So we did make it to the store last night. The BF's car is at the dealers so he got a Dodge Charger rental and he had to take me for a ride, so we went to the store after dinner. I love it when I get to go twice in one day, ugh.
I've been boycotting one of the local supermarkets for months now, there are multiple reasons. Its one of those stores where in order to get the sale items, you must have one of their stupid "club cards". This gimmick has started to bother me more and more lately. Why do I need to sign up for one of your cards? So you can sell all the information you get on what I buy, when I buy and how often I buy certain products? I didn't sign up for you to make money off my consumer spending habits, I HAD to sign up to get your shitty deals.
A main source of my contempt is that I grew up with the Mecca of all supermarkets: Wegman's. To me Wegman's is the end all, be all of supermarkets, I could get lost for hours in one of those stores. Now that will never happen where I live now because of this "gentleman's agreement" that Wegman's has with this local supermarket, I don't know the specifics, but there is no Wegman's any where near this area. There are Wegman's now in NJ, PA, MD and VA but I can't get one?!?!?! This pisses me off to no end. I have to suffer with the sub-par grocery stores in this area with no chance of there ever being a Wegman's??? I'm only slightly bitter about this, can you tell?
What I don't get is that the local grocery store has stores in areas where there are Wegman's. How is that fair? Oh, that's right, they suck, so Wegman's is not too worried about their competition.
Since I don't see myself moving out of the area, I guess I will have to make due with what I have. I just wish that maybe someday, I could have a Wegman's in the area to shop at.
It's my grocery dream.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Monday, November 5, 2007
Asparagus
Mondays are usually the day we would go to the grocery store and get stuff for this weeks dinners. Now I refuse to do the grocery shopping by myself, I do all the cooking, the BF can at least go the store with me and pick everything out that we will be eating. This week, since he can't make it to the store with me until tomorrow, I get to go somewhere, anywhere and pick something up for dinner tonight. This usually ends up with me being lazy(my favorite GenY trait) and not going to the store and us ordering take-out or me going to supermarket and picking up a precooked rotisserie chicken and a bunch of asparagus. I going to go with the latter today since I'm dying for some asparagus. There are very few vegetables that I will eat, asparagus is one out of the list of five:
Asparagus
Zucchini
Yellow Squash
Green Beans
Peas (must be in a pod)
That list doesn't give me many options for vegetable side dishes, especially when the BF negates two of them. So that leaves me with asparagus, zucchini and yellow squash, which is really only two choices because I only know how to cook zucchini and yellow squash one way....with garlic and lots of butter.
To me there is only one way asparagus should be cooked and it doesn't involve a pot of boiling water. The thought of boiled asparagus makes me wanna gag, with it being all mush and gross, the same reflex occurs when I think about them from a can. Since I am admittedly lazy, roasting them in the oven is the only way to go; it's quick, easy and tastes soo good.
I never measure anything when I cook, so my recipes are very rough, a pinch, a dab, a sprinkle, I cook with what I know I will like, its all about experimentation.
Roasted Asparagus
1 bunch asparagus
1 finely chopped shallot
pinch of celery salt
pinch of garlic powder
sprinkle of shredded Parmesan cheese
couple slabs of butter
olive oil
Coat 9x9 pan with olive oil. Snap bottoms off asparagus, place in pan. Sprinkle finely chopped shallots, celery salt and garlic powder over asparagus. Top with shredded Parmesan cheese(not grated) and dot with butter here and there. Bake in 425 F oven for 20-25 minutes until asparagus are cooked to how YOU like them. I like flowery ends of mine to be all roasted and crispy, so I might leave them in for a little bit longer. I'll also sprinkle more cheese on them when they come out. Delicious.
Asparagus
Zucchini
Yellow Squash
Green Beans
Peas (must be in a pod)
That list doesn't give me many options for vegetable side dishes, especially when the BF negates two of them. So that leaves me with asparagus, zucchini and yellow squash, which is really only two choices because I only know how to cook zucchini and yellow squash one way....with garlic and lots of butter.
To me there is only one way asparagus should be cooked and it doesn't involve a pot of boiling water. The thought of boiled asparagus makes me wanna gag, with it being all mush and gross, the same reflex occurs when I think about them from a can. Since I am admittedly lazy, roasting them in the oven is the only way to go; it's quick, easy and tastes soo good.
I never measure anything when I cook, so my recipes are very rough, a pinch, a dab, a sprinkle, I cook with what I know I will like, its all about experimentation.
Roasted Asparagus
1 bunch asparagus
1 finely chopped shallot
pinch of celery salt
pinch of garlic powder
sprinkle of shredded Parmesan cheese
couple slabs of butter
olive oil
Coat 9x9 pan with olive oil. Snap bottoms off asparagus, place in pan. Sprinkle finely chopped shallots, celery salt and garlic powder over asparagus. Top with shredded Parmesan cheese(not grated) and dot with butter here and there. Bake in 425 F oven for 20-25 minutes until asparagus are cooked to how YOU like them. I like flowery ends of mine to be all roasted and crispy, so I might leave them in for a little bit longer. I'll also sprinkle more cheese on them when they come out. Delicious.
WELCOME!!!
As a twenty-something generation Y'er, who struggles with the day-to-day chore of feeding myself and my boyfriend, I've decided to start this blog about my experiences with cooking, food, and dining out for the young and inexperience generation Y crowd that typically doesn't know how to cook much.
With the cost of dining out becoming more and more expensive, I'm resigned to cooking for myself and my boyfriend and sometimes friends and family at least 5 times a week(on a good week). This can be a daunting task for GenY who(Warning: Stereotype) generally have a negative attitude towards family-life and the menial tasks of everyday life, like cooking for myself. To me cooking equates work. I want to work, but I do not want work to be my life.
Sure we could eat take-out and fast food every day, that requires little to no work, but but that gets expensive rather quickly. More and more of Generation Y are entering the work place and starting off in the real world with little or no support from their parents, eating out everyday is not only financial suicide its also health suicide.
As a proud member of Generation Y, I can say that I've had it relatively easy compared to other generations. I grew up with MTV, computers and the internet, we are a "instant gratification" group, growing up I got what I wanted when I wanted it. Now out on my own, I'm learning in my twenty's how to cook and fend for myself as are 70 million other Generation Y'ers. Join me in my quest for the answer to the age old question of "What's for dinner?"
With the cost of dining out becoming more and more expensive, I'm resigned to cooking for myself and my boyfriend and sometimes friends and family at least 5 times a week(on a good week). This can be a daunting task for GenY who(Warning: Stereotype) generally have a negative attitude towards family-life and the menial tasks of everyday life, like cooking for myself. To me cooking equates work. I want to work, but I do not want work to be my life.
Sure we could eat take-out and fast food every day, that requires little to no work, but but that gets expensive rather quickly. More and more of Generation Y are entering the work place and starting off in the real world with little or no support from their parents, eating out everyday is not only financial suicide its also health suicide.
As a proud member of Generation Y, I can say that I've had it relatively easy compared to other generations. I grew up with MTV, computers and the internet, we are a "instant gratification" group, growing up I got what I wanted when I wanted it. Now out on my own, I'm learning in my twenty's how to cook and fend for myself as are 70 million other Generation Y'ers. Join me in my quest for the answer to the age old question of "What's for dinner?"
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