Healthy Food Night

March's meeting was a bit smaller, due to Spring break scheduling conflicts, but we still had fun late into the night.

The theme was Healthy Food, and we started off the night with a real treat brought by Tricia. She blended us up some smoothies that were quite tasty, and she shared some tips on making your smoothies healthier; such as using honey or juice to sweeten, instead of sugar.

Next Heather shared with us a quick and easy recipe for her bean pico salsa that we could not stop eating all night. When feeling especially healthy, she even makes her own tortilla chips, by cutting tortillas into wedges, spraying with "I can't believe it's not butter" and a little salt, and baking in the oven until crisp. A truly yummy substitute for store bought, deep fried chips.

JoDee made a fresh strawberry vinaigrette, and shared some tips on jazzing up salads. She likes to focus on colors as well as flavors to make a plain jane salad more appealing. In addition to your usual vegetable additions to a salad, try adding dried cranberries, fresh fruit, nuts, chunks of cheese, avocado, or fresh pepper to a salad to spruce up the appearance and flavor. Look through your pantry and you'll be surprised how many things you have on hand that taste great in a salad.