I am resourceful
May 8, 2008 by arielle
I know I have been whining about how we don’t have any food and I also know that both yesterday and today I mentioned going to stores that sell food, so you might be thinking that this doesn’t quite add up.
You would be right. However, because I am incredibly cheap and also because most of the grocery stores near my apartment are scary and sell produce that is, for the most part, rotting, I cannot grocery shop at a store other than Trader Joe’s. And we can’t go to Trader Joe’s on a weeknight. This is because we are too lazy.
So, tonight for dinner I scraped together just about everything that was left in the fridge and came up with this, which I think turned out quite well considering the circumstances:
It is basically whole wheat pasta, frozen shrimp, a zucchini, sun-dried tomatoes, scallions, garlic, shallots and some light feta cheese. I am not sure what we are going to eat tomorrow, but I imagine I’ll come up with something with the carrots, lettuce and peanut butter that we have left.
Oh, and don’t forget the ice cream sandwiches:
What a great-looking resourceful meal!
What’s the title of that book on the table?
Lettuce wraps with carrot-peanut butter filling, my favorite!
You’re in NYC area, no? I always wonder how grocery shopping works in the big city..
VeggieGirl -
Thanks.
Nat -
It’s Gorgeously Green, by Sophie Uliano. I had to use it for something for work, but I started reading it yesterday when the Internet was down and it’s good. A lot of the stuff I already knew but she has some other good tips.
Lolafunk -
There’s an idea. I’ll fall back on that if I can’t convince Chris to take me out to dinner.
Ben -
Yep. They basically fall into three categories: small and dirty (Met, Super A); nice and expensive (Whole Foods, Food Emporium) and cheap but amazingly crowded (Trader Joe’s).
Good analysis of NYC groceries, Arielle! I’d like to add Gristededes to Small and Dirty, and Balducci’s to Nice and Expensive.
i like your three categories of NYC shopping. cause it’s soooooo true.
Thanks. It’s kind of sad, actually.