This weekend

As usual it was a busy weekend.  What I thought was going to be a quiet Sunday, turned out to be food shopping.  It's a shame, when the foodie has no food in the house.  So I bribed my daughter into going with me to Stop and Shop.  I told her she could be in charge of the scanner gun while we shop.  I don't normally go to Stop and Shop, they are more expensive than Shoprite.  BUT, they had some great 10 for $10 sales.  Just as a little aside and a great tip:  I do not shop for vegetables in the supermarket, I go to a local vegetable store.  The fruit and vegetables are always fresh and bright and the best thing is when I spend $30 (which is always) I get free eggs!  Free is always good.  So check out YOUR local vegetable store to see if they have any offers like that.  Maybe you'll get free milk which is always great too.  If they don't have something, talk to the manager to see if they would be interested in putting something like that in place.  It would bring in more customers for them and you possibly get something for free.
After almost two weeks of not cooking, I finally made a pot of soup.  My family loved it.  It was called Sausage Minestrone Soup, click here to get a printable version.  Unfortunately, we don't have pictures of this one.  But I promise, next time I will.
The last thing I want to mention, my little wish for a local Penzy's came true as a surprise.  I love getting the Penzy Spice catalogue, but I'm not a fan about mail order stuff.  I want it and I want it NOW!  When my daughter and I were at the mall the other day, guess what? They opened a Penzy's right in our mall.  How great it that?!  I was so excited because now I can get high end spices and spice mixes without waiting.
Well, until next time.  Oh and I hope you have signed up with your email so this way we can notify you about those classes I'm working on.