by S B » Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:51 pm
As most of you know, (from the old board) my step-daughter is getting married. (Wedding was rescheduled from this past Sept. to this coming May.)
Now, instead of having the reception at a restaurant, they are going to have a catered meal in a large room that a lodge is letting them use. Of course, my step-daughter is planning on having feast-style SAD food, but she knows I will not eat that…..and she knows how STUBBORN I can be about it!
Therefore, last night she asked me to tell her what I would like to have to eat at the reception and that she would have the caterer prepare it for me, so I can join in on the festivities, too. (That was so nice of her!) The meal will be buffet style, so I assume “my food” will be on the buffet table along with the other stuff, so (if this be the case) there might be a slim chance that a few others might get curious and sample some of it! I HOPE!!!
The best thing of all is a GOOD COOK and NOT “Disaster-in-the-Kitchen-SB” (me) will be making it -- so I know the recipe(s) I choose will turn out RIGHT!!!
Now, I am wondering what recipe or couple of recipes to give to her. I want it/them to be delicious and totally McD-legal and totally or, at least, mostly MWL-legal, too! However, I want it/them to be VERY EASY to make so as not to be a burden on the caterer. I like the taste of almost anything but I would like for that “HEALTHY McD STUFF” on the buffet table to look inviting and taste good to SAD eaters, if possible.
Any recipe suggestions?
One recipe that I am considering is Susan V’s delicious Eggplant Creole (on the FatfreeVegan site) served with plain whole grain brown rice -- but the thoughts of getting tomato stains on my good dress do pop into mind…..
Thanks!
By the way, my search in finding a woman’s style dress pattern in my size -- the size of a 10 to 12 year old child -- was successful and I have the dress all made and ready to wear. It is slightly toned-down blue-green in three shades -- medium, light, and dark (with no other colors). It has a delicate print in the form of bunches of “light” small flowers in little bunches outlined in “dark” on a “medium” background. There are enough flowers in the design to make the dress look feminine but not enough to make it look gaudy.
My husband says that he would prefer for the material to be a little more green than blue-green, but that the slightly toned-down blue green is “green enough” to be warm a warm color (which my dark brown hair and dark brown eyes need). However, he says that the dress looks very good on me and that he likes it a LOT -- so we are BOTH very happy with it! (The original solid green silky material was too hard for me to sow on it because is was so delicate and frayed too easily -- so I used a different choice of material.)
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I believe we McDougallers can have a loud enough voice to influence enough people to cut back on livestock consumption/farming that we CAN have a positive impact on global warming -- if we REALLY try!