Thursday Thrift
I don't usually thrift past mid-week. By then, most of the deals are shopped out. Today was an exception. After a visit to a friend who is recovering from an injury, I decided to stop into a Goodwill that is on the way home, which I never go into. Sixteen bucks got me a dress, a butter dish, a glass block vase, and a heavy clear glass candle holder.
I have wanted a black butter dish for ages, but either they're over twenty bucks, or the handles aren't big enough. Butter makes the cover slippery, and a good handle is important if the dish is breakable. This one was $2.99, so it's just what I want. And if we do break it, it was cheap anyway!
Here are most of the ingredients for my cheap dinner. I'm reading Stanley Tucci's book "What I Ate in a Year," and just got through an account of tuna with pasta that I decided would be a great dinner to go with a pizza I'd planned to top with my Flash Food mozzarella. Price Rite sells Cento products at a decent price, and I'd planned to splurge on their tuna in oil. Alas, they didn't have any. The regular tuna they had was in vegetable oil -- but I wanted olive oil. For this dish, I also specifically wanted San Marzano tomatoes. The linguine was a Flash Food deal too - fresh Rana.
I decided to make my own tuna in olive oil. First, I drained the water -- filling Frankie's dish with one can and mixing the other into her oatmeal. Why waste it if my girl loves it? Along with the EVOO, I added capers, fresh lemon, and Penzey's Tuscan Sun spice blend. I want it to have a couple of hours to macerate.
p.s. has anyone else read Stanley Tucci's book?
I have a question about Flash Food. Do you get produce boxes? If you do, are they putting less produce in yours then they were? Although not a deal breaker, mine have and I am starting to assess whether this is going to continue to work for me.
ReplyDeleteYour pasta looks terrific!
Amy, I have to say I rarely order the boxes. When I get them from the Supermarket source, their produce is almost always overripe to the point of being spoiled. FF did refund me once when a box was particularly bad. I do better when I order through Door Dash.
DeleteI have noticed sometimes the boxes don't look as full as they used to through the site. I think more people are catching on so they figure they can sell more boxes. The last time I got a box, it was for four pouches of sauce starter base that they were selling individually for $2.49, but the $5 box had four -- so it was a better deal.
But I will say that the Door Dash store I order from is more generous. If I didn't have a dog, the boxes would be almost certainly a no-go. I can cook her food using very ripe stuff -- that's easier for her to digest. But not great for serving to humans!
I have not read that book, but it sounds very interesting. You did well with your thrifting.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Thank you Jackie! A friend gave the book to me. I watched his television series too.
DeleteGenius trick with the tuna! I like tuna in oil but, like you said, sometimes it is not available. How much olive oil did you add? And like the idea of capers, lemon, and seasonings!
ReplyDeleteI went to Goodwill to drop off today. I wanted to go in, but was doing a no-spend day.
I used a healthy glug of oil! And I think this is the way to go, as most versions with oil use cheap vegetable oil.
DeleteI love Stanley Tucci and that book!
ReplyDeleteDon't you envy his metabolism? I am enjoying the book much more than expected too!
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