I find it sort of funny how different my husband and I approach grocery shopping. He likes a hand-written list and he will stick to it to a tee. Well, occasionally chips and dip find their way into his cart! But me on the other hand... I start out with a list and before I've even gotten 20 feet into the produce aisle, I am adding red peppers, zuchinni (never could spell that word), collard greens and whatever else piques my interest. So I should've been more specific yesterday when he chose to go to the grocery store for me....
Our cupboards were bare again and I thought it would be a good use of my time this weekend to cook in bulk. I love to be in the kitchen cooking, but what I don't love is being in the kitchen cooking for my family of 5 in 90 degree weather and having 3 kids underfoot. Got out the "Once a Month Cookbook" and perused through for some good summer choices, made a halfhearted grocery list, and had a plan to cook most of the day Sunday. Information that in hindsight would've been helpful for him to know in advance.
I gave him the list and I took our 3 boys to the local splashpark. Upon returning home, I took over the cooking and excitedly started looking for all the new groceries. But there wasn't much to find. My to-the-point engineer husband stuck to the list exactly. I thanked him for starting the collard greens for me and went about putting a meal together. I was a little disappointed but I didn't dare say that. I perhaps romanticized the idea in my head a little too much of me in my apron and the kitchen smelling of herbs, husband and kids smiling and eating new gourmet foods....
It all worked out for the best anyway. My mom who is being treated for multiple myeloma was given the okay by her oncologist that she could have visitors again. So instead of cooking all day today, we drove and met my parents in Gettysburg and spent half the day there. I made a beef roast in the crockpot and a pork roast in the oven so at least I have a few meal options this week. Better than McDonald's.
