One tip I can offer for avoiding germs on the plane: Travel with a small pack of antiseptic cleaning wipes in your purse/backpack. As soon as you reach your seat, wipe down all the surfaces you will be touching, especially the pulldown tray and armrests… they will air dry quickly. The wipes are also helpful for hands to avoid touching surfaces in the lavatories.
As for breathing in germs, you can wear a face mask such as clinics give out. I’ve noticed many Asian travelers use them. May not look pretty, but effective, and which is more important?!
Hope you feel better soon! I enjoy your meals, healthy and so appetizing!
Hi Madonna. It is nice to meet another Madonna. 🙂 Thanks so much for the great tips. I wish I had had a mask for us, and brought those wipes. I always keep some in my purse and my car. I just took them out to make my purse a little lighter travel. Bad move on my part.
Sorry about you and family members getting sick…hope you are much better by now. I love your dish, it is one I’ve made as well as it is so quick to put together.
We are all better now. I am just the most impatient patient. It just seems so silly that people that are that sick would get on a plane knowing they are contagious and inflict their sickness on others.
Staying healthy while traveling is a real challenge. I think the best we can do is to use cleaning wipes and hope for the best. Your dish looks delicious, Madonna. I love this kind of comfort food.
When I first started using those antiseptic wipes I received quiet a bit of teasing, but now everyone is using them. I think there is nothing to do about recycled air on a plane. 🙁 I hope you will give my dish a try, it tasted good to me after all the chicken soup. 🙂
Flying just stinks these days, doesn’t it? It’s always a hassle, and more times than not I get sick. Sorry that happened to you. But this looks like a wonderful antidote! Terrific dish — thanks.
I am glad I am not the only one that has those same thoughts. I love chicken soup, but you can just eat so much and then you need a little something different. Thanks for stopping by John.
I think I told you that I drank some Emergency C drink before I flew to visit my mom. I saw a girl next to me wipe down all her area with an antiseptic wipe. I’m going to start carrying those instead of the little liquid hand sanitizer that I keep in my purse.
Now onto your meal….what a colorful, healthy dish you’ve prepared, Madonna. I’m definitely going to make this easy meal. I love roasted tomatoes, plus all the other ingredients that you used. Thanks for sharing and I hope you’ll feel like your old self soon. Love and hugs are sent to you. God bless you!
I stupidly took my antiseptic wipes out of my purse just to lighten the load. I thought we would stop by a drugstore for all the toiletries etc. I won’t do that again. I will also stock up on Emergency C. As for the this dinner, I hope you will make it and enjoy it as much as I did. Don’t forget the tomatoes with the balsamic. I think they made the dish even if they are off-season.
You have quite a year, hopefully 2016 will be much better! I think this dish might cure just about any problem that might come up. It sounds fabulous, such a wonderful combination of colors, textures and flavors! Hope you have a very Merry Christmas Madonna!
Chris, This year has been the best of times and the worst of times. 🙂 I have only been allowed to tell the bad since it was about me directly, but I have had some really, really good news that I am not allowed to disclose, but it eclipses all of the bad things that have happened.
Thank you for your kindness and your support though out the year, it means a lot to me.
Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with Full Plate Thursday. I sure appreciate you!
Miz Helen
What a delicious-looking comfort food dish! I love Italian sausage too. There’s an Italian deli in town that makes the best Italian sausages.
I’m so sorry that you all got sick! The same thing has happened to us traveling on planes. I guess people think there’s no way they’re going to forfeit the price of their ticket and travel plans if they have a cold. A doctor once told me to rub the lining of my nose with a tiny bit of Polysporin ointment before traveling to ward off germs. I try to keep glasses over my eyes too 🙂 Nothing is perfect but it helps.
Travel is so very difficult these days. For that matter so is staying in town. With people going out no matter how poorly they feel to unvaccinated kids, we all have plenty to worry about. Those antiseptic wipes are great. Several years ago I started using them to wipe down tables at restaurants and carts and baskets in markets. People used to just glare at me. No more – everyone is beginning to see the wisdom of being careful.
This dish sounds great – it’s the kind of dish we eat often.
Best wishes to you for a terrific holiday season and a wonderful 2016!
I love that this dish is so easy yet has such depth of flavor.
Early on I used those wipes, especially after using an ATM. Everyone laughed at me and then I started seeing every one carrying a tube of those wipes. Seems I am not so eccentric. 🙂
Thanks for stopping by Adri, I love hearing from you.
Madonna Krekel says
One tip I can offer for avoiding germs on the plane: Travel with a small pack of antiseptic cleaning wipes in your purse/backpack. As soon as you reach your seat, wipe down all the surfaces you will be touching, especially the pulldown tray and armrests… they will air dry quickly. The wipes are also helpful for hands to avoid touching surfaces in the lavatories.
As for breathing in germs, you can wear a face mask such as clinics give out. I’ve noticed many Asian travelers use them. May not look pretty, but effective, and which is more important?!
Hope you feel better soon! I enjoy your meals, healthy and so appetizing!
Ms. Lemon says
Hi Madonna. It is nice to meet another Madonna. 🙂 Thanks so much for the great tips. I wish I had had a mask for us, and brought those wipes. I always keep some in my purse and my car. I just took them out to make my purse a little lighter travel. Bad move on my part.
Karen (Back Road Journal) says
Sorry about you and family members getting sick…hope you are much better by now. I love your dish, it is one I’ve made as well as it is so quick to put together.
Ms. Lemon says
We are all better now. I am just the most impatient patient. It just seems so silly that people that are that sick would get on a plane knowing they are contagious and inflict their sickness on others.
Karen (Back Road Journal) says
Just wanted to stop back by and wish you a healthy an happy new year.
Cathy at Wives with Knives says
Staying healthy while traveling is a real challenge. I think the best we can do is to use cleaning wipes and hope for the best. Your dish looks delicious, Madonna. I love this kind of comfort food.
Ms. Lemon says
When I first started using those antiseptic wipes I received quiet a bit of teasing, but now everyone is using them. I think there is nothing to do about recycled air on a plane. 🙁 I hope you will give my dish a try, it tasted good to me after all the chicken soup. 🙂
Amira says
Sorry to hear about your health problems, hope you’ll get better soon. Loved the recipe, so easy and homey as well.
Ms. Lemon says
Thanks Amira. We are on our way.
John/Kitchen Riffs says
Flying just stinks these days, doesn’t it? It’s always a hassle, and more times than not I get sick. Sorry that happened to you. But this looks like a wonderful antidote! Terrific dish — thanks.
Ms. Lemon says
I am glad I am not the only one that has those same thoughts. I love chicken soup, but you can just eat so much and then you need a little something different. Thanks for stopping by John.
Kitty says
I think I told you that I drank some Emergency C drink before I flew to visit my mom. I saw a girl next to me wipe down all her area with an antiseptic wipe. I’m going to start carrying those instead of the little liquid hand sanitizer that I keep in my purse.
Now onto your meal….what a colorful, healthy dish you’ve prepared, Madonna. I’m definitely going to make this easy meal. I love roasted tomatoes, plus all the other ingredients that you used. Thanks for sharing and I hope you’ll feel like your old self soon. Love and hugs are sent to you. God bless you!
Ms. Lemon says
I stupidly took my antiseptic wipes out of my purse just to lighten the load. I thought we would stop by a drugstore for all the toiletries etc. I won’t do that again. I will also stock up on Emergency C. As for the this dinner, I hope you will make it and enjoy it as much as I did. Don’t forget the tomatoes with the balsamic. I think they made the dish even if they are off-season.
Bless you and your family.
M.
Chris Scheuer says
You have quite a year, hopefully 2016 will be much better! I think this dish might cure just about any problem that might come up. It sounds fabulous, such a wonderful combination of colors, textures and flavors! Hope you have a very Merry Christmas Madonna!
Ms. Lemon says
Chris, This year has been the best of times and the worst of times. 🙂 I have only been allowed to tell the bad since it was about me directly, but I have had some really, really good news that I am not allowed to disclose, but it eclipses all of the bad things that have happened.
Thank you for your kindness and your support though out the year, it means a lot to me.
M.
Miz Helen says
Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with Full Plate Thursday. I sure appreciate you!
Miz Helen
Susan says
What a delicious-looking comfort food dish! I love Italian sausage too. There’s an Italian deli in town that makes the best Italian sausages.
I’m so sorry that you all got sick! The same thing has happened to us traveling on planes. I guess people think there’s no way they’re going to forfeit the price of their ticket and travel plans if they have a cold. A doctor once told me to rub the lining of my nose with a tiny bit of Polysporin ointment before traveling to ward off germs. I try to keep glasses over my eyes too 🙂 Nothing is perfect but it helps.
Merry Christmas to you and your family, Madonna!
Ms. Lemon says
I like your tips about the polysporin and glasses. I guess it is more common than not to be sick after a flight.
Thanks for stopping by Susan. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Adri says
Travel is so very difficult these days. For that matter so is staying in town. With people going out no matter how poorly they feel to unvaccinated kids, we all have plenty to worry about. Those antiseptic wipes are great. Several years ago I started using them to wipe down tables at restaurants and carts and baskets in markets. People used to just glare at me. No more – everyone is beginning to see the wisdom of being careful.
This dish sounds great – it’s the kind of dish we eat often.
Best wishes to you for a terrific holiday season and a wonderful 2016!
Ms. Lemon says
I love that this dish is so easy yet has such depth of flavor.
Early on I used those wipes, especially after using an ATM. Everyone laughed at me and then I started seeing every one carrying a tube of those wipes. Seems I am not so eccentric. 🙂
Thanks for stopping by Adri, I love hearing from you.
Cuisine de Provence says
Love these quick, almost thrown together dishes and yours looks especially yummy and colorful! Happy New Year Madonna!
Ms. Lemon says
I love easy. 🙂 So nice to hear from you.