Spinach grapefruit salad

Salad:

1/2 c. red onion, sliked thin in vertical strips

1 large pink or white grapefruit

6 c. spinach leaves

1 large avocado, peeed, pitted and cut into 12 wedges

1 T. pine nuts or pomengranate seeds for garnish

Dressing:

3 T. fresh lemon juice

3 T. honey

1/2 t. coarse salt

freshly ground pepper

Kelly made this for Easter. It was great. Very springy and the flavor mix was great. She was kind enough to share the recipe so wanted to pass it on. It's on the menu tonight.

Pesto

My family suddenly loves pesto. I've been making it and adding it to all sorts of things. I add it to my pizza dough as well as on the pizza before the tomato sauce. I have added it to bread, Omelettes, and of course pasta. I have made it with basil, spinach, arugula, for nuts I've used pine and walnut. My girls have always complained about the minced spinach I put on our pizzas last night as she was eating pizza with spinach pesto she said the nuts sure make it better. So I am sold and planting basil and spinach with the hope of fresh pesto all summer and some to freeze for next winter. Here is one fun new recipe for arugula-walnut-pesto.

Fannee Doolee loves to cook, but hates to shop. (Remember Fannee Doolee? The girl from Zoom on PBS when we were kids? She loved things with double letters, but hated things without.) Well, I'm with Fannee on this one, but I don't love to cook and hate to shop because of the double-letter-single-letter difference, I just love it and hate it. If only I could cook without going to the grocery store (I'm too frugal to use Peapod, but am liking that my eldest has his license & is still enamoured enough with the novelty of driving to be willing to run some errands for me. However he's not yet at the point where I can give him a full list).

So, now that the holiday is over, and I've cooked my big meal, but still want to entertain, preferably with a different meal, creativity kicked in. I had leftover creamed spinach, and a container of mushrooms that hadn't gotten used yet. Stuffed mushrooms! I just added some bread crumbs and cheese to the creamed spinach. Easy and yum!

Not looking for an appetizer idea? How about brunch? A spinach-and-cheese omelet or frittata would be perfect! Lunch? A baked potato topped with creamed spinach and cheese, with a salad on the side.

What ideas can you come up with from your leftovers?