Lists...

There are times I'm just like my Mother, not that that is a bad thing and I aspire to be like her really I do. I actually plan my meals every week and create my shopping lists and even organize my lists by aisles, crazy I know but it does help to save time in the store really it does and planning meals well that means every night I'm not sitting here thinking what shall we have for dinner and realizing half the time I don't have the items to be able to cook that, either they are in the freezer still or at the store not useful. I actually had a friend say to me but what if you don't feel like that for dinner...well honestly the way I cook these days I never don't feel like that for dinner, most nights we have something different to look forward to, even tho I try to use the same basic ingredients, but it's amazing what you can do with the same ingredients but different herbs and spices, take the last two days for example, we had chicken and couscous two nights in a row, the difference being the first night the chicken was marinated in tequila and lime the next pan fried with breadcrumbs and basil. Ok so she also had an aversion to chicken that wasn't organic and free range, well yes I agree chicken can be a bit tasteless but it's cheap and dressed up you notice the herbs and don't notice the lack of flavour of the meat so much.

So for next week I'm considering a grilled red snapper sandwich...mmm maybe some kebabs, oh my taste buds are tingling!