A busy day today, plus a spendy one. I took the kids with me to my volunteer gig this morning, where they helped out too (I volunteer at a not-for-profit store that specializes in fairly-traded, hand-crafted items from artisans in developing countries). By the time we were finished it was well past lunch. Naturally we were all famished -- so..., I took the kids to the cafe next door for a little, rare treat. Didn't go overboard though -- spending about $10.00 for all three of us. Then on the way home I stopped by an international foods market to pick up a few things I was running low on (to the tune of another $24.00)....

I did cook from my pantry this evening however, making Moussaka with a new recipe I recently ran across. Mind you, it was not perhaps a terribly authentic version (non-meat/non-dairy recipe for one thing), but it was quite good -- with everyone giving it an enthusiastic thumb's up. And it uses up lots of eggplant (which we all happen to love around here) so it's a handy thing to make when I find a good sale. Anyway, this one's a keeper --I shall be adding it to my list of recipe successes, to be made again.....