We all love to eat salads, even the kids. I like to have salads for lunch, too, not just for supper.

If I wait until mealtime everyday, that’s a lot of vegetable prep. Twice some days.

So my solution is to prep lots of veggies at the beginning of the week. I keep each vegetable separate in its own bowl. It’s such a time saver to peel and chop everything at once. And clean up is much easier, also.

I often serve them like this for supper, instead of mixing the salad together in a big bowl. That way, everyone can pick what they want. I like more carrots on my salad then everyone else, and I eat most of the raw beets. My husband will have a few beets on his salad, but not many.

Besides, the beets turn everything pink. lol

For more Kitchen Tip Tuesday ideas, visit Tammy’s Recipes

Fruit Flies are so annoying. They seem to come from nowhere, and they won’t leave!

For a few years, I’ve used a homemade fruit fly trap.

I put a small piece of fruit or fruit peel in a small glass bowl. I tightly cover with plastic wrap. That’s why the bowl has to be glass, so you can get a tight seal. I then make a couple of holes in the plastic wrap with the tip of a sharp knife.

The fruit flies fly in, but the can’t get out!

I then take it outside to dispose of the fruit and the flies.

I recently discovered another fruit fly trap at Passionate Homemaking

I will be trying one this summer, when the fruit flies are most annoying.

Hope every has a wonderful Memorial Day. I hope we all remember the real reason for Memorial Day.

Now for this weeks menu:

Saturday – beef – Smoked sausage, seasoned rice, mixed veggies – My husband planned and cooked this.

Sunday – sandwich day – BLT’s

Monday – chicken – Memorial Day Cook out with everything lol

Tuesday – beef – roast, potatoes, carrots in crockpot

Wednesday – super simple – breaded fish fillets, salad

Thursday – chicken – Chicken pasta salad

Friday – Friday Night Fire – hot dogs, carrots, macaroni or potato salad

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