That looks delicious. I have some leftover unseasoned dry bread cubes (had to buy a big bag for stuffing)…. think that would work?
I am a big proponent of using what you have on hand, so I’d do it. That said, I’ve never made the dish (or even eaten it, for that matter), so I’m not any sort of authority.
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Feta, yes, because in my experience, feta makes almost anything better.
I avoid processed carbs during the week, so…sadly, no crusty bread unless I choose to eat this over the weekend.
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This is a spin-off from soup discussion, where I tried new immersion blender using a great butternut squash / apple soup.
I usually struggle cleaning out the seeds/etc from butternut and acorn squash. Today I decided to try using my grapefruit spoon, which has a serrated tip. It worked really well.
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I usually use a spoon with sharp edge or a knife to scoop them out.
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Bring this thread back up to say I recently discovered something by accident. I was making a bone soup with lots of cartilage, It’s thick with jelly. After consuming this soup, I notice I fly when playing pickle ball. I could barely played just a week ago. Lots of collagen in this soup, my skin looks amazing. It’s almost like free natural Botox for a fraction of a price.
As a result, I play pickle ball more vigorously, I lost weight, back to the lowest level since I’ve been back from my vacation, all this despite baking and eating lots of homemade cookies. What’s not to like, lol.
Needless to say I will be making this soup more often, but it takes a day of slow cooking to get all the gelatin out.
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Second the suggestion of grapefruit spoons. Funny because I can’t remember the last time I ate a grapefruit!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Does anybody have a newly found healthy food to recommend?
Or maybe a not-as-unhealthy, enjoyable alternative to an old favorite? I’m not opposed to favorite food nutritional splurges now and then. Especially at the holidays. But it’s fun to hear about food discoveries others have made.
We just spent two weeks in Japan, one thing that I was reminded of is that you can pickle just about everything. Breakfast always included pickles. Among the more interesting choices: radish greens as well as bottoms, seaweed, and plums.
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Ha, your post got me digging through the fridge looking for the home made pickles from a friend.
Breakfast pickles! Yum. Just as great as the multiple flavors of picked herring we had for breakfast in Stockholm. Someday, someday… Japan is on my bucket list. 
My husband had about 25 trips to Japan in his career. Usually I was back home, “holding down the fort” (and realizing that despite my complaints about him not helping much, he really did help a lot with kid stuff!). But once after the kids were gone I went along on one of his business trips to Kyoto - very fond memories! Sampled lots of different foods, including pickled items at breakfast.
A favorite breakfast (or sometime lunch) food item that I discovered on travels, at a cruise buffet line, is: sliced cucumbers + smoked salmon + whipped cream cheese. In fact, I enjoyed it this morning. I switch up the type of smoked salmon, depending on what kind of deals we find. Sometimes it is the very thin salmon slices, other times the thicker chunked kind we get at Sam’s.
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Sometimes when out of cream cheese, I substitute: cucumbers + hummus + smoked salmon. But the cream cheese is preferable, nice creamy contrast.
I do like substituting hummus for mayo in egg salad. Hubby would not like that. So I just do a single serving for self (smoosh hard boiled egg with about 1T hummus and 1tsp mustard; today I added 1 tsp chia seed too for something different)… then spread it on whole grain toast.
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New to me: baby zucchini at Trader Joe’s. Slice in half lengthwise, salt/pepper/olive oil, then grill. Much faster to grill than full size zucchini, and have a special extra flavor that I’d describe as reminiscent of roasted corn.
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Slice a full sized zucchini into 4-5 pieces lengthwise. So much easier to grill and so fast.
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Last month at TJ my husband talked me into Japanese sweet potatoes (purple). We finally baked them tonight. They were pretty good. Of course the butter we added added to the appeal.
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Got an Eating Well email today. Yes, I do need reminders to eat more veggies… especially when it is not garden / farmer’s market season.
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One of my fav new quick lunches is Trader Joe’s Mexican riced cauliflower. If I prepare it with a tbs of oil the whole bag is about 300 calories, and it’s very filling. Nice and spicy. Yum.
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Oh, I will have to look for that. Is it in the frozen section? Do you eat it cold or cooked?
I eat most of those veges everyday, but cauliflower? Ugh, the worst. Now, you’re going to make me add it to my diet.
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