Simply Food

I love simple food. I have been a poor college student for the past two years and have survived with a student dining plan for the 18 months that I have been living on campus. This summer, I am living on my own in Pasadena, CA, with a BLESSED stipend from the internship I am part of, and one of the most EXCITING parts to me is the fact that I can now:

1) Shop for myself
2) Spend absolutely as LONG as I want in the grocery store... just weaving in and out, examining brands, thinking about possible combinations... I don't like feeling rushed.
3) Not worrying too much about the money, yet still wanting to be wise in my fiscal choices.
4) Only buy healthy things because I just can't reconcile myself to buying the other things! (Except a Family Size bag of Cheetos)
5) Come home and COOK for myself
6) Live on simple ingredients combined in myriad ways!

So, here is what I started with:

• One large bag of fresh Spinach leaves
• One small container of rasberries
• Blue Cheese
• Pecorino Romano cheese
• Three fresh tomatoes
• Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegar (which has LEAD in it??? really??)
• Organic cereal
• Chocolate Soy Milk
• 1 Gallon of 2% milk, yes I will drink it
• 1 dozen eggs
• Jar of pre-made spaghetti sauce
• grindable sea salt
• 1 pound of real butter
• Hot Mustard
• Spinach tortillas
• Swiss Cheese
• Deli-sliced ham
• Sliced hard salami
• A loaf of San Francisco-style sourdough bread
  
• and more... but let's start with this.

The following posts will be brief descriptions of my simple recipes accompanied by a picture. Enjoy and then go make your own simply food! :D