{"id":11887,"date":"2015-08-13T21:44:31","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T21:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/?p=11887"},"modified":"2015-08-11T21:45:47","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T21:45:47","slug":"a-mixed-bag-of-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/c\/a-mixed-bag-of-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mixed Bag of Decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the second week in August, and it seems like everything is ripening at the same time.\u00a0 This week&#8217;s CSA bag came with cucumbers, peaches, a nice head of purple cabbage and a large green pepper.\u00a0 What can I do that is new?\u00a0 What can I do that my picky family will eat?\u00a0 A friend had placed a great looking recipe on Facebook the other day, so I copied that one off.\u00a0 I saw another one on Pinterest for a Copy Cat recipe for coleslaw that was Weight Watchers approved.\u00a0 That sounded great too!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/August-2015-032.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11890\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/August-2015-032-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"August 2015 032\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/August-2015-032-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/August-2015-032-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/August-2015-032.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The coleslaw recipe was a breeze.\u00a0 I placed everything in the food processor, then mixed the dressing&#8211;and ta da!\u00a0 Healthy coleslaw!\u00a0 It is very colorful too!\u00a0 Thanks to the blogger &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativeprincessbrandi.com\/2012\/11\/lightened-up-copycat-kfc-coleslaw-recipe.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Creative Princess<\/a>&#8221; for this great recipe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/August-2015-030.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11889\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/August-2015-030-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"August 2015 030\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/August-2015-030-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/August-2015-030-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/August-2015-030.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Give the cucumber sandwiches a try&#8211;they turned out so yummy!\u00a0 My kids liked the spread on the bread, and my husband liked it all&#8211;so I count that as a keeper!\u00a0 It took very little time, and used a lot of cucumbers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"easyrecipe\" data-rating=\"#rating#\">\n<div class=\"item ERName\">Angel&#8217;s Cucumber Sandwiches<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERClear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\"><span class=\"xlate\">Recipe Type<\/span>: <span class=\"type\">Vegetable Appetizer<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Author: <span class=\"author\">Angel Robertson<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Serves: <span class=\"yield\">6-8<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERSummary summary\">These are wonderful. I used low-fat cream cheese and fresh dill. Fat-free cream cheese would be tasty also.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERIngredients\">\n<div class=\"ERIngredientsHeader\">Ingredients<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ingredients\">\n<li class=\"ingredient\">8 ounces cream cheese<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 package Zesty Italian mix<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Pumpernickel small bread loaf<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Sliced Cucumbers<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Dill for garnishing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERInstructions\">\n<div class=\"ERInstructionsHeader\">Instructions<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructions\">\n<ol>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Blend the cream cheese and Zesty Italian mix. Spread on each slice of bread and add cucumber slices. Sprinkle fresh dill on top. if you do not have fresh dill, a shake of dried will work. This should be made and served immediately. The dip can be prepared ahead of time and chilled until you put the sandwiches together.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERNutrition\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"endeasyrecipe\" style=\"display: none;\">3.2.1311<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; It&#8217;s the second week in August, and it seems like everything is ripening at the same time.\u00a0 This week&#8217;s CSA bag came with cucumbers, peaches, a nice head of purple cabbage and a large green pepper.\u00a0 What can I do that is new?\u00a0 What can I do that my picky family will eat?\u00a0 A friend had placed a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/c\/a-mixed-bag-of-decisions\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c","course-vegetable-appetizer","cat-55-id"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/August-2015-011.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11887"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11887"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11893,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11887\/revisions\/11893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}