Last night was a bit of a celebration. It was a big first day for Karen. So I made a simple three course meal. We had a box of frozen mozzarella sticks, which are Karen's favorite food. I put them in the oven first while making the rest of the food. Karen and Doris sat down to an appetizer of cheese sticks and salsa (black bean and corn salsa) while I finished dinner. This was a treat because we never buy splurges like this but the cheese and salsa were both bought at a grocery store that was going out of business.
We haven't been to the grocery store in a while so I scraped together what I had. And what I have is a boat load of tomatoes. So I made pasta sauce with two large tomatoes, garlic, and a handful of mushrooms. I sauteed some Trader Joe's breaded eggplant slices (we only had 4 left) to serve over some fettuccine topped with cheddar cheese.
The third course required going out to FroZenYo, where we all got our own concoctions. I enjoyed peanut butter and banana cream swirl topped with kit kats.
cheese sticks: $2
salsa: 50 cents
pasta: 50 cents
CSA veggies: $2
mushrooms: 75 cents
eggplant: $1
cheese: 50 cents
FroZenYo: $7
Total: $14.25 ($4.75 per person)
Busted our daily budget but not by much.
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