Food Win

[calzephyr]

The best part about multiple crockpots is that you don't have to wait while one is in the dishwasher! I made a simple dish tonight with carrots, beef, vegetable broth, carrots, potatoes and celery. The vegetables and broth were all organic and so delicious. The carrots were local - I think the potatoes were from BC. Anything tastes better when it hasn't sat on a truck for days! We had some rice along side it and leftovers for one lunch and plenty of broth leftover for something else.

In the past I loved these kinds of food wins because the price of food certainly isn't going down. Generally we buy the same things over and over - so a shopping trip that was $50 ten years ago is now $70 and creeping higher. I have to get back in the cooking habit - unfortunately over the past two years I was too busy or exhausted or unorganized to really do much cooking.

This year too, I would like to waste less food. Most households throw out a shocking amount of food and ours is no exception. It's just money out the door :( Oftentimes my husband buys things that he forgets about, like sardines, or I just tell myself I will steam that red cabbage tomorrow. Eating out was something my family rarely did, and it's easy to become spoiled!

Comments

[theidolhands.livejournal.com]

As Alice Waters discovered, simple allows the food to shine; Mm, I like lentils and they're a great source of protein.

The big secret to most "delicious" food is heat (they get fire hotter than an average kitchen), fat, and salt. When I feel luxurious, I add a bit more of those things. It's surprising that they still get away with not having to label things while everything in a supermarket (except gmo) is.

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

I have had a new appreciation for fat :) It's really not as villainous as it is made out to be, or at least butter sure isn't.

BTW, I sent you something, so check your mailbox!