Once more into the kitchen ...
Jan. 12th, 2008 04:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellarienI never made it to the grocery store last weekend, so I've been mostly living on the stored bounty of the freezer for a while.
Today, I made up for it with three grocery-shopping excursions: first south to Safeway, mostly for assorted veggies (mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes -- which are hideously expensive at present -- summer squash, carrots, potatoes; also a bunch of bananas) and a big bag of frozen chicken parts, then north to Trader Joe's for yogurt, soup, frozen treats and a few more veggies, then Safeway again for what I'd forgotten or couldn't carry the first time: beans (three kinds, dried), an avocado, ice-cream, chilli peppers, gnocchi and pesto sauce, and a few more spices. The plan is to make a batch of chicken casserole tonight (and try not to create chaos in the process), and soak a mixed selection of beans overnight to go in a bean, mushroom and vegetable stew tomorrow, three-quarters of each batch to be frozen for future reference. If I'm still upright after the stewing tonight, there might be cookies, or perhaps gingerbread.
After all that, I forgot the condensed mushroom soup for the chicken casserole, so I'll have to use the last of the carton of Trader Joe's butternut squash soup instead.
Today, I made up for it with three grocery-shopping excursions: first south to Safeway, mostly for assorted veggies (mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes -- which are hideously expensive at present -- summer squash, carrots, potatoes; also a bunch of bananas) and a big bag of frozen chicken parts, then north to Trader Joe's for yogurt, soup, frozen treats and a few more veggies, then Safeway again for what I'd forgotten or couldn't carry the first time: beans (three kinds, dried), an avocado, ice-cream, chilli peppers, gnocchi and pesto sauce, and a few more spices. The plan is to make a batch of chicken casserole tonight (and try not to create chaos in the process), and soak a mixed selection of beans overnight to go in a bean, mushroom and vegetable stew tomorrow, three-quarters of each batch to be frozen for future reference. If I'm still upright after the stewing tonight, there might be cookies, or perhaps gingerbread.
After all that, I forgot the condensed mushroom soup for the chicken casserole, so I'll have to use the last of the carton of Trader Joe's butternut squash soup instead.
