Empanadas and Bargains

This pic has nothing to do with empanadas or bargains. Kevin does "bed head" one better with his ever unique "plumage" sticking out. And you get a bonus: his silly "Brefkast" (breakfast) faces.
I went into Kampala for a quick, but leisurely and enjoyable trip last Thursday. Vicki called Wed afternoon to ask if I could accompany her on a last minute dentist appt. We’ve been struggling to find time to talk and visit and thought we would have adequate time to catch up as we rode in. She had an 8:30 a.m. appt and we were back by lunch!!! It was almost as if I just took a quick trip to the store . . . nah. But I did go shopping as she was otherwise occupied in the dentist chair.
As I entered the produce section of the grocery store I immediately heard a woman exclaim, “65,000!!!!!!! That CAN’T be right!!!” Looking up I saw her holding a 6 oz. pack of mushrooms as her mouth hung open and her big eyes begged the clerk to tell her it just couldn’t be true. (FYI 65,000 shillings is about $32.00.) Yup, close your mouth and decrease your bugged out eyes! It was true!

On the opposite end of the scale I found a complete bargain in breakfast cereal on another aisle (isn’t this just the most interesting blog EVER???!!!) about 90 cents for 16 ounces of the South African brand of honey nut cheerios. Hallelujah!!

All in all, I managed to get 2 weeks worth of grocery shopping done and two other errands completed in the time it took Vicki to finish up at the dentist.

Back at the house that afternoon the dog was frantically trying to get a bite of the cereal as the kids snacked on it in the back yard.

Two days a week Cody eats supper with us and then spends the evening with our family. The family groups have slaughtered a lot of pork lately and Cody always manages to buy a nice cut that we usually share together. Having had barbecue pork twice and fajitas once, we were looking for something new. Geoff decided he wanted to cook a recipe for empanadas he'd seen recently in a magazine. As usual, we didn't have all the ingredients, but we sure had fun experimenting and cooking together!!! Empanadas are a definite repeat!!!