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LaTigresse -> RE: Stocking up... food, food, food. (4/15/2010 7:32:18 AM)
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ORIGINAL: FelineFae
It's time to write a grocery list and do a bit of shopping. But i'm finding that i'm burning out on our standard items.
i'm hoping for some insperation, so;
What do you generally buy ?
Always a lot of fresh stuff. I keep several types of fresh fruit in the house at all times, depending on what is in season. Also, there is always a big box of mixed greens in the fridge along with my favourite salad dressing (Neuman's lite balsamic vinegarette).
Usually several types of cheese, feta, moz, swiss, cheddar, whatever caught my eye. Soymilk is a staple. Regular milk depends on whether GD wanted some or not. Almost always some really good, european style plain yogurt.
Always several varieties of different cuts of meat in the freezer. Along with lots of frozen veggies. And usually some frozen, non sweetened fruit to mix in my yogurt.
In the pantry is always brown rice, wild rice, the Kashi mixed grain plain pilaf mix, dry pasta, these yummy oriental noodles that come in a big flat white box with red oriental characters I cannot read all over them....several kinds of beans, olive oil, sesame oil, chili oil, lots of various seasonings, herbs, etc, stuff for baking, oatmeal, GD's white rice, and usually some sort of snack cracker like his nasty Triscuts or my Wheatthins. There better ALWAYS be good dark chocolate. And both drinking and wine for cooking. Canned chilis, salsas, etc. I almost forgot, raw nuts.
Most of what I buy is ingredients. Very little prepacked, pre-prepared foods. I prefer to either eat simply ( a salad, a veggie with some grill chicken breasts, etc), or cook something from scratch.
What types of food did you grow up on ?
Boring, middle class america, meat and potatoes, garden produce, whatever mom could make to feed a family of 8 that she thought was healthy and inexpensive.
Are you curious about any types of food ?
Very!!! I will try most anything. I love cooking all sorts of things and freaking out some family members with delish stuff they've never tried. I am a fan of Bourdain's show and if he is in Vietnam eating a soup and moaning over how wonderful it is, I will start searching the net for Vietnamese soup recipes and try to make something similar. The net is fabulous for exploring entirely foreign cuisines and finding recipes. I have the ability to imagine what different flavours, herbs, seasonings might taste like and get creative.
Am i the only person that thinks dry cereals and pet food look alike ?
I never thought about it but, yeah. Then again, my dogs eat a food that has a lot of oats and looks like dry oatmeal with parsley and misc other stuff in it.I also, almost never, eat cold cereal so don't see a lot of it.
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