Groceries!

I love grocery shopping. Maybe it's because we have a limited budget, and I've substituted groceries for clothes. BUT today was the first day in ages that I was able to cook some yummy yummy meals. AND, I'm trying to be smart. When I bought our meat, I marinated them in their freezer bags! So when I defrost them, they'll be marinating. Clever huh? This will save me some time. Now that a lot of my time goes towards watching Sophia, whenever I get a chance to cook, I cook several meals. I love to cook. I miss it actually, so whenever DH is off of work, I pass the baby to him and cook!



Let's see, today I made a lowfat Leek & Potato soup. I just had a bowl. I sprinkled some fake bacon and cheddar cheese on it. DH grilled some shrimp I marinated in soy sauce and sesame seeds. Along with the shrimp is one of my all time favorite Asian style black bean salad. The recipe is from Kathleen Daelemans' cookbook. The salad calls for cucumbers, mango, and cilantro. Except the mango I bought today wasn't even ripe (oops), so I used peaches instead. It was good-but I like the mango better. I'll post my adapted recipe later. You can view the recipe by searching inside the book on Amazon--it's on page 272.