Doris asked to go with me to the grocery store, so I've decided to start taking her every Monday. She seems to really like it. I let her pick things like what fruit to buy (she wanted Watermelon - we'll see how it tastes). She's really good at helping to figure out what we need. She makes suggestions of things we really buy, like orange juice and yogurt.
We got home a bit later than normal and I still needed to make dinner. We've had a soy chorizo package from Trader Joe's in our fridge for a long time so I decided it was time to eat it. Karen loves chorizo and buys it and then I have to figure out what to do with it. I made this dish that we really like. Spaghetti and Chorizo pancakes. It doesn't really turn out very pancake-y, but frying it in the pan make it a little crunchy which I like. I skipped the sundried tomatoes because Karen doesn't like them and added a fresh tomato at the end of cooking. It made it taste more fresh. I usually use dried sage but happened to have fresh sage from Andrea's garden, so that was a nice addition. I used green olives stuffed with pimentos. Usually we only eat black Kalamata olives, the expensive kind, because Doris loves olives but has discriminating tastes. But at the grocery store she said she wanted both green and black so I cheered a little cheer because the green ones are half the price of the Kalamata olives. I'm amazed that I know so much about olives. My girl has strange passions. I left out the chili because I forgot to buy it.
soy chorizo: $4
CSA veggies: $2
Spaghetti: 50 cents
Parmesan cheese: $3
olives: $1.50
capers: 20 cents
Total: $11.20 (3.73 per person)
Wow, that was one of my more expensive meals. Who knew. I'll have to remember that for the future. Good news is that it actually makes a lot and we will be eating this meal again later in the week.
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