Corn soup. Imagine it with a dollop of sour cream and home-made croutons (as the recipe called for but that I was really too lazy to make). Good value here with lots of tastiness, minimal ingredients and cheap corn at the supermarket.
Also a good chance to try out Ian's hand mixer that I got him for Christmas (well last week so it was kind of a late Christmas present). This is more of a summer item for when corn is in season and you can buy $6 ears for a $1.
Also a good chance to try out Ian's hand mixer that I got him for Christmas (well last week so it was kind of a late Christmas present). This is more of a summer item for when corn is in season and you can buy $6 ears for a $1.
Bottle of ok red. Possibly picked up in the US on the cheap. I gave it a value of $10 but it could be +/- $3 either way.
Main course: Spinach with bacon, red pepper flakes and garlic. Oven roasted halibut with herbed bread crumb crust with parsley olive oil sauce. PC multicolor mini potatoes - roasted.
I admit that $3.50 for a small bag of potatoes is a rip off, but I wanted to try them. Does fish have seasons? If yes, I can only presume at $27/lb, halibut is out of season. Part of my downfall is buying "fresh & wild" from Mike's. The other market places were marginally cheaper, but Mike has never let us down so I'd rather pay a bit more here.
I admit that $3.50 for a small bag of potatoes is a rip off, but I wanted to try them. Does fish have seasons? If yes, I can only presume at $27/lb, halibut is out of season. Part of my downfall is buying "fresh & wild" from Mike's. The other market places were marginally cheaper, but Mike has never let us down so I'd rather pay a bit more here.
From Future at the Market- apple-cranberry tart & caramel spice cake. Shown here are 1/3 of pretty generous slices.
At $6.00 for dessert for 2, I possibly could have made something equivalent, except less tasty, but then we would be stuck with 10x more servings than we really should be eating.
Ian of course complained about lack of chocolate, but his 2/3 x 2 pieces of cake disappeared pretty quickly!
At $6.00 for dessert for 2, I possibly could have made something equivalent, except less tasty, but then we would be stuck with 10x more servings than we really should be eating.
Ian of course complained about lack of chocolate, but his 2/3 x 2 pieces of cake disappeared pretty quickly!
$13.50 for 0.5 lb halibut from Mike's at the Market
$4.99 for 1 piece cake + 1 tart from Future at the Market
$1.00 estimated for chapmans fro yo from No Frills
$10 for bottle wine
$3.50 for PC mini-potatoes
$1.69 for bagged fresh spinach from No Frills
$0.99 for 2 slices black forest bacon from the Market
$0.50 estimated for olive oil
$1.29 for fresh parsely from no Frills
$0.59 can corn
$0.50 estimated for a couple T butter
$0.50 estimated for 1/2 cup lactose free milk
$0.50 estimated for a couple onions
$0.05 couple cloves garlic
$0.25 estimated bread crumbs
1 comment:
sounds like a very special and delicious meal. Yes - it's a bit pricey but think about what a superb meal like that would have cost in a restaurant? (if you could even find one that could compare in quality).
M
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