I did a little exploring today and decided I would make dinner at the apartment. I got the little market bag on wheels from the apartment and took off for the Casino market I had passed on Sunday.

After only one missed turn I made it to the market. It had a nice selection of vegetables and I bought a container that contained vegetables and herbs for pot au feu (carrots, leeks, onion, turnips, thyme and a bay leaf.) I had already decided to make a roast chicken but had seen some lentils in the cupboard and thought I could roast part of the vegetables with the chicken and use the rest for some lentils on Wednesday.

I got a few additional vegetables and a lemon. Found a chicken – not a Bresse – but it would do. I picked up a few other things and went to the check out stand.

I found it funny the first time we went to a grocery store that the checkers sit down. Every one I have been in so far this is the case. I had also read and heard that they weren’t real efficient.

I was in one line and the checker at the next called me over. He started ringing up my purchases but when he got to the vegetables and lemon I had picked out, he told me I was supposed to have weighed them. Okay. I grabbed the veggies and went back over.

I was looking at the scale and realized it printed out little bar coded tickets. You searched for the product, similar to self-checkouts in Seattle grocery stores, and it weighed and printed the label. The checker came over with a couple of things I had forgotten and quickly helped me get the rest of them printed. I don’t know if all grocery stores here do that or just the Casino chain but it is good to know for future reference.

When we went back, the other checker was still helping the person who had been in front of me. I think my checker was much more efficient than her. And, he was very nice and helpful!

I fixed the chicken and vegetables in the little convection oven and they turned out well. I deboned the rest of the chicken for the lentils and for at least a couple lunches or dinner and decided I would keep the bones to make a stock for the lentils.

It was nice a nice and relaxing day and I spent a quiet evening reading and went to bed fairly early.