And then there was one more...

So we have a new addition to our Cape Cod Original Salad Bar Team. This week we welcome Dave Sigler from the Dow Jones Coop Marketing dept. Despite being somewhat tardy...he was prepared for today's event yesterday. However, I don't think he realized exactly what he was getting into.

Today was also a belated birthday celebration for Karen so besides the delicious spread of vegetable chili, roasted chicken, caprese salad, pea pods and much much more Catheren brought in a double chocolate trifle. Since we have already posted the link to one of the top favorite friends episodes where Joey makes trifle, so this is a tribute out to the birthday girl!!

Sadly this blog is cut short due to work constraints, but hopefully this will jump start some more blogs now that the fall is in full swing.

The definition of Salad

Today we found ourselves with a conundrum. No one had brought any lettuce. Ms. Amy "Lettuce" Littlefield decided she didn't need to grace us with her presence, but failed to mention that to anyone prior to 730am this morning. Turns out everyone had lettuce at home, but no one thought to bring it because "someone else" always does. With no farmer's markets open nearby, and no supermarket within walking distance, we found ourselves in a pickle...and Karen had made some of her own to boot.

So the board of SBT had to make a critical game-time decision....to eat or not to eat.... We rallied together and based upon the wiki-definition of salad, we decided to travel through unchartered territory.

What does an SBT sans salad consist of you ask??? Well its not pretty, so there was no photographic evidence today sadly. But we managed to create bowls of yummy goodness without the popular leafy green that we have all taken for granted!

• Home made bread and butter pickles
• Homemade guacamole
• Pasta pinwheels
• Cuke,Campari & Kalamata salad with feta and mint
• artichoke hearts
• homegrown tomatoes
• homegrown basil
• avocado
  
• chick peas
• carrots
• red pepper
• roasted chicken
• grilled steak

We have had some trouble resuming this Tuesday tradition, I think we are still in summer mode. We also had a suggestion made that we change days to rely on the local farmers market for our menu, and all board members will take suggestions to the next meeting and we will keep you posted.

Ode to a Salad

Oh Salad how i've missed you....Let me count the ways
5) lonely days eating alone
4) leftover dinner reheated
3) Wendy's drive-thru between meetings
2) cold cuts on stale bread
and the number one reason I have missed you dear dear salad is for the return of my waistline!

How quickly this year has passsed. I'm glad for the return of our favorite day of the week. Friends, fun, and good health!
Salut!

Man, this year went by fast

Today is the official Anniversary of Salad Bar Tuesday, can you even believe it? I remember just like it was yesterday when Catheren and I brought in the meager makings of a salad and look at us now! Although we did take the month of July off, we are back at it again today with fabulous selections from all our our SBT friends.

It has been an interesting year of salads, expansion and competition. We will never for get when the Cape Cod Originals beat the Merry Men of Middletown in our first SBT challenge. Or when Mike Siebach decided to launch a satellite SBT in Seacoast.

We have had ups and downs and weeks where only 3 people have participated, but we still have provided a wonderful bounty of delicious vegetables to feed the masses. From goat cheese, to home made bread and cupcakes, to dried cranberries and peas, we have seen it all. This year will be a fun year, time to challenge the contributors to get more creative with our feasts, and challenge other sites to bring the joy of Salad Bar Tuesday into their lives.

Thank you every one for a fabulous year of Salad Bar Tuesdays - it really makes for a fun work week and has always been a great way to return to work after a bad case of the Mondays.

Cheers!

And then there were three

Sadly, I think last weeks post says it all. We have let salad bar tuesday fall by the wayside on our summer priority list. Blisters on the feet for walking on hot sand, summer road trips, even looming deadlines are not true excuses people!! Some of us labor hard in oru gardens to provide the seasonal harvest that we have come to love. And when people don't show up, it makes us lament over the effort put in. We only had three participants today, and by far Judy was the hero with her fabulous acoutrements. Fresh lettuce, fresh pineapple, fresh blueberries, and eggplant briquettes were some of the beautiful array. One more week to go before my summer hiatus, which makes me sad to see that without someone to carry the torch on, Jamie and Judy could be left all alone. So please, get inspired, go to the farmers market, think of some fun ways to be creative this summer!

Kinda like an old relationship

So I can't believe its been 3 weeks since our last blog post!! Its kinda sad but true, the wooing is over!! No more putting SBT in front of everything else, no more getting excited about what the other people (chapters) are doing, in fact they don't even call (participate) anymore. Its like our love affair with salad has gotten so comfortable its no longer at the forefront of our workday! We have religiously kept up with it, and even taking pictures meaning to blog, but then something more important comes up. Something more likely to give us more satisfaction and our poor bowls of salad get tossed aside. No more are the days of gossiping around the lettuce bowl, now we have to take our salad and eat it at our desks.

I hate to say it, but this relationship just hasn't turned me on in a very long time! Even with Amy's plentiful bounty of home grown lettuce, and the wondrous pasta salads, homemade tabouleh and organic veggies it just isn't like it used to be. The Middletown Men were never to be heard from again (must not be able to take defeat well). And the Seacoast Chapter decided to use our platform and create a day for their wieners! Typical Men!! They woo us with their enthusiasm and their willingness to listen and participate, and then just like that, with no warning they are gone. Its disheartening really, being left to tend to our healthy eating by ourselves. And quite honestly, the magic just isnt there for me anymore.

Don't get me wrong....my girls are always there with a huge bowl of lettuce and enough trimmings to have a second round...but on this sad and lonely day when I am unable to attend (family always trumps salad relationships) I am forced to reflect back on this journey and wonder how I can improve upon myself to make it more enjoyable!!

So I am once again throwing down the gauntlet to see if we can make our Summer of SBT to the next level. We will be having our first anniversary soon and we need to revive that spark we once had! I'm open to all suggestions!

The story of a bowl

Oh SBT blog, how I have missed you.

Ever since the beginning of days of SBT here on Cape Cod, I have used the same awesome, huge, perfect bowl. Some of you may remember it featured in past posts, also featured to the right. Man, that bowl was awesome.

Well, as of two weeks ago I have some sad news to report. After coming into work with a sick child at home with my husband - just to participate in SBT of course - and rushing home to him after lunch, we had a casualty. After placing my huge lunch bag on my counter at home to go and give Jack a big hug, there was a soft thud, then CRASH!!!!!!!! Good bye salad bowl, hello huge mess of broken sadness. I couldn't believe it.

When the next SBT came around I was pondering what bowl I would bring with me that would do the same amount of justice that the deceased did. It was tough, because I did not have many options to choose from, and the larger bowls I really wanted to bring I didn't feel were fair to the rest of the SBT team. So, after a long thought process, I decided to give the black, square bowl a try. Come to find out, it was quite successful! It also received a compliment from fellow SBT Co-Founder as the "new bowl for photographing purposes". I am still in the testing phase, as this is week 2. I will keep you posted.