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I've noticed that I frequently try to change the plating of something as simple as a salad, just to make it look different. Here is an example of one simple dinner salad plated three different ways. Each looks different, but it is really the same exact salad - lettuce, cucumber, tomato, and orange slice.
Classy Letuce Wedge
This first plating has the lettuce kept as a wedge - seems to be all the rage in restaurants these days. The other items are simply circled around the wedge on the plate.
Traditional Dinner Salad
The second plating is just a traditional dinner salad, tear up the lettuce, and place the cucumber and tomato slices on top. Place the orange wedge to the side.
Homestyle Dinner Salad
Our final plating is similar to the second one. The lettuce is torn, but we've added more cucumber slices and circled the entire plate with them. The tomatoes are diced, and cover the inner portion of the salad. The orange wedge was eliminated for this plating, but could still be served on the side.
Just one example of how to change the plating of certain dishes to change the appearance. You can make something look classier, more traditional, or more homey just by plating it differently.
Happy Cooking!
The White House website has a video posted: The Obama Plan in 4 Minutes. It's his health care plan as presented to Congress. Below is an outline of his plan, but I encourage you to watch the video.
The Obama plan isn't exactly what I'm hoping for (a national health care plan, Medicare for All), but it's a lot better than what we have now.
The video can be found here: The Obama Health Plan in 4 Minutes.
Basically, this is what the plan includes:
If You Have Insurance
If you have insurance, you can keep it. The only changes will be for your protection:
* No denial of coverage for pre-existing conditions.
* No dropped coverage when you get sick.
* Eliminates yearly and lifetime caps on coverage.
* DOES put a cap on your out-of-pocket expenses.
* Requires insurance to cover preventative care.
If You Don't Have Insurance
If you don't have insurance, there will be many new, quality, affordable ways for you to get it:
* New insurance marketplace - the Exchange.
* Tax credits for businesses and individuals who need help paying.
* Low-cost coverage for those previously unable to obtain coverage due to pre-existing conditions.
* Public option - available for those who want it. Not-for-profit health insurance run by the government. No one will be required to choose this option, it will just be available for those who want it. It will keep the private insurance companies honest.
The President has promised that he won't sign any bill that adds to the deficit. All the provisions of this plan can be paid for by eliminating waste.
Again, I encourage you to watch the video here: The Obama Health Plan in 4 Minutes. Even if you've seen it on TV, watch it again. Especially now that the insurance companies have let us know that they want to raise prices even more.
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This week (a month or so since the President presented his plan to Congress) the insurance companies have said that the only way they could offer all that the President has said would be required of them would be to increase premiums even more. Just more proof that all they care about is profit. They don't want anything to interfere with their 7 figure incomes for all the execs. All the more reason to dump this plan and go with a National Plan. Just go ahead and put all the insurance companies out of business right from the start! They don't care about us, why should we care about them?!?
A National Health Care plan would cover everyone. We wouldn't have to pay premiums, we'd have to pay more taxes. I'm ok with that. The increase in taxes would be less than what we pay for premiums now, and the coverage will be better than any insurance plan I've ever had.
I've been on the lookout for inexpensive gifts (because I don't have any money to spend this year) and I noticed these adorable fuzzy socks. They are probably worthless for wearing with shoes, but make great "slippers" for wearing around the house. At my local Wal-Mart, they are $3 for a pack of two - and would make a great gift for teen girls, tween girls, or even older women.
Doing a web search for them, I found a lot of them online, but not as cute as the ones at Wal-Mart. They are the cutest bright designs. But, any color or design will be just as functional.
Warm and cozy gift for her!
Wherever you find them, they probably are under $10, and would be a nice gift for a special girl!
Happy Gifting!
WEEKLY ADDRESS: President Obama Calls Hails Progress on Health Insurance Reform Despite Defenders of the Status Quo
WASHINGTON In his weekly address, President Barack Obama praised the progress that has been made on health insurance reform, and spoke out against those who defend the status quo in order to score political points and protect their profits. With reform the closest it has ever been to becoming law, the insurance companies are rolling out deceptive ads, paying for misleading studies, and flooding Capitol Hill with lobbyists. Now, Washington needs to serve the American people, not the special interests
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September 15th 2009 04:32
I'm really wondering why we have such a problem with the health care reform issue. What do people really want? Most of the people I've heard bashing a "government run" healthcare system are already on Medicare. What do they think that is?
And the biggest problems with Medicare came when the government allowed PRIVATE insurance companies in to compete with it
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September 15th 2009 03:38
One of the best parts about gifts is the wrapping! Here's an adorable homemade snowman gift bag (and a link to the instructions to make it).
Snowman Gift Bag
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September 15th 2009 03:13
I barely have time to cook these days, much less post about it. I just went back to work.
After three years just doing my thing - being a housewife, mom, carpool driver, etc. I'm back in the work place. No time to experiment with new recipes, or write about the old ones I'm cooking from memory. Actually, the kids and hubby are doing most of the cooking, because I'm working odd hours
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September 15th 2009 03:08
I'm so tired of politicians. Do they know what the term "constituent" means? It doesn't mean someone who voted for them, or someone who agrees with them, it means someone whom they represent.
I've written to all my representatives about the health care issue. The problem is, none of them agree with me, or even come close. I can live with that
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I just don't understand. We had all these bailouts for banks, insurance companies, auto manufacturers, etc. Congress and our President are doing everything they can to protect the health insurance companies with the supposed health care reform, but the drilling industry is just left to die. I don't like Sarah Palin, but I liked one thing she said - DRILL, BABY, DRILL!
Don't get me wrong, I don't think we should have bailed out any corporations. I don't get it. People are all upset because of the health care thing - "the government shouldn't compete with private business." But, it's just fine for the government to bail them out of financial trouble
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My husband has been asking me to try cooking a wellington recipe. Not really a traditional southern dish, but I thought I could give it a try. I looked some up online, and didn't think I'd like them. Wellington is a beef or pork loin wrapped in puff pastry. So far, nothing I don't like.
Traditionally, between the pastry and the meat, there is a liver pate, or foie gras. I don't think I'd like that. Alternative recipes I found used chopped mushrooms instead. I'm not really crazy about mushrooms either. I can usually tolerate most recipes made with cream of mushroom soup, though. (And it is traditional southern cooking to make anything with cream of mushroom soup
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