[ellenmelon]

When it was just my mother and I at home we did a meat chop, vegetable, and some starch like rice or noodles or spaghetti. It was almost like a standard formula. Because it was just the two of us, we were able to get a better quality meat chop and still stay in budget.

I really like a bed of greens with a sliced meat on top like chicken breast, and some croutons. I saw Farmhouse rules the other day where she made a marinated bread cubes and fresh steamed vegetables salad with a mustard vinaigrette. A big bowl of that seems wonderful with a cup of hot broth on the side now that it is colder weather.