The ugly side of convenience, it often comes at a price as we discovered with Cade's next recipe, "One Pan Pasta with Creamy Shrimp and Pesto Sauce". Cade discovered pesto at a friend's house and realized just how good it is! Though I'd cooked with pesto in the past, it was green and therefore deemed "yucky". Funny how they'll try new things at friend's homes but not at their own. I didn't realize when Cade said a pesto recipe, he intended on making fresh pesto. So, I found an easy pesto recipe (#157860) on www.food.com.
It didn't occur to me, until I was loading the basket, that this would be a pricey meal, even for home cooked. For example: Buitoni Pesto Sauce-$5.99, Sundried tomatoes-$5.99, Barilla wheat penne- $2.49, frozen shrimp-$7.99, cream-$2.19= about $25 just for the entree! I did choose to buy the Barilla wheat pasta which costs more than regular but packs a lot more nutrition. I also bought fresh broccoli which I alone added to my dish. As I was shopping I realized my boys need to accompany me on a few of their dish creations to see first hand what food costs! We are fortunate not to have to nickel and dime every meal and since we rarely eat out, we know we are still saving quite a bit of money across the board.
Cade is not a fan of shrimp. I explained how this journey of preparing 52 meals could not be
chicken & dessert dishes and not a single vegetable. Van de Kamp's fish sticks don't count! So, with that said, he still learned about "deveining" shrimp though ours were conveniently done already. I also explained why, though I'm frugal and he knows it, was willing to spend extra for the healthier pasta.
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