We've been eating in restaurants at least once a day since my mom died in February. Today we are eating at home and I had the worst frozen dinner ever for lunch. It looked good on the cover of the box, but looks can be deceiving.
Stouffer's veggie lasagna for dinner. Didn't feel like cooking tonight.
Stouffer's was the Cadillac of frozen foods. During my teen years, my mom worked at Stouffer's in Solon, OH. She used to bring home all sorts of good stuff. No one complained mom wasn't cooking much anymore. I don't know how she took it. I'm thinking it was a win/win for everyone.
I used to eat Lean Cuisines almost everyday for lunch. I'd take one to work with some fresh vegetables and steam them in the microwave, then put them on a plate. It almost looked like a home cooked meal, but to be honest, Mr. Sohy is an excellent cook, so those dinners are less appealing these days, but I still have a few favorites. My mom was a terrible cook but she could make a good cake. No surprise that I love cake.
There is a restaurant in our town that has extremely affordable tasty food. The menu includes vegetarian, Italian, Greek, burgers, stir fry, a large variety of sandwiches etc. For 6.50 or 7.50, one can get a huge sandwich and a tasty side. Sometimes I order 3 sides. A baked potato, steamed broccoli and Coleslaw total 7.50. Some of Amy's frozen vegan dinners are that much in some of the local stores, so we ate at that restaurant 3 times this week. I could almost eat there everyday and spend about the same as we do by eating at home. Since we order water to drink, that saves us about 6 bucks and it's healthier than soft drinks.
The owner is Mexican and I'm beginning to wonder if most of his staff are undocumented workers because most of them can't speak more than a few words of English. That doesn't matter to me but I hope he treats them well. He seems too nice not to treat them well and they seem happy, but I digress.
