I've not been doing much cooking for the past two weeks because I've been visiting a lot of people who don't have the privilege of living in Phoenix. This week, I helped Erin move to Arlington, VA and today we explored the city for the first time. Although the area around her apartment looks a lot like this, google told us that a Mexican grocery was less than a mile from her place. We walked there in the mugginess and found Glebe Market to be pretty busy at 4pm and full of cheap produce, of course! Erin got a whole basket full of food and other things for less than $15. Yay! We also found a bakery and Bolivian restaurant slightly farther down the street. It's nice to know that Arlington has some character. However, as much as I love exploring restaurants, I will be very happy to start cooking again at home soon!
Hi! I want to start a blog to share recipes among ourselves, because I've had multiple conversations with most of you about needing to spend less money on food. So, I'll hopefully be posting things on this blog about tasty meals that I/we make that are cheap versions of things or dishes full of things that we just found sitting in the refrigerator and cabinets (or delicious things that you want to brag about :-) ). I'm also going to try to add some of you as contributors and then you can share your stuff too (I'm always looking for easy ideas). And maybe I'll post about cheap ethnic grocery stores, since I'm so used to dedicating lots of time to studying those :-). Include pictures if you want!
Provecho!
I've not been doing much cooking for the past two weeks because I've been visiting a lot of people who don't have the privilege of living in Phoenix. This week, I helped Erin move to Arlington, VA and today we explored the city for the first time. Although the area around her apartment looks a lot like this, google told us that a Mexican grocery was less than a mile from her place. We walked there in the mugginess and found Glebe Market to be pretty busy at 4pm and full of cheap produce, of course! Erin got a whole basket full of food and other things for less than $15. Yay! We also found a bakery and Bolivian restaurant slightly farther down the street. It's nice to know that Arlington has some character. However, as much as I love exploring restaurants, I will be very happy to start cooking again at home soon!