Do you cook?

You'd be surprised. Like I said before, my ex survived on fast food and ramen noodles before me. And who knows what he does now because he never let me teach him to cook, he claimed it was too hard.

He tried to make me a grilled cheese once. It was barely toasted and he put a wet tomato in there so it was soggy.

But yeah. Tons of people survive that way. Eating out and microwave meals. It's all fine and good when you're young (well not really but it's more understandable), but when you're 25+ your health will start going downhill if you keep eating like that. I think they should bring home economics and stuff back to schools, teach kids when they're young how to do things for themselves because apparently parents think boys especially don't need it.

 

This "Ex".....Is He The Same Ex You And I "Crossed Swords" Over A Couple Of Years Ago....????



Cheers Glen.

 

Not sure. About what exactly?

 

here is a hot cheese dip recipe that is way easy but comes out looking like a gourmet dish

1-1/2 cup shredded white cheddar cheese

1 cup mayonnaise

1/2 cup finely chopped green onion

1 tsp dry mustard

1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (I omitted this)

1/2 tsp tabasco sauce

salt and pepper to taste



Stir together all ingredients. Place in a small oven-to-table dish and bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until browning

and bubbly. Serve hot with crackers or baguette.

notes...press some paper towels over the top after cooking to remove excess oil

 

My thanksgiving.. took less than 1hour . scallops cook in minutes, kale is microwave bag, yams are canned, seafood crab stuffing after mixing crumbs, foiled and oven 15mins to heat to eat, peas, carrots, all your veggie are in bags. only fresh for salads ..

chicken takes 15mins to grill sometimes less brown both sides till center is firm.
steaks are burgers about the same cooking time.

fish you need non sticks.

rolling mentioned organized. Also you need good cookware. check reviews on skillets and fry pans and pots. some that warp, some coatings come off ect get handles hot ect.. and the last thing you want to after making meals is cleaning hard cooked and baked on stuff.

foil pans and crock pots/ liner bags are your friends.

 

I'm making this right now, thanks for the inspiration.

 

a soggy tomato grilled cheese doesn't sound pleasant, but at least you can still survive on it.

i actually took home ec as a senior (it wasn't actually home ec; it was called food power but it was the same basic concept minus the sewing), but i don't think i actually learned anything useful from it. as far as i can remember, we just baked various desserts every day. but then like i said before, i can cook if i have to, i just find it awful so i choose to avoid it as much as possible.

 

I can boil water with the best chefs in America

 

And I Consider Myself Of The Same "High Standard"....... Except When I Forget......And It "Boils Everywhere"...



Cheers Glen.

 

I cook and so does my husband. He’s more of a griller, though. But I make the same things all the time - chicken or fish and veggies. I don’t eat much in the way of carbs besides brown rice or sweet potatoes, so it can get boring.

I’m trying to become adept at middle eastern cuisine atm.

 

The Olive Garden is garbage. I got a gnocchi soup there that literally had not one piece of gnocchi in it and it was so bland.

 

And that was him being adventurous. Usually it was ramen or chicken nuggets.

Yeah I wish if they did classes like that, that they'd actually make it educational. I took a literal cooking class and the entire year we actually cooked maybe three things. Scrambled eggs, chocolate chip cookies, and stir fry. They had a whole beautiful kitchen lab area and we went in it three times. Most days it was basically a health class.

 

Very recognizable I'm afraid Except I mostly avoid food in tubes. Jars and canned stuff? Of course! And why not?

I hope and do expect my love for cooking can grow when I have a normal kitchen. Being organized indeed really helps doing stuff with ease and minimal dislike, but this seems impossible in my current situation. And yes, I'm sure I also use this partly as an excuse

 

Tubes of tomato puree !

It would be good if all the things that come in plastic tubs came in jars that we reused, as jars rather than glass recycling. Like in the good old days!

 

I'm a big fan of peasant food. Anything that costs under $5 to make and will feed me for lunch and dinner for 3 days is okay by me

 

I cooked and am eating left over Korean inspired spicy pork stir fry with rice. It's in a container so not really photogenic. Plus ive eaten some and I don't wanna show my unclean fork.

 

That's basically what I grew up on lol anything that's cheap and can feed a family for a few days. We had lasagna or some kind of pasta every Sunday. We also did kielbasa with potatoes and onions regularly. It's delicious, cheap, and you can do the whole thing in one pan.

 

When I was small, my mom would make a HUGE pot of pasta with butter and cheese every Sunday, and then we would eat that for the next 5 days. As an adult, I could barely touch pasta until a year or two ago.