I needed a little color

By Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (67880)

Centralia, Washington

February 3, 2025 9:12pm CST

My world has been chilly and gray all day. I made it to the blissfully hot gym pool this morning- scraped ice from the car first. Like I said, I needed some color. I put some oh so red beets on to boil for supper then sliced red onion and garlic into Italian salad dressing and sliced firm tofu into that. The mixture marinated for over an hour in the fridge. I sprinkled cous cous in with the tofu and its marinade when supper time arrived. Very tasty. Also had a side of green beans. The plate looked pretty, the dark beet slices and green beans paired with the brown cous cous. .

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@snowy22315 (202434)

• United States

4 Feb 25

Glad you got some nice color from your food

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (67880)

• Centralia, Washington

4 Feb 25

Thanks @snowy22315. I like a pretty plate.

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@kaylachan (82861)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

4 Feb 25

I'm glad you liked it.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (67880)

• Centralia, Washington

4 Feb 25

@kaylachan I love having solid protein in my meal. Hubby has been so ill. He needs all the nutrition he can get.

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@kaylachan (82861)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

4 Feb 25

@sallypup I hope he starts to feel better.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (67880)

• Centralia, Washington

4 Feb 25

@kaylachan Thanks. He is better but I think he's on a plateau. I think his health is as good as it will be. His thinness appears to be helping him to not have diabetes so that's good of course. He's just tired so much and gets tired easily.

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@shaggin (74755)

• United States

4 Feb 25

That sounds like a very healthy meal. I thought when I read you title you dyed your hair

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (67880)

• Centralia, Washington

4 Feb 25

@shaggin Good one.

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@allknowing (153627)

• India

4 Feb 25

You got your white or creamy colour from couscous I presume?

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (67880)

• Centralia, Washington

4 Feb 25

@allknowing Cous cous is brown.

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@andriaperry (118690)

• Anniston, Alabama

4 Feb 25

Yum! I love that meal. I can about taste it.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (67880)

• Centralia, Washington

4 Feb 25

@andriaperry Good to hear from you. I love how easy tofu is to deal with.

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@MarieCoyle (54338)

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4 Feb 25

Sometimes, we do need a bit of color in our lives, you are so right. Cheerful and tasty works for me!

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (67880)

• Centralia, Washington

4 Feb 25

@MarieCoyle I'm starting to think again about making another fruit pie. Too easy to make.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (67880)

• Centralia, Washington

4 Feb 25

@MarieCoyle Hubby reminded me that its February. Cherry pie month. I pulled a bag from the freezer this morning.

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@MarieCoyle (54338)

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4 Feb 25

@sallypup Fruit pie is hard to resist. Warm out of the oven is even better.

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@AmbiePam (112038)

• United States

4 Feb 25

Wow, does that sound good to eat, AND look at!

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@much2say (57757)

• Los Angeles, California

4 Feb 25

They say having a variety of colors in your food is healthy (natural colors, that is

). Your meal sounds tasty, healthy AND colorful!

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@jstory07 (147322)

• Roseburg, Oregon

6 Feb

You sure got some colorful food to eat.

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@Juliaacv (54626)

• Canada

4 Feb 25

That would have been a healthy and colourful plate of food.

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@wolfgirl569 (129054)

• Marion, Ohio

4 Feb 25

That's a good way to add color

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@rakski (149367)

• Philippines

4 Feb 25

it is always nice to have some color even in our plates!

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@RasmaSandra (93849)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

4 Feb 25

I miss beets, I get to order my groceries on Saturday and there will be a jar of pickled beets,

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (67880)

• Centralia, Washington

4 Feb 25

@RasmaSandra I'm glad you will have some pickled beets soon.

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@JudyEv (370845)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Feb 25

Colour can make a plate of food look much more appetising.

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