Today was a day for simple, tasty, home-cooked meals. For breakfast I just scrounged around in the fridge and ended up sauteeing cauliflower, green onions, and garlic in olive oil. I added some turmeric and salt and pepper. Once that was done, I fried two over-easy eggs and added that to the top of the veggies. DEEElicious.
For lunch we had another simple, yet delicious, meal. My mom gave us a whole flat of homemade canned tomatoes. When we were kids I remember dumping a jar of tomatoes into a sauce pan, and once they were hot, dousing them with pats of butter and tons of salt and pepper. I followed that tried and true recipe today, with a few minor exceptions. I added some basil and garlic powder to the tomatoes. Tim fried up some grass-fed hamburgers, and when those were done, we chopped them up, poured the soup over them, topped the soup with some grass-fed butter, and wow. Super tasty, super easy, super perfect Saturday afternoon lunch. And cheap too! Especially since the tomatoes were free (thanks, Mom :)).
For supper we hit up Granite City, intending to go to a movie afterwards. Tim got a salad, and I got chicken wings. He got one drink, and I got two. Forty bucks later, and we are both slower, poorer, and likely unhealthier. But we did have fun together, which is definitely worth something.
In January we are going to try to follow a stricter budget. We want to see if we can afford a slightly bigger house (with a bigger kitchen – yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!), and we also want to save for a trip to some tropical location with oceans and beaches and lots and lots of gorgeous, uplifting, make-me-happy sun. As a result, we’ll need to watch our food budget much more closely. In my brains I know that eating at home is much healthier, and much cheaper, but in my vane little heart I like to go out, be around people, see and be seen and spend $40 eating sometimes tasty food. I need to make up my mind where my priorities lie!! Money, unfortunately, is pretty much a zero-sum game.
