Dinner Wednesday night was a total cheat. We were at Earthfare picking up a few necessities (and a few not-so-necessaries, for my birthday dinner tonight) when we noticed that they had organic blue corn taco shells (Garden of Eatin’ brand) that appeared to at least be made in the U.S. Dinner Wednesday night was supposed to be risotto and leftover turkey, but we still had a bunch of taco meat from a weekend lunch that needed to be eaten, and we both feeling too tired to fuss with a fiddly new meal. So the taco shells came home with us. The turkey went into the freezer, and the taco meat went into the microwave. Dinner was ready in five minutes, and was extremely tasty. Everyone cheats sometimes, right? :) Total cost was $6.85 for a total of 12 tacos, which made dinner for us both and lunch the next day for Jeff. Not bad. More expensive than what we make from scratch, but cheaper than falling prey to the fast food monster, and our periodic hard-shell taco craving was scratched, so I’m happy with that. The blue corn tortillas were very tasty, and they had no forbidden ingredients like hydrogenated oils.

Dinner last night was an easy meal, too. We did pan-fried potatoes (microwave potatoes until they’re cutable but not falling apart, fry with a little olive oil and spices to taste until they’re as brown as you would like, 20 to 30 minutes) and green salads with hard-boiled eggs, red pepper, cucumber, and baby carrots left over from our second Thanksgiving a couple weekends ago. We were originally going to have just salads, but Jeff was craving some potatoes. Total cooking time was about 30 minutes, and we hung out together in the kitchen doing dishes and putting the salads together. It made for a nice evening, and dinner was quick and cheap.

Dinner tonight, on the other hand, is scheduled to be a feast, since I turn 30 today. More about that tomorrow. :)