Cooling my heels for 15 minutes.....

[osodecanela]

"You're going to Costco on a Sunday?!?"

My husband was incredulous. I was driving between Sebastopol & Santa Rosa & touching base with him by phone. He was bug bombing the bedroom, having found a wood boring beetle in the rafters of our space.

"We're out of coffee. I've got a coupon for something organic."
"You're nuts. Everyone & their kid sister is there in the weekend."
"Watch me. I'll be in and out. Besides we need coconut oil."
"Yeah. Right. Follow your light." He hung up.

I'm not crazy about Costco on the weekends, but more often than not, I can usually get out of there in 15 minutes if all I have are a couple of items and no cart. I grabbed a couple of cloth shopping bags and headed in. As predicted, I was out in 15 minutes.

Everything I was getting was in the organic section at the front of the store. The rainforest coffee was over 25% off at 12 bucks and change per 3 lb bag. 3 bags went into one shopping bag & I was off to find the tubs of coconut oil. It took us 9 months to finish off the last tub.

(Truth? There's actually enough for another dinner or three in the old tub. The tubs are huge and a little goes along way. I like cooking with the stuff as its heart healthy, plus I've been known to work some into my heels when callouses begin to mount up. I have a friend who now uses it as a sex lubricant with his bf, which makes me think twice about eating at their place. I hope there's a separate tub for the kitchen only, but I've been too polite to ask.

There was organic chicken stock on one side of the coconut oil and the largest bag of organic quick cook Steel cut oats I have ever seen on the other. Good thing for me the shopping bag was large. It all fit. Just as I got to the lines for the registers, a new line opened up and I was number 2, right behind another customer with next to nothing to pay for.

I'm making a mushroom oat 'risotto' tonight. The green grocer had some gorgeous trumpet mushrooms on the close out table this morning. Even on markdown they weren't cheap. However, there are a couple of bell peppers, some green onions and some red onions all organic to dispatch, so this should be good. At a minimum, it'll be healthy. Time to hit the kitchen, as my husband gently naps.

Comments

[bluebear2.livejournal.com]

Coconut oil is heart healthy? Since when?

[osodecanela.livejournal.com]

There are a number of the cardiologists in the local community here that have been pushing it, including several out of Stanford. There are a number of papers suggesting that it does have some weight loss benefits as well. It seems to be best at promoting better triglyceride numbers. I don't drink the stuff, but I do use it without fear and my current lipid numbers are bloody gorgeous! (as in a triglyceride of 90)

[allanh.livejournal.com]

It has been my experience that as long as one is inside Costco before 11:00 AM on a Saturday or Sunday (the earlier, the better), it can be a highly efficient place to shop.

[artkouros.livejournal.com]

Caleb gargles with the stuff. It's some sort of ayurvedic voodoo that pulls the toxins out of your teeth.