Mr. Misto

Since we all need to get some healthy oil in every day as part of a balanced meal plan here is one way that I like to do it. Since olive oil is so good for you, but in moderation, like everything else, I like to be accurate with my measurement.  Weight Watchers recommends 2 teaspoons a day. I figured out a long time ago that I do not like washing oily measuring spoons every darn day, so genius move......I put my salad on the scale, set it for grams and zeroed it out.  I then measured 1 teaspoon of olive oil out and drizzled it over my salad to figure out that it weighs 4 grams.  Now every time I have to measure my oil, whether in a salad or on my toast or english muffin I just put it on the scale.  So easy! Can someone press the EASY button please.  The other day I maade a beautiful salad and was lamenting at the fact that I was going to have mix it all together and ruin the presentation after adding the oil. Here is what I did.

I have a little gadget called MISTO that turns oil into an aerosol. You put it in, pump it up and spray out the oil in a mist. Genius!! I have used this over the years to oil my pans. Well, better late than never, I decided to mist my oil onto my salad.  I set the scale on grams and began misting until it hit 4.  It took several pumps to get it up to 4 grams but then I could eat it without having to mix the oil in.  I had already put the balsamic vinegar on. By the way, I buy the Good Seasons Italian Dressin mix and put it in my cruet with mostly balsmaic vinegar and a little water.  I then add my oil separately for a perfect measurement.