Frozen Foods vs. Trip to Rainbow

After I came back from spring break there was absolutely nothing in my refrigerator to make. There were a few apples, ketchup, and salad dressings galore. I am the type of person to cook breakfast, lunch, and dinner and I always try to have a balanced meal. I find that making a meal is my “break” from everything else that I am doing. It is not like me to eat strictly out of the freezer but I didn’t want to go to the grocery store. I hate going to Rainbow in the Quarry but it is by far the closest grocery store to my apartment. I especially don’t like Rainbow because I find their produce to be… well not up to par. When I was at home and went to the grocery store, I was shocked at how red and delicious their red peppers were as compared to what I see at Rainbow here in Minneapolis. (It reminded me of Ben talking about the lettuce in Brooklyn as compared to the Upper East side of NYC. My roommates were coming back towards the end of the week and I knew they would have to go so I decided to just wait so that I didn’t have to make 2 horrific trips to Rainbow.

I resorted to eating frozen foods for almost a week. I ate Lean Cuisines, frozen homemade pizza, frozen vegetables, and poppy seed bread that my mom made awhile back. As I was thinking about what I ate, I was also thinking about the money I had spent on it all. I find Lean Cuisines to be pretty expensive, ranging from about $3 to $4 per meal. With the whole popular “diets” these days, Lean Cuisines have come into being and have become quite expensive. As the demand goes up, the price goes up as the graph showed in class. Another thing, they have a ton of ingredients. The list is like a foreign language to me. Despite all this, I resorted to eating them all so I didn’t have to go to Rainbow.