Friday, April 25, 2008

Number 22

Ya'll know how much I like to talk about my refrigerator...

I have been in denial for about a month but my refrigerator...ok, typing that whole word is taxing me. At the risk of sounding stupid I am going to say fridge. Bear with me.

So anyway...My fridge has been dying a slow painful death for a while. On Monday, in an effort to do number 22, I went grocery shopping and loaded up on veggies. I purchased most of my groceries from the periphery of the store just like all those healthy people tell you to do. I went home and unloaded all $150 worth of groceries into my fridge and freezer. A little while later I opened the fridge to grab something out and it was room temperature. Hmmmm. Very strange. I called my mom (when all else fails run home crying to your mommy and daddy...I do this a lot) and she said that sometimes it gets dirty under the fridge and a simple whoopy-woo swish of your vacuum can help your fridge run more efficiently (I call her Martha. But with much stricter moral standards. How can a person be more uptight than Martha, I do not know. I love you mom and mean this in the nicest way.) So that evening Jimmy and I pulled the fridge out (OMG YUCK!) and cleaned on, in, under, around, over and out. We put a thermometer in and left it overnight. In the morning the fridge was at 50 degrees. Ew, throw away the mayo!!

Oh my gosh this is a long story...

Wrap it up...frantic repair guy phone calls ensued, I was without a fridge for 2 1/2 days and I ate popcorn for dinner on Tuesday because this is "No eating out" month. (April 22-May 22). End of story.

So, I have my food back (It was at Martha's) and I have a lot of veggies staring at me and yelling "Eat me!! With cheese!! And butter!!" Any suggestions on how to get my family to eat all these veggies? Without a lot of cheese or butter?
I found a yummy grilled eggplant recipe that I am making tonight but I'm pretty sure that I'm the only one who will be excited about it.
Oh well...I believe it says, "Eat more green stuff. ENCOURAGE my family to" I won't be a failure if they choose not to, right?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

You should check out the all recipes site, just type in the name of your veggie & it will come up with all kinds of goodness. :o) It's my fav site right now, we've made a ton of good stuff from it. www.allrecipes.com :o) Other than that, we love zucchini sauted with a little butter, some johnnys season salt & lemon pepper and we also love baked asparagus-just drizzle it with some olive oil, soy sauce & fresh minced garlic. Easy & super good. I think I baked it at 350 for 15-20 minutes.
Gad you got your fridge & food back, lol!

Anonymous said...

So is it a new fridge or were they able to repair yours? Sheri

Anonymous said...

They repaired mine for 130 some dollars. Not too bad.

Anonymous said...

Right now my favorite vegetable is Kale! Sauteed in a little oil and garlic...DELISH. Also, roasting vegetables makes them taste FABULOUS and therefore the kids end up LOVING them...we have done that with a mixture of squashes, red onion, and asparagus. I also roasted BRUSSEL SPROUTS (which I was not normally a fan before...) but they were absolutely the best tasting vegetable I've had in a LONG time!