Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to buy something unfamiliar at the grocery
Speaker 1: store or farmer's market. For just a few dollars and
Speaker 1: a little bit of time, you can add some novelty
Speaker 1: to your week. And who knows, maybe you'll discover a
Speaker 1: new favorite food, or more likely you won't, But so
Speaker 1: what adventures can be fun even if they don't lead
Speaker 1: to much. Many of us buy the same stuff every
Speaker 1: time we go to the grocery store. Marketers know this,
Speaker 1: which is why there is such a mad dash to
Speaker 1: catch people's attention at the rare times when they are
Speaker 1: changing their tastes. It is smart to spend your money
Speaker 1: on food you know your family will eat, because that
Speaker 1: way you don't waste it. But if life is feeling
Speaker 1: a little too routine right now, and yet you can't
Speaker 1: shake things up in any big way, it might be
Speaker 1: fun to try small novelties. The grocery store is a
Speaker 1: great venue for this because, well, you go there anyway,
Speaker 1: you probably go there a lot, and the steaks are small.
Speaker 1: So next time you go shopping, open your eyes to
Speaker 1: getting something you have never grabbed before. Produce is a
Speaker 1: good option. There are often little bins of things that
Speaker 1: aren't the normal apples, bananas, or grapes. Maybe you try
Speaker 1: a star fruit or a kum quaet. Let your kids
Speaker 1: pick out any fruit or vegetable they want. I am
Speaker 1: not saying they will try it, though I'm not saying
Speaker 1: they definitely won't either. If you're firing up the grill
Speaker 1: more this time of year, I mean they maybe think
Speaker 1: beyond the hamburgers, hot dogs, and steaks we normally try.
Speaker 1: If Costco has a special on a cut of meat
Speaker 1: you've never heard of, or one you've never tried yourself,
Speaker 1: well give it a whirl. You can try something nutty
Speaker 1: like quails eggs or an international snack your grocery store stocks.
Speaker 1: Maybe it's a food you've heard of, like vegemite, but
Speaker 1: have never pondered trying be careful with the vegemite. Maybe
Speaker 1: it's a new to you cuisine that's not so well
Speaker 1: represented in your local takeout selections. And then there are
Speaker 1: the frozen treat foods. I've recently been embarking on a
Speaker 1: tour of the non dairy frozen dessert section of my
Speaker 1: grocery store. I had never looked in that case before,
Speaker 1: but you know, it's pretty exciting. Once the item has
Speaker 1: made it from the shelf to your cart to your kitchen,
Speaker 1: spend a little time researching it, figure out possible preparations.
Speaker 1: Will it taste like some other familiar foods? Will it
Speaker 1: taste like chicken? Come up with a plan, and then execute.
Speaker 1: The goal is not necessarily to find something you're going
Speaker 1: to love as much as I don't know grilled cheese.
Speaker 1: Don't set that as the goal. You'll probably be disappointed.
Speaker 1: The goal instead is more to do something out of
Speaker 1: the ordinary on a Tuesday night. Over the past year,
Speaker 1: it's been a lot harder to have little adventures in
Speaker 1: our lives. Becoming a grocery store daredevil is a very
Speaker 1: cheap and easy way to have a little fun. If
Speaker 1: you're really unsure, we'll do what I'm doing and start
Speaker 1: with dessert. For whatever reason. That seems easier, because you
Speaker 1: can always just not eat dessert if it doesn't work.
Speaker 1: But as you try new things each week, you might
Speaker 1: discover things you like, like duck or swordfish or spaghetti swash.
Speaker 1: A few more recipes might be possible in the future.
Speaker 1: In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening and
Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,
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