I literally just finished making (and eating) a Cobb salad. I eat tons of Cobb salads but I’ve never made my own. The ingredients are pretty straight forward so there is no reason to not try and “save” that $13.95. It was ok…but nothing was “saved.”

I realized the hard way that unless I plan on making more than 1 Cobb, by tomorrow, I am going to spend waaaay more than $13.95. As anyone who has set foot inside a market knows, you can’t buy 1 chicken breast. You can’t buy 1 slice of Avocado. You can’t buy just a few bacon bits; or just enough lettuce, washed and chopped. You can’t buy one hard boiled egg and you can’t buy half a tomato — trust me, I tried!

So right now I am trying to figure how this was beneficial to me. I know a lot of you love to cook and making food is not a pain. I’m learning to like it…but when I break down the time and the cost, it just don’t be making sense. Check it:

• chicken (3 pcs) $9.95
• lettuce $2.99
• tomato $1.99
• blue cheese $4.99
• dressing $7.99
• avocado $1
• bacon bits $4.99
• eggs $3.99

Even if I divide everything based on the portion used I am still well over $15.00. So financially I am better off buying a Cobb from Panini and time-wise…well I washed the vegetables, chopped (wish I had a slap chop) and cooked the chicken. The entire process took about 30 minutes. All in all it’s a phuking waste of time and money for me to make my own Cobb. Don’t get me wrong, I believe there are plenty of foods (pasta, grilled chicken, hamburgers) that are much more cost effective to make at home rather than buy from a restaurant…a Cobb salad sure as phuk ain’t one of them.

Viva Panini…Zooza Crackers @ The Wynn, I miss u!