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What's for dinner? I have NO idea!

It's one of those weeks in the Robinson household where we're trying to stretch our current groceries to avoid going to the grocery store. This is not only a lazy strategy, but an economic one as well. If we can avoid paying $100 (or more) at the grocery store this week, we will. We only do this every once in a while but it's a good way to try and use up some of the items we've already paid for and haven't used.

We have a lot of random ingredients and I couldn't decide what to make for dinner tonight. I was missing one or two ingredients for all the new recipes I wanted to try. I remember some of my friends mentioning websites where you can list all the ingredients you have and it will recommend some recipes for you. I couldn't remember the site they used so I did a google search. The first site that came up was Recipematcher.com. So I took the time (about 5 to 10 minutes) to go through and check off all the ingredients we have. Then I clicked "search" and it came up with all appetizers and snacks, no dinners. So I narrowed the search to exclude apps only to get a big fat rejection saying, "no search matched your criteria." What the heck is the point of that stupid website then? I already knew I have no food!!!

Anyway, I decided to try to get creative in the kitchen (which is REALLY hard for me - I am most comfortable following recipes at this point) and made my own sauce using diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, balsamic vinegar, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, sour cream and parmesan cheese. Not going to lie, it smelled like throw up while I was cooking it so I was very nervous about it! But Pat really liked it and gave it a 7.75 out of 10! I will take that and run with it! I didn't think it was too bad either! And hopefully it will give me more confidence to experiment in the kitchen. After all, isn't that what makes a good cook?
"The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding passion for the task, courage to go out on a limb and an impeccable sense of balance.” Bryan Miller

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