last week was an entire week of cleaning out my fridge, and using pantry items, rather than going to the grocery store.  and the fridge looks awesome!  there’s a big jar of pickled homemade giardiniera, which i can’t wait to try!  and there’s literally nothing else.  so i’m going to the grocery store for just a few things ~ half and half for coffee, olive oil, popcorn, some farm-to-market bread.  that’s about it.  just the essentials.

what i want to do this week is tackle the freezer!  frozen peas, blueberries, fish, steak, lots of stuff to work with in there!

and i still have a pantry full of beans and grains.  there’s a huge canister of risotto.  hmmm.  risotto and salmon dinner tonight?  sounds good to me!

i’ll post the recipe and pics later!!!