a saturday night in.

I went to Waldbaum's today, and spent a good hour just traipsing along every aisle of the tiny (tiny compared to Walmart) foodmart. For those who aren't sure what Waldbaum's is, just think of it as Dillon's. So I walked around with my cart, and having a little extra money this week to spend on food I happily loaded stuff after stuff into the seemingly empty-ish cart. An hour later I ended up buying quite a load, paid $25 for 6 big bags of goodies and headed home. Does anyone spot a problem?

Alas, MS does not own a car. She could take the bus, yes, but it wouldn't make a difference. I considered hijacking the supermarket cart home (and of course I would return it ever so immediately). But realistically I am left with no option but to trudge along home as fast as my petite feet would carry me.

I was glad to reach home. Excited to start cooking, I got the pasta water boiling. Meanwhile bell peppers were chopped and cooked with canned whole tomatoes, and tuna was added just at the last second. This is what I ended up with.

 

Btw, I cook in batches just to save time. So my food here is not going to be very aesthetic looking for convenience's sake. Also, I cannot  be bothered prettifying my food with garnishes. For now, bear with me sans garnish.

Since I was on a roll today in the kitchen, I decided to cook up my sack of potatoes. Also, I would be busy next week with exams and assignments. I boiled potatoes til they were falling apart, drained them, baked them at 450'c and eyeballed the time it took to cook. Thanks to a tip from  The Fiancé, where he told me that rough edges would crisp the outside of the potatoes even more. Yummo.

See? A Saturday night in doesn't have to be boring. Signing off to enjoy my meal while you ogle at the (amateur) pics.