I am moderately settled in at our friend’s house. Enough so that I bought groceries and fixed a nice lunch for us all on Saturday.

For the salad, I prepared sliced, raw yellow squash, zucchini, sweet onion, and sliced mushrooms to toss into a salad base of sweet buttercrunch lettuce and baby spinach leaves. I topped my salad with extra virgin olive oil and a splash of Balsamic vinegar, along with a pinch of salt and pepper. Yum!

I keep a variety of olive oils on hand - extra virgin, virgin, and light - for various cooking and eating needs. Olive oil is good for your heart health, too, so that’s a real bonus. I love the floral fragrance and flavor of extra virgin for both vegetable and fruit salads. It’s a lovely thing, to be sure.

I have even used olive oil as part of a beauty mask by mixing it with beaten egg yolks and a dash of lemon juice. This really helps my dry, aging skin to feel revitalized, though it may not be the best acne treatment for those who have that problem. However, by mixing only egg whites and olive oil, your problem skin could benefit. I’m not saying it can cure acne. It certainly can’t. It just makes the skin feel good.

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