Meatless Monday kick starts

Meatless Monday is all in its name. You go meat free on Monday, no meat. Hubby is not on board with it so I will be making him the same old Chicken and Yellow Rice. I however will be making a garden salad with home made dressing for myself. I will be using Juila Child's basic vinaigrette. The recipe can be found here .

The ingredients themselves make my mouth water, minced scallions, dijon-type mustard, salt, fresh lemon juice, wine vinegar, olive oil, and fresh ground pepper.

All the veggies came from the local farmers market, nothing like supporting your community. Green leaf lettuce, vine ripe tomatoes, radish, red onions and cucumbers.

Post dinner update: The vinaigrette was not to my style, just a bit too much oil. So being the southern girl I am I added more vinegar and even more. We girls and boys from the south know that vinegar makes just about anything taste better. I let the flavors mingle and get to know each other for a few hours in the fridge.

Chicken and yellow rice from hell
Does anyone have major issues cooking rice like I do? I am the worlds worse rice cooker and it is not something I am proud of. I follow the directions to the T and I still get nasty gritty rice. If I cook it longer I get a fire hazard instead of a meal.
So hubby was on board with Meatless Monday, but because of my rice debacle he had no choice.

The salad was amazing if I do say so myself. In the future I will use Child's recipe, but instead I will add close to 1/2 cup of vinegar and maybe 1/4 cup olive oil.