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On my long-delayed shopping trip today, I might have bought some things that will end up going unused, but I know I bought some things that I’ve never bought before, or ever expected to. Brussels sprouts? Are you kidding me? Brussels sprouts and I go way back, and it’s not a happy story. And sweet potatoes! I think I’ve had one bite of sweet potatoes in my life, and that was enough. Until today.
Even though it took me an hour and a half at the supermarket (at about a dollar a minute, once I got to the cashier), I still couldn’t get everything on my list. Some items just weren’t anywhere to be found, and the rest wouldn’t fit in the shopping cart, which was overflowing by the time I was finished. I thought I’d done pretty well, though, until I got home and started looking at dinner recipes for tonight. In every one I read, it seemed I was missing one or two key ingredients. I thought I might have to have dreary leftovers again, but I finally decided to make a brown rice salad. It still took a few substitutions before I was able to do even that.
If I’d been able to find the vegetarian meat crumbles, or the canned water chestnuts, or the “chicken” flavored seitan, or the small new potatoes, I could have eaten a lot better tonight. I already knew I’d have to make another shopping trip tomorrow, but I didn’t realize how critical it would be to flesh out the rest of my pantry and fridge, so that I can proceed with the diet plan. I really want to go as much by the daily menu planner as possible, but I keep getting thwarted. I don’t like to be thwarted, especially when I’m trying to do it all on four or five hours of sleep a night. |
