her dear friend Tracey. We spent the late afternoon drinking red wine and discussing how to make a new house into a new home. Both Tracey and I are recent new homeowners and thus the topics of discussion ranged from paint colors and shag carpets to our love of woodstoves.
There’s nothing better than a free day from work (Sundays for me) when you’re productive, relaxed and the sun is shining. Here in Northern Michigan, it may be April but it certainly hasn’t looked like spring for some time. So when the sun peaks through the clouds I’ll make every excuse I can to get outside and soak it in.
Yesterday was exactly one of those days. By 6:00 PM I’d cleaned the house, gone out for a run, packed up the refrigerator with groceries, made a deliciously fresh salad and started up the grill for the first time this season. After the cold months of winter, its incredibly refreshing when the sun shines and the snow starts to melt; as I’m sure others may relate, the sun’s rays increase my productivity by at least 120%.
The salad I made was an extension of my productive day because I made enough to save and eat throughout the rest of the week. Lunch at the office is SO much better when it strays away from the ordinary turkey sandwich or $8+ lunch out. To me, homemade leftovers are the solution to the boring office eats.
Ingredients
3 large broccoli heads
5 radishes, cut in 3 and dice
2 tomatoes quartered and seeded than diced
1 apple peeled and diced
½ cup of red grapes, diced, drain the juice
1 cup green onions (5 green onions minus the white part) diced
1 cup medium carrot shredded
½ cup dried cranberries (optional, but highly recommended)
