What's for dinner? Oh dear, it's dinner time again?

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I can't believe that we've been doing "this" for nearly nine months now. The last time I ate in a restaurant, inside, was March 3, 2020, at Lefteris Gyro in Tarrytown. I remember it, not only because it was the last time I ate inside at a restaurant, but because at the time it was so, well, ordinary.

I am sooooo tired of thinking about food. I used to enjoy reading recipes, planning what we would cook, thinking about shopping. Now it's all just one big pain in the butt. Shopping means getting up at 6 AM to get to Whole Foods by 7 on Friday morning or DeCicco's by 7:30 pretty much any day. It means making sure to "follow the arrows" and not get too close to anyone. What fun!

When we mentioned that we were tired of cooking Christina, who works at Fred's Auto Repair, suggested we try Blue Apron. She and Fred were both pretty excited about it.  A plug for Fred's, where we have taken our cars since 2002. The only auto repair shop where I once took one of our cars in for an oil change, and they SENT ME HOME, telling me it was too soon.

Anyway, back to food. We liked the idea, picked up a few pointers for ways to make more interesting meals, and then found Sunbasket, which is an organic version of Blue Apron. We justified the cost by reminding each other that we haven't eaten out in months.

It's nice to have two meals delivered each week, and it's fun to cook different food. It's not like eating out since we're doing the cooking and cleaning up, and no one is leaving us a tip (ha, ha) but it's different.

I realize that these are first world problems, and even in the first world, I know that there are folks who are food insecure. If you're reading this and you have some discretionary income, please consider donating to your local food pantry. Or the food pantry at my church, First Presbyterian Church of Yorktown in Yorktown Heights, NY.

And now that the number of cases is increasing here in Westchester County winter is looking even bleaker.

How are things in your part of the world, friends?

Stay healthy, and remember to wear a mask and wash your hands!

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