Wednesday, July 13, 2016

O!

Sometimes my mind works in mysterious ways.

For example, last night I was on my way down to the freezer to take out a container of pinto beans for dinner tonight and saw three ripe mangoes sitting on the counter.  Somehow I became conscious of the fact that pinto and mango both ended with the letter O and my mind took off, thinking how many 'O' ingredients I could fit into a bowl.

Presenting tonight's dinner:


Along with a little chopped onion, a couple of cloves of garlic, and a lime-cilantro-chili powder dressing, the ingredients for the cold main dish salad were:
  • PintO
  • MangO
  • TomatO
  • JalapenO
  • CilantrO
(I think an avocadO would have been good in there, too, but couldn't find any ripe ones in the grocery store today.)

Five years ago today: Please Don't Eat The Tomatoes

12 comments:

  1. Except for the OniOn, that sounds Outstanding!

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  2. Last letter is a clever way of deciding what to make for dinner. You should submit the idea of Kathy's Groceries Games to the Food Network as a challenge for Guy's Grocery Games.

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    1. Interesting idea! I just might have to do that.

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  3. Very clever. This looks like something my daughter would make for dinner.

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    1. From what you've said I think your daughter and I may have similar diets.

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  4. Looks absolutely delicious-o. So you cook your pinto beans ahead and freeze them?

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    1. I cook all kinds of beans ahead, because it's just as much work to cook a small amount or a whole bag. My freezer always has a supply of pinto, black, great northern, and garbanzo beans and sometimes there's additional types, too. Depends on if I see anything interesting when I go to the ethnic market.

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  5. Oh, I really like the way you think-O.
    How did it taste?

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    1. Thank you :-) It tasted good the first night for dinner, and even better the next day after the flavors had melded mpre.

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