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thenewgreen  ·  4033 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Grubski Challenge #1: $20 One Dish/Pot Meal

I'm on my way to the grocery now specifically for this challenge. My french lentil recipe is a favorite these days in our house.

I'm excited. I'm going to get a nice beer to enjoy while cooking. wasoxygen once said to me, "Sundays are the best," he's spot on. Been a great day thus far and cooking is the perfect way to end it. I'm digging the #grubski tag.





wasoxygen  ·  4033 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sundays are the best. As sous-chef, I may have accidentally qualified for the challenge tonight.

We went to Costco yesterday and had to use the 4.8 pound bag of mussels today. From the receipt:

  MUSSELS      11.08
  C CREST CHAR  9.89
  CONT. SALAD   4.39
We only used one pot, not counting the big bowl used to give the bivalves the weird flour-water bath the Barefoot Contessa recommends. Only one cup of the Chardonnay went in the pot, but the rest wasn't wasted. There was some heavy cream too, and a variety of extras found on hand, but we were well under $20 per capita and had no regrets about not eating out all week.

Dinner conversation about how to store leftover mussels was resolved as we finished the mussels.