Umm...not to burst your bubble, Ellen, but a tomato IS a fruit. = )

In French, a potato is called a "pomme de terre" which translates to apple of the earth.....

LOL ellen i totally agree with you! What's next are they gonna 'mix breed' with? I thought i was the one who think too much especially when they just tell me "oh shut up and eat you february lunch!" Glad that there is someone out there thinking a like!

i wonder what the pills are that we sometimes see in a tiny lil bowl in the lunch photos. sure hope it's just vitamins and Ellen doesn't have to be on meds all the time!

Watch out for those cherry tomatoes. I popped one in my mouth one time, bit down and squirted my friend across the table. I only eat them in private now!

Tomato, thechnically a fruit. But not quite as funny as a frankenvegetable. I think I would like to start working on a watermellon turnip combo. We can call it turnamellon.

Do you ever crave fast food? I thought there would be a bag from McDonalds, Subway, etc... Just for change? You healthy eating habits are fabulous, but you're human... Don't you ever just want a greasy burger and fries?

Who does your catering????? Would love to order something from them...Do they Ship to Chicago?????

GRAPPLES ARE GREAT TRY ONE!

Wow! Looks good!! I wish I had someone make my meals look and I'm sure taste so good! My poor family is stuck with sloppy joe's and frozen pizzas because I don't know how to cook!

Ellen,

Home come you're only given certain utensils on certain days? Today you only got a lonely fork. Some days the fork hangs out with the spoon. Other days, the fork hangs out with the knife. On special occasions, the whole gang shows up.

I tried to break this down into which utensils you might need to conquer your salads, but that didn't help. Often times, the knife was present when a spoon was necessary. Other days, the opposite.

Whats going on?

Sue

Hey Ellen this lunch sounds great to me. Except I'm not longer allowed to have grape tomatoes. This past Christmas we (family) were having Christmas Day dinner with my sister in law. We had just sat down for the salad part of dinner to a real nice decorated table and salad. I took a bite of my salad and a cherry tomato went down and got stuck in my throat. We had to call 911 and I was taken to the ER. Everyone packed up to come to the hospital to be with us, and somehow the tomato went on down in the ride to the ER. So I was out before everyone got to the hospital. Some went home with no dinner. My sister in law with some of the others came over to our house with part of the Christmas day dinner. So now they will not let me have cherry tomatoes and Christmas 2007 is the year of the "tomato". Just wanted to share a good laugh with you and maybe a good story.
Be careful with eating the cherry tomatoes!!

And hey, let's not forget corn beef... and how 'bout tomato steaks? Wait... I think that one's actually tomato stakes, so scratch that, but corn beef should qualify.

Then there's also the phenomenon of meat crossovers, like chicken-fried steak. I would think if the steak has to credit the chicken for the way it's fried that grilled chicken should really be giving props to steak by calling itself steak-grilled chicken.

When did chicken become such a meat status thing anyway? Like the tuna that says "ask any tuna ya happen to see, 'what's the best tuna?'... chicken of the sea". What's so great about being the chicken of the sea? Talk to me about the fillet mignon of the sea.

But for people who really like chicken, I suppose chicken-fried steak and the chicken of the sea are just a beginning... maybe I should be developing say... the "chicken of the sky", which would of course be duck. Or would that be the "chicken of the pond"? I don't know... maybe I'll work on the "chicken of outer space" (it could be to poultry what Tang is to orange juice).

Just a few thoughts... but I have to go 'cause my husband's calling me to come eat my own lunch. He fried up some "Future Chickens of America" and bacon... a beautiful breakfast-for-lunch awaits me.

They've successfully crossed Furts and Franks to get Frankenfurter. Perhaps a Furt is fruit? It's just missing the "i". I think that qualifies as at least a long distance cousin.

Keep me laughing Ellen!

ellen you made my day again. i was feeling alittle down today so i decided to check the site and you just made me laugh. thanks

Hi Ellen,
is this a meal from Frankonia in Germany or from Frankenstein?

God, you must be hungry. I would make them film my show IMMEDIATELY after lunch because I would never be able to do a show on an empty stomach.

I get the salad thing -- gotta look svelte for TV but ... yikes.

If I were you I would make someone make me low-carb sushi every single day.

Ellen Lady it look as a Happy lunch what a colours
mmmmmmmmmmmm cherry tomatoes love them
I know a hotdog but a corndog

Hallo Berliner

ZEKER LEKKER

Tell Ellen that there is a new one out there:

Grapples!

They're Grape flavored Apples.

I live in Washington state and found them in a Safeway.

LEKKER