Baked chicken, rice, and special salad

Oh, my!  Tonight's supper was especially good!  I will share some of the details with you.

We baked a whole five-pound chicken in the NuWave oven, which only took less than an hour.  Of course, it had to be emptied of the liver, etc., rinsed off, and patted dry.  Then the wings were tied together and the legs were tied together with upholstery thread because we can never seem to locate any one of at least three packets of kitchen twine.  The chicken was then coated with olive oil and sprinkled generously with poultry seasoning and trocomare (a sea salt and herb mixture).  It was baked for 20 minutes upside down, turned over, and baked another 15 minutes.

Brown rice was prepared in the small rice cooker.

The best part - I think - was the salad.  One large avocado, one tomato, one peeled cucumber, and three spring onions were chopped for a salad.  A small amount of once-fresh cilantro from the freezer was chopped and added to the mix, as was about two ounces of Italian salad dressing.  This was stirred and chilled before it was eaten.

Click on the picture to drool this meal:

One item not pictured is the dessert we made.  Two bananas, one cup of fresh blueberries, half a can of coconut milk, and several slices of fresh ginger were blended at high speed in our VitaMix.  This was poured into three dessert bowls and placed in the freezer.  When we removed the bowls from the freezer, the mixture was not frozen, but it was almost the consistency of a pudding or custard.  I could really taste the ginger, but DH only tasted the bananas.  Neither of us could taste what the other could taste the most.  That surprised me.

How to make a yummy fruit smoothie

We have a VitaMix blender. We did lots of research and found a good price. This blender makes it very easy to make a fruit smoothie. Here's what we put in it:

A banana, blueberries, two apples, some raspberries, about an inch of ginger, and at least one cup of green tea.

Here are the pictures:

Raw Fruit Pudding

I started my early morning errands with a cup of iced coffee from the gas station. It was a steal at $1.80, and oh, so yummy!

My hubby brought me a donut when he came back from a motorcycle ride this morning around 11:30. Since he had not had breakfast this morning, he also bought himself a sandwich at the donut shop. I figured that I might as well fix myself something for lunch.

Whether to atone for my sinful-eating ways or to balance out my so-called meal, I threw some fruit into the VitaMix. What I got was the texture and thickness of pudding, and it was really good. Here's what I put in it:

• 1 apple
• 1/2 banana
• 4 chunks frozen mango
• 1/2 Cup frozen blueberries
• 1/4 Cup iced tea (MY liquid of choice - there's a pitcher of it in the fridge at all times, sweetened with stevia)

Spinach in Smoothies

My sewing pal mad-SewIKnit2 questions spinach in smoothies. Spinach has a much milder flavor than most greens. Give it a try!

We are expecting delivery of our VitaMix, which is a super-charged blender. That doesn't begin to describe it, but I will be sharing pictures of it in future days. Keep watching!