That's what I often say when arranging or attending a social function, whether it's for a specific purpose , or simply an impromptu meeting.
Someone always brings food. There can be cookies, cheese and crackers, celery and carrot sticks (for the more diet conscious), mixed nuts, dried fruit, fresh fruit (this is the season), yogurt covered snacks, chocolate almonds, sugar snap peas or it can be a full blown buffet, the likes of which are difficult to describe and almost never have duplicate dishes.
Some of the best foods I've eaten, I've had at pot-luck gatherings, made by Mrs. Average who declaims her prowess and states that it's just "something I've thrown together". Olive breads, double chocolate, chocolate cake, asian salad with a dressing to die for, devilled eggs (which I've never been able to produce with any luck - but are the best from one particular friend), pistachio dessert, salmon or crab dips, wonderful chai (also the best I've had - from a friend's recipe) and other dishes too numerous to mention. The list goes on and on.
Every once in a while I like to try something different. A little deviation from the normal recipe. One of the last ones I did was my morning smoothie, which my daughter exclaimed sounded gross! I thought it quite delicious but it's a good thing we all have different preferences and tastes. It would be a boring world if we all liked the same thing, but I always like to try things. Unless of course they contain the few foods I dislike, cilantro, green, orange and yellow peppers, steamed cabbage ( I don't mind cole slaw with a decent dressing) and not much else I can think of at the moment.
Roasted veggies are wonderful and a great way to make a large amount from a few items. Once they are chopped up and mixed together it presents a feast to the eyes as well as the taste buds, as long as it includes onions and garlic. One can never have too much garlic, another statement with which aforementioned daughter would vehemently disagree. But back to the above smoothie. It contained four fruits, plus yogurt, beet crystals, hemp seeds, kale, and the puncher, a whole clove of organic fresh garlic! I had gone too far, she implied - but I liked it and that was what mattered, as I was the only one who was going to consume it.
Today I was lucky to have been given some fresh veggies including a large bunch of Swiss Chard, so the upcoming experiment is to make Swiss Chard Pesto. I've made it with carrot tops and shared that recipe with a friend who claimed it to be delicious, so I see no reason why the chard won't work as well. Given that I am restricted in the amount of greens I've been advised to consume, this is a good way to use what I have, which I can then freeze for future use.
And now, with the day quickly disappearing before my eyes, and the wool fleeces waiting for further processing, I will go back to my experiment(s).
