I finally figured out the dinner thing!

Part of our decision to spend a month here was that we were going to "go native" and act like we live here. That means not eating out every night.

To that end, we went to the farmers market, Safeway and Costco and provisioned for the month. We quickly fell into our normal routine of a late breakfast, mid-afternoon snack, and dinner.

Dinner that required any prep became a challenge. If we had fish to grill, or something similarly quick, it was fine. But getting back home at 7 or 7:30 and then beginning dinner wasn't something that I looked forward to.

One night, as I boiled up some pasta to mix with pesto (quick, easy - but mostly quick!), I decided to bake the chicken breasts that were waiting to be dinner. The next night, they only required heating up!

So, we discovered that if we do the prep the day before, we can be eating before 9:00 pm the next night! Yesterday we prepped all of the vegetables that we were roasting for dinner tonight. And we've already roasted them this morning, so that they only need reheating for dinner. Not sure what people thought as they walked past our door and smelled onion and garlic!

We're going to hear some steel guitar music this evening, and it's good to know that dinner will only be a microwave away! I think we've aclimated! :)