Surprise, surprise, surprise
In the spirit of frugality (and common sense, I guess) it only makes sense to buy only what you will eat and then eat all that you buy. Not at one sitting, of course. But we all know that grocery shopping when you are hungry makes for impulse buys and sometimes those 2 for $$$ deals make us buy more of, say tuna fish, than we really need/want. (But who can resist a deal, right?) So, what do you do when the pantry overfloweth with random non-perishables or the fridge is full of half eaten leftovers? Well, you have a surprise dinner. That is exactly what happened last night.
About 7pm or so Pan and I started getting hungry. So, she asked if she could make a “surprise dinner.” I reluctantly agreed not knowing what I might get. When the dinner bell rang I was treated to something ONLY described by the word “surprise.” As you can see from the image below we had a tasty one put dish consisting of some brown rice, minced scallions, garlic clove, onions, some other kind of rice, hot dogs, and a host of spices and “true taste disguisers.” It was actually kind of good and by the time I had doused it with hot sauce I could barely taste the amalgam of food that had been emptied into the pot. So, besides filling our tummies we managed to clean out some leftovers and unused non-persihables while laughing at Pan’s inventiveness the entire time.
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November 17th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Welcome to the world of inventive cooking, something all mothers(and sometimes dads) learn to do to feed a family on a very tight budget. As long as the belly is full….well I guess a lot of nutritionists might not agree but too bad.