Tonight I'm "cooking" frozen pizza (one of Ethan's favorite dishes) along with a simple salad. We keep a big bag of romaine lettuce in the fridge, and Ethan adds fresh parmesan and Brianna's Real French Vinaigrette. He eats this salad almost every night.
One of the funny stories about our first few months of marriage involves our different definitions of "a good salad." To me (and my family), a GOOD salad contains lettuce, tomato, cheese, and at least 6 other ingredients: maybe artichoke hearts, pine nuts, avacado, carrots, celery, croutons, cranberries, bell pepper, and LOTS OF SALT and pepper. I made this salad often for Ethan while we were dating and into the first months of marriage. At some point after we were married, and now I don't remember when, Ethan casually told me that he just likes simple salad. I didn't understand. ?? Simple salad? Huh?? He explained: green lettuce only, a bit of parmesan, and dressing. I was in shock. I tried to talk him into my version of good salad. He calmly gave the reasons, ingredient by ingredient, why he really hadn't cared for the fancy salads I'd been making. So, after I reflected upon all the months I'd prepared and served him the "wrong" salad (and calculated the cost of wasted ingredients!), I realized that having a husband who wants Simple Salad is a real blessing!
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