We've also been running the house- meals, cleaning (the Russian girl truly is a godsend), laundry, closing windows, opening windows, cats... You get the point. I decided to surprise everyone with dinner one night (it's usually a group effort) so I drove to the store (big minivan, no rearview mirror) to pick up my ingredients. Simple. Tomatoes, cucumbers, lox, cream cheese, homemade thick bread. When I returned, I sliced the bread and began toasting. I peeled and sliced the cucumbers, sliced tomatoes and put the lox on a platter. I found a nice bowl for the cream cheese. I picked a huge salad from the garden- Bibb, arugula and purple lettuces.
When I returned from the garden and had plated it all, I called everyone to the living room. We're home alone- I figured a TV dinner wouldn't hurt! Everyone loved the lox/cream cheese/veg/toast combo- a surprising percentage had never had it... But I think they loved the TV factor just as much! It looks basic, and it IS but I'm telling you they RAVED!

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