re: pasta salad

Quoting Elle With Three &1/2:" EVERYTHING is better the way grannys make it!!!   I feel silly doing it, but if I'm cooking and ... [snip!] ... get directions on how to make it like hers. I don't know what I'll do when she's gone   her health isn't very good anymore..."

Same here.
My grammy is in her 90s and her dementia is getting really bad.
But when I'm cooking with herbs and oils I smell my hands and I think of her.

Quoting snglemama:" what??!! omg.. I did NOT know this!! I have frequent headaches... hmmm.. maybe I should cut back? I eat them daily sometimes."

I used to, too....it was my "If I'm going to indulge in mindless eating, it at least better be good for me" snack. I was at the doctor allllll the time for my migranes. He gave me a list of common migrane triggers and told me to cut one item out at a time in hopes we'd find what was causing them. Come to find out....soy triggers my migranes. Even reading the news paper (soy inks....) will trigger one if I wear shorts and the ink lays against my skin. So they're a very rare snack for me now.  

Quoting InkDMomma:" Same here. My grammy is in her 90s and her dementia is getting really bad. But when I'm cooking with herbs and oils I smell my hands and I think of her."

Awww! Best feeling ever.

I do tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, onion and thats it. With noodles and zesty italian

Quoting snglemama:" me neither... and I LOVE the smell of it. I'm jealous of those who like it... it's healthy.. and smells good! but.. I cannot swallow a bite."

My 6-yr old son LOVES cottage cheese. As do I   I put cottage cheese on my fried potatoes w/ onions.   Sooooo good.