Frugal Floozie Friday -- Ahmo's Gyros and Deli

On a recent Friday evening, I was left to amuse myself when the friend I'd had plans with went out of town unexpectedly on a business trip. Normally I'd have just prepared something simple, or perhaps eaten some leftovers. But on this particular night, I decided to pick up a take-out order to make things easy.

So I took myself to Ahmo's on Stone School Road - our Frugal Floozie Friday feature this week. This is one of three locations around town, each offering the same great food and friendly service any time I stop by.

Having indulged in a lot of things with - shall we say? - less than redeeming nutritional value around that time, I was craving something with vegetables. So I was very happy to find that there were numerous healthy menu options within our mandatory Frugal Floozie Friday budget of $5 per person.

I ordered the Greek Pita for $4.49, and it was prepared almost immediately despite there being several customers ahead of me; this could definitely have qualified as "fast food."

As you can see from the picture, the sandwich's filling was so generous that it could hardly be contained once I unwrapped it from the tight foil swaddling I'd brought it home in. The vegetables were fresh and crisp, flavorful, and perfectly dressed without being soggy and soaking through the bread.

Each of the six vegetable pitas costs less than $5, and there are also soups, appetizers, side orders, desserts and half portions of salads for anywhere from $1.50 to $4.99. You can even go to Ahmo's for breakfast options that meet our rigorous budgetary standards.

How great to find Frugal Floozie Friday options on the menu all day long!


Ahmo's
4001 Stone School Rd.
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
734-971-2333


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National Ice Cream Sandwich Day

How can you not celebrate something as fabulous as National Ice Cream Sandwich Day??? Is this a great occasion, or what?

Even if you're rushed for time and have to just buy a box of sandwiches at the grocery store, be sure to join in the party! To spiff things up a bit, you could layer them to make a frozen "cake" of sorts, a fancier dessert.

You could also invest some time and effort into baking your own cookies and making your own ice cream ... but that's a fair amount of work, and we want to be eating!

So compromise: buy large cookies at the grocery store (or gratefully accept a gift of homemade oatmeal chocolate chip cookies from your boyfriend's sister) and fill them with store-bought ice cream (I used butter pecan). Then you can spend your time luxuriating over dessert rather than slaving away in front of a hot oven or washing lots of dishes.

Who wants to work, after all, when they can be eating ice cream?


Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches

2 large (3"-4" cookies)
1/2 cup ice cream, slightly softened

Place one cookie upside down on the countertop. Place the ice cream onto the cookie and top with the other cookie, right-side up. Press together gently, then wrap in plastic wrap and freeze for at least 1 hour to set. Repeat to make as many sandwiches as you'd like.