Usually we pack leftovers for lunches, but today we didn't have any. I grabbed a plastic container and started filling it with odds and ends, and when I was done, I thought, "Hey! I made a lunchable!" Guess it was the rectangular container. I broiled three slices of ham with provolone cheese on top, then rolled them up while hot with a thin celery stick inside. I added carrot sticks, squash sticks, strawberries, and a container of Ranch dip I made from scratch with homemade mayonnaise. I love that mayo! I use a combination of walnut, grape seed, and olive oil, and it's delicious. As much as I liked this meal because it is tasty, healthy, and gluten/grain-free, I read yesterday about a mom in Canada who was fined for not including any grain in her children's lunches, even though she had packed pot roast with potatoes and carrots, an orange, and milk. The daycare person added Ritz crackers to the lunch. Such stupidity.
My darling husband discovered this fabulous butter dish at an antique store recently. It's wider than normal and perfectly cradles a brick of Kerry Gold. We've been using the butter in its foil wrapper, which is seriously tacky, I know. So I wanted the butter dish when he pointed it out to me on a crowded shelf, close to the floor. I just wasn't sure if it really truly was the right size. Naturally, I tried to discourage him from getting it because of that. Plus it was $12.95, which I thought was high, but after 34 years he knows when not to listen to me, thank goodness. I have no clue how old this dish is, and I've never seen one like it. I'm sure if there were a supply available there would be a good market for them. It's such a relief to have an attractive way to keep this butter.
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I believe the dish is a "refrigerator dish" from the 40s/50s. Miss Gwen has a gracious plenty in different colors. Early tupperware :). Neat that you found a different use for it! And I want your mayo recipe!
I haven't heard from you in so long, nice to see you post again. The lunch looks good. I'll admit we are guilty of not using a butter dish most of the time. I used to have a great one but it broke and I haven't seen another that I liked as much. Yours is nice.
LOL, I didn't look at the date. This was way at the bottom of my page and I just scrolled down far enough.
Hey, Bev. That makes a lot more sense, as now that I think about it, it's a little awkward trying to lift what I mistakenly believed to be the "top". Recently I saw this same dish at TJMaxx for about the same price as what I paid.
I've missed you, Kathy. :)
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