A trip to the store

 So I went to the grocery store; pretty busy actually at 9 am.  

I couldn't find boneless skinless chicken thighs but I can pivot, I went and was looking at pork chops.  "So High!" I thought, like all my customers say.  Every now and then I find a huge (as in pounds of meat) tray of bone in pork chops for very cheap.  I spotted one and whisked it into my cart.  

The only punch line on these they need to be cooked today but I can do that.  Five pounds!  Five dollars for the whole thing!   Thank you JESUS!  

I love being a Christian I have NO issue with pork.  I love eating it, in fact.  I could and have eat(en) pork every day.  

I got some fruit but did not get any frozen mixed vegetables which I had planned to get.  I love frozen mixed veggies, that I can also eat every day.  Just a nuke a big old bowl in the microwave with a little butter and salt, if I'm feeling creative maybe a little seasoning.  

I also found some beef shank (not cheap) but pulled the trigger on it as I have been wanting beef in red wine sauce.  Red wine, onions, garlic, pepper, a little salt.  I forgot to buy beef stock so I used 3/4 cup red wine instead of the usual half cup.  I did something different today.  

I am blessed enough to have 2 crock pots, a large one and a small one.  I did the beef in the small one, with a liner.  I added seasoning and garlic in between the 2 slices of beef shank I feel that will contribute more flavor.  

Since I had all these nice bone in pork chops (I love them for crock pot not so crazy about the skillet although I will be making some in the skillet later with a pan gravy), I made green chili stew in the large pot  Again, I did not have stock but I used water.  I put all the seasonings in a bowl and sprinkled it on the pork chops as I layered them in the crock pot with whole garlic cloves and diced, roasted, green chilis.  

Crock pots use very little wattage so they can hang out by the southwest kitchen outlet together.  I need to cook up the chicken thighs (going in pasta with sausage) and the pork chops but that's it.  I have tons of food for the week, a variety, unlike the one thing I usually cook and end up sick of after the third day in a row.  

I got the driver a snack he was very happy to see that.  One driver on the route (not Buddy) has commented "There's no good food at either end of the route".  

I need to do up my pills.