HOW TO: USE UP A BOX OF BABY SPINACH // I can cook?

Hello! Once again, I write again from swamped-in-tasks-and-responsibilities land; this time, to talk about food. Yes, I "cook" and "grocery shop" from time to time, particularly at times when I am out of prepared food that had been frozen. And one of the things that pains me ever so deeply - one of the worst things that can happen after a grueling grocery trip is when I can't finishing my fresh produce before they rot. Not only is it gross to find soggy and mushy veggies and fruit, but it's also literally a pain because wasted food equals wasted money, which really hurts when you're a poor university student in $30k+ of debt.

Something that I frequently pick up at the grocery store is a box of pre-washed veggies. I usually get the spring mix, or baby spinach because all the other veggies are very foreign to me (arugula? kale? I mean, they're probably in the spring mix, but I would not be able to tell you what leaf is an arugula). They're pretty convenient and versatile; and my absolute favourite thing about them is that they're pre-washed, which means less time in the kitchen and more time to waste! for studying and doing important, optometry school things...

This time around, I picked up a box of baby spinach and for probably the first time ever, I was able to finish it all before too many leaves got soggy! Here's what I did with it:

1. Sandwiches: for some reason, it always never occurs to me that there are a lot of things that can go into sandwiches. Usually, my go-to sandwich combo is literally a slice of cheese and a couple slices of chicken breast in between two slices of toasted bread. Yes, sad. But this time, I remembered that vegetables can go in sandwiches, so I threw in not one, but two - yes, TWO! - layers of spinach into my chicken breast 'n' cheese sandwich, along with some mayo and black pepper (because pepper is the best seasoning ever. EVER. This of course, is coming from a girl who eats her food bland most of the time).

2. Stir-fry: this was actually the first thing I did with my box of spinach when I got it. Boiled myself some pasta; cooked some ground pork with onions; stirred some spinach around for a bit; and then threw it all together in the pan. Doused it all with some sesame oil, soy sauce, and Sriracha sauce (my go-to combination of sauces for... some kinda of sauce for whatever food I'm making) and topped it off with some black pepper. This was decent.

3. Omelette: today was the last day of my spinach box. I stir-fried the rest for dinner, but in the morning, I made myself a simple omelette. Really simple. It was literally a beaten egg (+ black pepper) with some spinach thrown on top. It was also really pretty because I folded it over like a pro, i.e. no egg-breakage and no spinach-spillage. Should've taken a picture...

The box lasted me......... a week (?! Really? It's only been a week since I grocery-shopped?!), which is great considering the whole darned box costed me only around three dollars!

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Disclaimer: this post was honestly not meant to be helpful at all to anyone, because you all are probably more mature adults than I am, who can cook real food with real spices and recipes. This is mainly for myself to remember what to do with spinach next time I buy it because going through Pinterest for recipes - or anything - is super overwhelming. Also, I do not have a Youtube channel. Actually, I do. But actually, maybe there'll be more random food blogs?