Random Grocery Trip

Hey All,

I just got back from a totally random trip to Fresh Market. When I say random, I mean the opposite of having a list and plan. You know what this means – danger, danger Will Robinson.

My trip ended with the following grocery items:

• A French baguette – it was still warm and so soft!
• A red plum – I have never had a plum before, that I know of anyway, so I thought I’d give it a whirl.
• Two dates – I really have no idea why I bought these. I’ve never had a fresh date before. I’m not even sure how you eat them.
• Four bakery cookies – This was really what I went to the store for…toffee and chocolate cookies!
• A green pepper – I assumed we needed one for my pasta primavera dish I’m making tomorrow. I had pepper remorse for this one small pepper cost $1.65! Yikes – no more random pepper shopping.
• Bonne Maman Raspberry Preserves – Thought it might go well with the French baguette. Besides, I’ve heard great things about this jam and wanted to try it.

So I went into the store intending to buy about $2 worth of cookies and came out with $12 worth of random items. Has this ever happened to anyone else?

Anyway, my day started with an awesome run outside – yes, outside! Can you believe it? It was nearly 50 degrees at 6:15 AM this morning – that’s pretty mild for March weather in Chi-town. After my run, I refueled with more Kashi and blueberries…

I also stopped at the ‘Buck to pick up a skinny ‘nilla latte – hmm..hmm. good. The great thing about lattes is that even when they get cold, you can warm them up in the microwave for 30 seconds and they taste all steamy and creamy again :-).

Lunch was a cup of minestrone soup from Go Roma with a small bread stick…

I love soup. I swear I could eat it every day. Maybe I should move to Belgium where eating soup every day is the social norm. A few hours after lunch, I snacked on a Luna sunrise bar then headed out the door to enjoy the last hour of sunshine in Chicago.

For dinner, I threw together a salad using leftover greens from our fajita dinner, plus added some parmesan baked chicken and shredded cheddar…

This was just filling enough to make a solid dinner – one that saved room for a chocolate toffee cookie – oh yeah!

Alright, enough randomness for one night. See you tomorrow!