As I suspected, delicious leftover BBQ was on the menu last night. Neighbor Shearin gave us a bottle of pepper vinegar she'd made with hot peppers from her garden, and we tentatively poured a little over the meat, as it was a tad dry. It really perked up the flavor and was very tasty. Boiled potatoes, carrot sticks, and apple slices rounded out the simple repast. I was happy to use more carrots, some of the remaining BBQ and the apples I'd bought.

It's occurred to me that there are some things that are just staples in our house that I hadn't really thought about: peanut butter, for one. My sweet husband LOVES peanut butter. It's always on hand, and when I scrape the last bit out of a jar, I put it on the list. We (well, I) always buy whatever all-natural brand is cheapest or on sale. If it's just peanuts, or just peanuts and salt, it's in my cart. Usually we have at least 3 jars on the shelf at any one time, a combination of creamy and crunchy. I'm a crunchy person myself. We often find ourselves stopping at the grocery store separately and wondering, "Did we NEED peanut butter, or did we already HAVE peanut butter?" More often than not we didn't need it, but bought it. Hence the peanut butter shelf in the pantry. I noticed this morning we now have a jar of store brand NOT natural peanut butter on the shelf. It contains 3 kinds of oil and 2 sweeteners (I think) - I'm trying to remember what the label said, but it's vague. Anyway, it's just amusing to me that the person who eats 99% of the peanut butter, which ALWAYS has an all-natural label of some description, came home with the above.

I just heard from the homefront that the leftover Cuban black beans were delicious at lunch. So I'm not sure what's for dinner tonight. I don't think there are any other leftovers. As I've said before, I love an omelet and toast for dinner...or it could be pancakes...or baked potatoes (I'm just a tad weary of them, but if someone else makes them, I'm in). Maybe I'll actually buy something on the way home tonight just to hedge my bets. Enjoy your dinner tonight, and I'll tell you about mine tomorrow.