Okay, I have long been a hold out. A forced hold out actually. Remember back in the 60's when you discovered TV DINNERS? I loved them. It was neat to get to have one, a very rare occurance because the were so very expensive for a family of eight to feast upon. Well when I grew up and got married, in my gleeful bliss, I forgot to ask the questions about cooking. Boy did I make a mistake! Capt. Kayak, more blissfully referred to as Mr. Wonderful back in those days, is a devout believer that TV Dinners are plastic. And he basically banned, not only TV Dinners, but all pre-prepared foods from our house. (Except for, get this, pot pies ~ another story for another time.) Anyways, not too long ago as I was shopping I noticed the piles, no, slews of frozen foods going into the basket of my fellow (oxy-moron) working wives. I was appalled! How lucky could they be to have finally gone over to the other side and get away with it! Well let me tell you. This weekend, I did a new kind of shopping. Tonight we had the essence of a TV dinner ~ all individually processed and packaged items that came together on our plate...and get this....PASSED inspection and taste tests...and overall dinner won approval of ....Mr. Wonderful. Ladies!!!! Do you know you can buy potatoes in a bag that you heat up, mash, add milk and butter and serve? Yes!!! They are out there! And!!!! BirdsEye now sells every kind of vegetable in those new "steamer" bags. They taste good!!!! So good, in fact, if you are afraid of being found out, hide the bags.....put all of the things in the pans you would have cooked them in! I am telling you, I think this is going to work!!! I am so excited!!! He doesn't even know! "MIKEY LIKED IT". Oh my dears, those are words I have lived for for 30 years. I believe I could even set out Thanksgiving Dinner using my newly discovered finds.
I really do have to run now.....I think there are more bags in the freezer calling my name for tomorrow night.
ciao
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And you've been married how long?
And you've had kids for how long?
The fault, I must say, is in you, for you did not properly train your husband from day one. :) That is, a man has to understand that there are many, many days when his wife is just unable to make a lovely dinner out of nothing, and therefore when she makes a feast out of prepared foods - he betta' not complain. Indeed, I do make "real" dinners here and there, but generally when we have those, it is the responsibility of my hard-working husband. When it's up to me, it's frozen dinners.
Mind you - frozen dinners can usually be had at WalMart for 88c apiece. So even if my Ro is a hungry man, I can feed my family of 5 for $5.28. It's cost efficient, fast and simple.
Pizza? 91c apiece, also at WM, and we can each choose our own flavor. Josh calls them "artificial pizza," but he's coming to like them better than the "real" ones.
What would I do without fish sticks?
Even when we make dinner, we often use Hamburger Helper, Potato Buds, canned vegetables...
I know. Sinful, probably. But it works for me.
:)
oh my!
i do believe you have over analyzed your justification. LOL i am so jealous. but...you must know...costco pizza is the bomb...i mean da bomb. and its not even fake.
as somebody's grandma used to say, "Mongia,mongia!!"...maybe even mine :)
oh...btw...wayne says you go too far. hamburger helper is not healthy. he for one, appreciates when i get sick and tired and beg to go out...he's right there with me. [right]
I've never had Costco's pizza... but I do love Sam's. It's about the best I've ever had. And dirt cheap.
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