Dinner tonight: A Caesar Salad from the Market, with romaine lettuce, shrimp, Parmesan cheese and lemon. At home, the husband added tomatoes (from the side garden. LOVE the side garden), avocado and walnuts. We passed on the Market croutons and chose a panino roll, toasted, drizzled with olive oil. On the side, some chicken breast with mango chutney,another Market deli item. We also finished up the bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon we opened last night (I had my usual 3 oz. I am what they call a lightweight).
If you can’t tell, the Market is our go-to place when we don’t feel like cooking. When we first moved to the neighborhood we probably went there every other night. It was easy, it’s close (one and a half blocks), and the Chinese restaurant down the street was unimpressive. We also realized how much money we were spending and had to cut back.

However, in the summer, we get tired and lazy and prefer to spend the time lazying around than cooking dinner. And, when I say “we” of course I mean the husband, since he really is the cook of the family. If he wasn’t the cook we’d be eating mac ‘n’ cheese and ramen noodles every week.

Tasty.