On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 05:39:04 GMT, Sarah Gray >
wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote:
>> On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:05:28 -0500, Sarah Gray
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Heh. I have a notebook where I have the best "regular" prices on pretty
>>> much anything I might care to purchase, grocery-wise. 75% of it is Aldi.
>>
>> Your menu must be quite limited then.
>>
>>
>> Lou
>>
>>
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>
>hmmm.. off the top of my head:
>
>Pizza, lasagna, baked/sauteed salmon/perch fillets,
>chicken/beef/pork/shrimp stir fries, sauteed boneless chicken
>breast(scallopini, piccata)grilled/broiled steak, macaroni and cheese
>casserole, spaghetti (bolognese and marinara), frittatas with various
>vegetables, baked chicken(lemon and herb, "BBQ", oven fried),
>chicken/turkey soup with noodles/matzah balls/rice, vegetable soup, ham
>and bean soup, chili, hamburgers, chicken/pork/shrimp fried rice, "BBQ"
>pork western ribs, hot dogs, Italian sausages, pot roast, beef stew,
>baked ziti, "pasta bake" with rotini and zucchini and peppers and
>mozzarella, homemade chicken nuggets and strips, chicken/beef/turkey pot
>pie, roast turkey, roast chicken, chicken Kiev, beef/chicken/bean tacos,
>bowtie pasta with pork sausage and greens, stuffed peppers, <a
>href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/64129172@N00/873514516/in/set-72157600957324825/">eggs
>in purgatory</a> , ravioli(frozen, not homemade), rice and beans with
>chicken/pork, pork chops, pork loin roast, pork/beef "BBQ" sandwiches,
>meatballs, fried chicken, egg-sausage-bacon-potato-pancake breakfast
>food for dinner, etc. etc. etc.
>
>Each of these things is a complete dinner, if you add rice, potatoes, or
>another starchy thing, and a vegetable, a salad, and fruit for dessert.
>I'll make a batch of cookies or a pie or a cake a few times a month for
>fun. We eat yogurt, cereal or oatmeal, and fruit for breakfast. I make
>sandwiches and take fruit and raw vegetables for lunch; I take leftovers
>if there are any. Weekend lunches might largely depend on canned soup
>and boxed macaroni and cheese, but I don't think a small amount of junk
>food is so horrible.
>These are just regular kind of things that I don't need to look up
>recipes for (except maybe, for the pizza and biscuit dough, and pie
>crust, and snacky baked goods). It might not be fancy food, but I think
>two month's worth of dinners is variety enough.

You need a life if you typed that up for a newsgroup. Was that your
shopping list?

Lou