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Pasta, rice, lentils.
Tomato sauce, minced garlic, pesto.
Half and Half instead of whole milk.
2% instead of skim.
Butter instead of margarine.
Three different cheeses.
Two dozen eggs.
Sirloin, rib eyes instead of hamburger.
Daniel contemplated the produce section.
Apples, oranges, a few bananas.
Mixed greens, tomatoes.
Cucumbers, peppers, a nice big eggplant.
Time was when food wasn't an issue. He bought what he could, ate what he had and needed fairly little. Food was fuel and he'd never really asked his "engine" to work that hard. Just "off-road" for digs.
"Off-road" had a whole new meaning these days.