Cutting corners with Laurenzo

After spending about 5 hours in the car today, Nicky and me, were nearing home and contemplating dinner.  The farmer's market closest to home was closed, however, Laurenzo's Italtian-American Market was OPEN!  We got some good buys.  Did I mention, I thoroughly enjoy, perhaps even... L O V E, grocery shopping.  Could be because of my deep love for shopping for anything, but thats neither here, nor there.  Here is what we left with:
1/2 lb gorgonzola stuffed olives (I know, amazing, there's a place at home that uses this kind for dirty martinis aka heaven, where's my vermouth?) for under $4
1 lb genoa salami for under $4
1 lb FRESH mozzarella $7 (at Publix its like $8 for maybbbeee half a pound)
FRESH DOUGH 1lb for $2.50(umm, jackpot, can you hear the inner italian fat kid, I had to dragged away from the pastry section)
and last but not least to corner cutter
3 lbs premarinated chicken for $4... mystery flavor....

Ok maybe it wasn't mystery flavor, from first picking it up it looked like olive oil and lots of green herbs, after eating it I would guess lemon, garlic, rosemary (?), parsley, whatever it was light and delicious.  We baked it at 325 for about an hour. (hint, hint shop local)

MEANWHILE, I let the dough rise and cut most of the dough into nine 2inch squares, strechted them out and tied them in knots for garlic knots.  I baked them for about 7 or 8 minutes right as the chicken was finishing.  In a bowl I melted a teaspoon of butter, added a splash of olive oil, and smashed a clove of garlic in it.  When the rolls came out I tossed them in the mixture.  (All 9 rolls are gone already, no leftovers).

The last part of our meal was one large tomate sliced with slices of fresh mozarella in between.  I shredded basil from one of Nicks babies (he grows basil, mint, and an aloe plant on our balcony), and drizzled olive oil and a little balsamic vingerette.  A couple twists of salt and a tinnnnyyyy shake of pepper. 

Ok, so I can't take credit for the chicken, but overall for a last minute dinner after being in the car all day.  Definite success.  All the ingredients for this meal were bought from local farmers markets and Laurenzo.

Considering we have leftovers tonight for the first time since we've been here, tomorrow just may be some recipe from last week, pre-blog, but definitely a goodie.

Save money, shop local <3