I forgot the bread crumbs

I went to the grocery store this early afternoon to get all the ingredients for the butternut squash casserole. I had debated switching from the butternut squash casserole to the potato soup recipe but it called for watercress and I found out that my Kroger only gets a supply of watercress once a month. Really? But in my quest to find the watercress, I discovered that Kroger carries Kale ready-made for my smoothie!! It took me an hour yesterday to cut what I think is a week's worth of Kale. So one more way that I can buy "fast" if I need to.

One of the ingredients for the butternut squash includes whole wheat breadcrumbs. Of course, I have trouble finding it in Kroger and find none in the "regular" section. I return to the organic section (for the third time) and start looking for breadcrumbs. I end up finding chia - still the ground up version but the one that I remember Paula mentioning in the class. I also come across the whey protein that you can add to smoothies. And I start thinking...

And here's my rationale to impulsively buy a $99 blender:

Wait for it...

I buy protein shakes (Mypolex AdvantEDGE which I highly recommend.) In addition to the green smoothies, I could make my own protein shakes and add some fresh fruit to those, too! Saving more money and making the shakes more healthy. Win win.

BUT... I hated using my food processor. While it was ok for the first shake or so, I was just thinking about all the clean up I would have to do on a daily basis. So after picking up chai, brown rice protein (all natural!), and Jillian's Whey Protein (on advice from a random woman in the aisle - thank you random woman with allergy issues!), I headed over to the gadget section of Kroger. A quick look at the online reviews of the Kitchen Aid blender and it was in my cart and I was on my way to the checkout and very excited about my buys!!

But I forgot the breadcrumbs....

I didn't want to make ANOTHER trip to the grocery store immediately so instead I cut up the butternut squash and the onion in preparation of making it this evening.  The left three will be used in the casserole while the right two are going in the freezer for another day.I already have another recipe in mind!

I'll stop by the grocery store on my way home and hopefully remember to get the breadcrumbs this time.

In the mean time, I'm going to make some more smoothies with my new blender!!