Made a thyme roasted chicken and will grill tequila lime shrimp for tacos tonight in celebration of Cinco de Mayo. Made a corn and black bean salad and a vinegar based cole slaw which will be accompanied by guacamole, salsa, and whatever other fixings everyone can find in the fridge. I went to TJ’s and a local market today and should be good for the next week or so. I am just so not good at advance planning but as the week go by I’m getting better! BTW, the Korean meatballs last night were a HUGE hit. No leftovers so I will make more next time!
@conmama I am addicted to the umami powder from Trader Joe’s - although I put it on almost everything, it is especially great on grilled veggies.
I’ve got a number of things from my weekly produce box that need to get used, so dinner tonight is going to be a potato hash (with the bit of leftover steak from Sunday) and a roasted beet, goat cheese and toasted walnut salad.
@runnersmom do you have a link to the Korean Meatballs? I see one recipe it might be on my NYT app but not sure…
About 5 years ago, I was involved in something that had me in other places across the country - and buying much food and cooking many meals. It made me realize that grocery prices where I am are relatively reasonable to other locations in the country. There is much competition for my grocery dollar where I live and consumers definitely benefit from that.
I do shop at WF but not for the majority of my food budget. There are good deals when you can get them - mainly on produce, IMO. I, too, like Bell & Evans chickens when on sale. Those $1 delicious mangos and organic berries at the prices charged by other stores for non-organic are examples of where WF can be a great buy for produce. Overall, I find there produce more reasonable than their other products. And some of their items, like fresh pineapple, just taste better than the ones I’ve bought elsewhere. I have seen grocers offering less weekly specials across the board but WF has been the worst offender in reducing that volume. I can understand their motivation, though.
Got our first shipment of Misfits Market veggies and was surprised how much we got. I think it’s a good value. Apples, limes, cilantro, carrots, lots of radishes (more than we would choose but will use them), peppers, hot peppers, winter squash, sweet potatoes, onions, celery, and cherry tomatoes. It’s a good amount and variety. I am thinking of what to make first. I want to see if there are some cooked radish dishes we might like. I love raw radish but they gave us so many I have to get creative. I’m going to do chicken soup with the carrots, onions, and celery. Not sure what else.
I just ordered on impulse, 10 live Maine Lobsters for $174. The ads keeps popping up on my FB and I couldn’t resist. I hope this works 
You can pickle radishes. 
Turkey because there is pounds of it left. It was delicious last night. Have some stuffing and veggies left which I’ll heat up and will make a salad because I have tons of all different types of lettuce I need to start using up.
Once we are sick of eating turkey for dinner, I’ll make some turkey salad, and then later this week I’ll be making soup. It’ll be perfect meal for the day(s) we are supposed to get snow!
We have been having trouble getting flour in our weekly grocery order so my wife ordered some online. I’ve been baking like crazy so I’ve been looking forward to the shipment. Well, the box arrived and turns out my wife made a small (??) order mistake, so I’m now the happy owner of 40 lbs of flour.
I just told my friends about the live Maine Lobsters, we are going to divided with the 3 families. But the one friend offered to do all the cooking and will divide them into 3 portions. I am so excited
That sounds good and simple. How long do you cook it?
My Costco delivery managed to snag a rotisserie chicken so tonight’s chicken taco over Mexican rice in celebration of Cinco de Mayo.
@BunsenBurner
Thank you!!! I loved pickled things. I will try!
@suteiki77 try roasting radishes with EVOC, s&p, garlic salt. They lose some of the bite and taste a bit like potatoes…
Nachos , Modelo for the holiday!
Thank you! I have seen this but didn’t have a recipe. Will try! 
Sauteed some of the zucchini with onion, garlic, and some peppers and let it caramelize just a bit. It was good! Nice side dish.
@abasket, here you go! https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1019763-korean-barbecue-style-meatballs?action=click&module=RecipeBox&pgType=recipebox-page®ion=all&rank=0
As I mentioned, I doctored them a little, mostly in response to the comments. To the meatballs, I added ginger and a little Thai chili sauce, and I used crushed Panko instead of Ritz crackers. For the sauce, in addition to the soy sauce and rice wine vinegar, I added fig jam (others suggested apricot preserves), a little honey, and more Thai chili sauce. I served them with rice, and tossed the meatballs with more scallions and some chopped pineapple.
I live fairly close to a Whole Foods that’s only a few years old. I haven’t noticed a difference in cleanliness since Amazon took over. There do seem to be more sale products than in the past. I shop at this WF primarily because I prefer organic produce and this is one place relatively nearby where I can get organic produce. From the June to October, I shop at an organic farm stand because the quality of the produce is superior to WF.