A Week of Foraging
When you live in a place like Sacramento, you get your thrills where you can find them. This week, Andrew and I challenged ourselves to eat for an entire week without going to the grocery store, foraging for meals within our refrigerator and cupboards. It’s Friday, and we’ve done very well. Here’s the rundown:
Late Sunday night, post-Super Bowl: leftover pizza from Saturday night at Zelda’s, our favorite pizza place.
Monday: Lunch—sandwich (Andrew), remaining leftover chicken piccata and rice pilaf from last Thursday (me). Dinner—fettuccini with sautéed Swiss chard, walnuts, garlic, and sun-dried tomatoes. Andrew also made a batch of blackberry muffins with blackberries we’ve had in our freezer since the summer.
Tuesday: Lunch—sandwich (Andrew), leftover fettuccini (me). Dinner—egg salad sandwiches a la Alice Waters (scallions, capers, parsley, cayenne pepper).
Wednesday: Lunch—leftover fettuccini. Dinner—chicken salad sandwiches a la Alice Waters (chicken, scallions, capers, celery, cayenne pepper).
Thursday: Lunch—leftover chicken salad (Andrew) and egg salad (me). Dinner—carry-out Chinese. Still not a grocery store.
Friday: Lunch—leftover Chinese. Dinner: a mystery. We’ll see what we can find.
Late Sunday night, post-Super Bowl: leftover pizza from Saturday night at Zelda’s, our favorite pizza place.
Monday: Lunch—sandwich (Andrew), remaining leftover chicken piccata and rice pilaf from last Thursday (me). Dinner—fettuccini with sautéed Swiss chard, walnuts, garlic, and sun-dried tomatoes. Andrew also made a batch of blackberry muffins with blackberries we’ve had in our freezer since the summer.
Tuesday: Lunch—sandwich (Andrew), leftover fettuccini (me). Dinner—egg salad sandwiches a la Alice Waters (scallions, capers, parsley, cayenne pepper).
Wednesday: Lunch—leftover fettuccini. Dinner—chicken salad sandwiches a la Alice Waters (chicken, scallions, capers, celery, cayenne pepper).
Thursday: Lunch—leftover chicken salad (Andrew) and egg salad (me). Dinner—carry-out Chinese. Still not a grocery store.
Friday: Lunch—leftover Chinese. Dinner: a mystery. We’ll see what we can find.
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