Robin had a nice, simple plan for dinner tonight. Then Chris messed it up by trying to do something nice. The end result it a meal with mixed themes, but all very tasty.

What Robin had planned was inspired, in part, by our many trips to the local diner. Many trips there have included a little (or a lot of) greek salad, which is something that we have yet to add to our cookbook. Tonight seemed like a good night for that addition. To accompany the greek salad, Robin planned a simple tuna salad sandwich – complete with lots of celery seed, of course.

To spoil this plan, Chris finally stopped at the Cajun Zydeco to pick up seafood gumbo. We have been wanting to do that for quite some time – ever since it was awarded the “Best Seafood Gumbo of 2003” by our favorite magazine (Baltimore Magazine). Chris finally remembered tonight and, although it did not quite fit with the rest of the meal, we did find out why it received the award.

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