Thursday, February 05, 2009

I Don't Know What My Issue Is

As any one of my friends can attest, I have plenty of strange little quirks:
I can't go #2 in public bathrooms (it has to be a real urgent situation in order for me to do so).
No matter how messy my environment is, all books have to be facing in the same direction on the bookshelf.
I will buy any bath product that says it contains minerals or salts from the Dead Sea.
The list goes on, but you get the idea. Recently, I realized that I have another quirk. Almost every single time I go to the grocery store, I buy some variety of canned tomatoes and beans. Even if its not on my list and I am fairly certain I have some at home. As a result, my pantry is overflowing with both:




I do use both a lot in pasta sauces, soups, stews, chilis, etc, but I don't know why I buy them so compulsively.
Keep in mind that these photos do not show the dried beans and lentils that I have as well. Seriously, I have practically every variety of dried beans and lentils. Its as though I'm preparing for some sort of natural disaster.

I'm formulating a recipe to prepare for tomorrow night that will at least use up some of the tomato cans and possibly some beans as well. Hopefully it will turn out well, if so I'll post the recipe here.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

OMG, Cooper is back...that is FANTASTIC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just can't tell you how happy that makes me. I remember saying a prayer the night I read your post that he was missing. What a relief! Seriously, it is a miracle that he is back.....YEA!

Vanessa said...

It is amazing that he is back - I am so so so so so happy to have him home.