YUM!
This cookbook is going to save us a fortune in eating well:
The Indian Slow Cooker: 50 Healthy, Easy, Authentic Recipes
**THANKS to Thriftorama, who recommended it!**
Last night we had black lentils:
http://www.mensfitness.com/nutrition/healthy-recipes-0/recip...
{Beware - this is a spicy dish}.
Served on rice and garnished with finely chopped onions. SO GOOD!!
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It's interesting, because we eat a diet heavy in onions and garlic, and peppers (probably more mexican inspired, usually, when it comes to home cooking skills). But all these Indian dishes are really heavy on the garlic and onions, and peppers - just prepared in an entirely different manner. No wonder we like so much.
Dh scored spices for 70 cents, at Target. HE noticed quite by accident.
Since we *just* had a new Indian grocer open up real close, we are getting most the Indian spices and lentils very cheaply there. So, what I thought might be a bit of a luxury is actually decreasing our grocery bill. I likey!!
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In other news, dh told me he got all kind of deals at Target yesterday. I am too busy with work to detail any of it or figure it all out. I think there was $5 off for buying pet products (cat litter and cat food).
$5 off some blu rays, too.
Dh also told me that he can no longer keep the grocery runs at $100+ (for gas rewards) if we are going to be eating all these Indian dishes. Oh well!! I think we come out farther ahead with the lower grocery bills. I don't think he hit $100 at all this year. Another big part of that is they changed up their rewards. Which made me anxious at first, but we seem to be benefiting us - working in our favor. The gas coupons usually amount to about $8 of gas saving a month, but obviously we are saving far more than $8 on groceries. So I can appreciate the bigger picture.
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