Easy Easy Dinner.

 My 2nd year in college I found myself cooking wonderful meals but then I'd be eating the leftovers for 3 or 4 days after. That sucked the fun out of being able to have my own kitchen and cook. I resorted to pretty much the same things every night. Rachel Ray and her 30 minute meals could hold no candle to my 10 minute masterpieces. I made all sorts of things. I also wasted all sorts of things until I got the hang of adjusting portions. I really just missed the company and fun of having someone else sit down at a table and eat with me. My roommates would have it I had asked them to, and sometimes our schedules happened to mesh so that we could but we were all busy and we were all just in different routines. But this year, finally, I have a dinner friend. KKBFF moved into her own little house last fall and has a wonderful little stove (which I believe I have posted about before somewhere. We make cookies at her house a lot. ) We are definitely more adventurous with the cooking when we know we won't be stuck eating for 5 days after cooking. And with only one person using her freezer, there is room to store leftovers in case you want to save them for later. We also have taken to grocery shopping together too. I have this thing for grocery stores. I love them. I couldn't tell you what it is about being able to just walk down the aisles and see what's out there. It's calming. I rarely even take my cell phone inside because the aisles and the fellow shoppers are a little escape from the world for just a little while. Sometimes I will intentionally not buy something just so I can go back. Yes, I realize this sounds wasteful of both time and gas but we all have our guilty pleasures. Mine just happens to be not-so-guilty.

Quick Dinner...Thank you Kroger. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways...

1. miniature shopping carts.*

2. clean aisles, clean store

3. friendly staff

4. lovely flowers.

5. healthy produce.

6. awesome organics.

7. delicious, reasonably priced sushi.

*Sidenote to that comment. I am in love with Kroger's mini carts. If you haven't used one, you are missing out. I believe WinnDixie has them now too. They are a wonderful size. Bigger than a basket and definitely easier to manage but not as big as those buggies with the truck bed attached. I usually seek them out at stores. Tonight i was "that girl" who HAD to have a small buggy. I went to 3 cart returns in the parking lot (they are rarely inside the stores because they are in high demand.). I saw one..The only problem is this little gem was tucked up into the cart return by the "Return Here" sign. It was pinched in by alllll the other wet buggies. I wanted him. Bad. So I lifted him up and over the rails. Embarassing, a little. But I got my buggy and was a happy shopper.

Kroger goes East. Best thing since Sliced Bread.

Even though I don't really mind tearing in to a good loaf of unsliced bread sometimes.  

Between KKBFF and I we bought 2 cartons of Sushi. (found in the deli).

Dragon Roll and Crunchy Shrimp were the picks tonight.

1 bag of frozen Edamame.

2 Frozen eggrolls.

Soy Sauce.

Chopsticks.

Steam your Edamame in the microwave according to package directions. Then while it cools, heat your egg rolls according to package directions. Dump edamame onto a plate with a bowl for shells. Egg rolls onto a plate. Eat your sushi out of your plastic carton if your casual or place it on a plate too if you must.

Dinner is served.