oowee!

My two year old son scratched his foot today. It was a bad scratch, good for a band-aid. Once he was satisfied with its application and placement, he decided it was good enough to show the garbage truck. Today is "garbage trucka day" in our house and the truck comes by just before nap time, happy times for both he and I. So as the truck drove by us sitting on our front step, he lifted his little foot to show his dear friend, the garbage truck. Really, I understand. I've had some day's that I really have to share with my good friend, SNICKERS!

Yummy

We have a great garden this year of sugar-snap peas, baby carrots and spinach. (keeping it simple) But the spinach is coming out our ears! My kids love to pick it, but eating it-not so much! We give it to neighbors, friends, teachers. Spinach Lasagna, spinach salad, frozen spinach! Spinach in everything I could think of and still it is growing! So I went to allrecipes.com and and typed in "more spinach than I can handle but my family loves bacon". Great search title. It gave me this yummy recipe. I made it with wild rice and even Jack liked it! (Joy, I would bring you a big plate of it, if it sounded any good to your pregnant tummy!) It went fast, which might just keep up with our supply.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Italian salad dressing
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 2 cups cooked rice
• 1 celery rib, thinly sliced
• 4 green onions, thinly sliced
• 2 cups thinly sliced fresh spinach leaves
• 5 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled

Directions

1. In a bowl, combine the salad dressing, soy sauce and sugar. Stir in rice, celery and onions. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Just before serving, stir in spinach and bacon.

Happy Eating!