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May 29, 2008 in the late afternoon | 
Yummy Stuff
It took about 6 years, but last week I finally got tired of eating in restaurants. I think mostly I was just tired of eating in the same 5 or 6 restaurants all the time. We’re not the most adventurous of people and mostly eat at places where we know there are menu items we like, but even good food can become less appetizing if you eat it over and over again. And honestly, just the thought of having to do the “Where to you want to eat?” “I don’t know, where to you want to eat?” dance we go through every. single. day. was the biggest deterrent.
So I went through one of the many cookbooks I’ve bought (and rarely opened) and picked out two or three weeks worth of recipes that looked good and that seemed simple enough to make. I’m not the best cook ever, but I can follow a recipe, my only requirement is that it not have a million ingredients (especially things I’ve never heard of) or take hours to make. I just don’t have the time or patience to cook like that.
I’ve never spent so much at the grocery store in one go in my life. $225! On food. I don’t even spend that much money in Target (and Target takes a good portion of my income). The majority of that was meat, fruits, and vegetables, so that has helped me to follow through with making the meals or else waste a crap ton of money. So far I’ve done pretty good. I made dinner for 4 nights straight last week. That has probably never happened before. Old habits die hard, though. We went out on Monday and I had a recipe lined up for last night, but wasn’t in the mood for cooking so we went out again (but we ate at a deli and had salad and sandwiches, so I don’t really feel bad about that).
December 8, 2007 at around evening time | Yummy Stuff
So far I haven’t been too good at the “daily” part of Holidailies. I’m trying, but I’ve been working a lot which makes things hard. For instance I worked 12 hours straight yesterday. I’m not being hyperbolic, either. I was keeping track so I could bill the hours to my client. I didn’t even stop to eat. Today has been mostly the same. But I don’t want to get too far behind so I stopped to, well, eat, but also to post.
Besides working non-stop, I’ve been eating chocolate chips cookies (gotta keep my strength up!). I thought I’d share the recipe because they are literally, the best chocolate chip cookies ever. This is a recipe that I made from combining two good (but different) chocolate chip cookie recipes. I’ve made them tons of times and they always turn out yummy.
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