Restaurant Quality Food (aka Better Than Store Bought)
I’ve said it before, I like to cook because I love to EAT. And because more often than not, I am highly disappointed in what I get for my money when we go out to eat (or when someone around here inadvertently buys something prepackaged). $12 salads using Iceberg lettuce (that has no nutritional value and tastes like water), add guacamole or plain avocado to anything for no less than an EXTRA $6 (when I can buy an avocado on sale for $0.33 each, $0.59 otherwise), bacon for an EXTRA $2, and if I want meat… FORGET IT! I might as well just go grocery shopping. So most of the time…
Healthy & Delicious Greek Meal
On a recent lunch trip to Panera Bread, I disappointed in the very loose interpretation of a Greek salad. You can’t just throw feta cheese on a bed of romaine and call it Greek. Well, I guess technically you could since those items originate in Greece, but that’s just not the end of it. I really like Panera, but this was my first time having their “Greek” salad and it left me wanting to eat a jar of kalamata olives. That’s right, I said a JAR. That’s because I love olives of all kinds and when I have a Greek or Mediterranean salad, I expect to have some. Fast forward…
