@lioness Glad to hear the injection helped. How often will you need to get one? I think I am due for another injection in my hip for bursitis, it's been hurting but mainly when I try to lie on my right side.
@jakedduck1 If you do make the effort to make this salad, it sounds delicious to me, if you use cherry tomatoes it is best to slice them so they will absorb the dressing. Some people cut them in half, I actually like to slice them into a few pieces.
If you are making a salad with lettuce and tomatoes though, do not attempt to store it for the next day unless you are using whole cherry tomatoes, or you store the tomatoes separately. The juice makes everything wilt and get sort of disgusting.
My almost daily lunch salad is lettuce (any variety except for iceberg), strawberries, and chicken. It's excellent if you put crumbled goat cheese on it but now that I am lactose intolerant I can't do that. I do sometimes put blue cheese it. Blue cheese is aged and aged cheeses lose the lactose because it's in the whey and the whey drops out in aging. I generally use Paul Newman's Raspberry Walnut dressing on it. It's fairly low-cal and low-sodium. Whole Foods has a good raspberry dressing too, but I prefer Newman's.
@imallears The facilities that you refer to are great but extremely costly. We considered one for my aunt but when we realized if she lived more than two years more she would end up being kicked out we decided to not risk it.
@user_chdb5e8ac I have always hesitated to use grocery delivery services because I am not confident that they will be as choosy as I am in selecting produce and meats. Have you found them to be good about that? I supposed to some extent it depends on the shopper doing the selections, but I am pretty picky. I'm a fanatic about choosing fish - no more than 2 days old.
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yes, choosing fresh produce and vegetables is a bit nebulous with another shopper doing the shopping. I try to text instructions as best as i can, like please choose green bananas rather than brown bananas.
I have kinda a funny story about that recently, as I ordered one clump of vine ripe tomatoes on the website, which meant 4-5 tomatoes on the vine. Instead I received just a single tomato - lol. I guess interpretation is everything, I did after all order one on the website 🙂
as for buying fresh produce, I think it depends upon the store you're shopping from. Instacart allows shopping at different locations. I've found the best produce is delivered from a store called Schnucks. I'd like to try Fresh Tyme Market next as I like to shop there in person for fresh organic produce.