Sep 28thInstacart, for those that hate shopping but love fresh food

Instacart is a food delivery app and service.  I’ve used it about ten times, and I highly recommend it.  Basically, you pick a store near you from their list, shop online, and in a few hours, instacart will deliver your groceries.  I hate shopping, but love having fresh food at home, so instacart is super convenient for me.  I generally order from whole foods, but for the BBQ the other weekend, I was able to order from Costco (without my own membership), and saved a ton.  Its also great for figuring out what to make for dinner.  They have recipes, or you can just browse online like you would in the store.  On friday, I was browsing the meat counter (online), and decided on some lamb.

I’m not a chef, and I really only grill and fry.  I end up with some pretty good food (if I do say so myself).  The way I do it, is using high quality ingredients and keeping things simple.  I love the complex foodie style dishes served over several courses at fancy restaurants, but for the amateur, a handful of high quality ingredients is the way to go.  I salted the meat, and then rubbed some herbs de provence on too.  I pan fried the lamb to get a nice crust on the meat.  Then I grilled it, using some food to get a nice smokey flavor.

While the meat was on the grill, I threw some brussel sprouts in the pan and fried them.  Then I covered them with some parmesan in a grill pan, and grilled them to melt the cheese.

When I pulled it off, it was about medium.  I was shooting for medium-rare, but with the pregnant wife, safe is better than sorry.  I topped the lamb with some fresh herbs, added the brussel sprouts and salad, and we were in business.

Pro Tip:  If you get some whole foods on instacart, the dark chocolate sea salt caramels won’t show up, but if you describe them for your shopper, they should have no trouble finding them for you.