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Chained to the kitchen stove
January 28, 2008 - 5:49pm — unsiez
I was so happy to come to work today. My husband has been sick with that bad cold/flu and he was flat on his back all weekend. I kept him going with orange juice, Cold and Sinus Tylenol and fresh batteries in the TV remote. That was the fun part. The worst was having to take on cooking duties. I hate to cook. My husband loves cooking. We are perfect for each other. I digress. So Saturday I had to go to the grocery store, spent an hour and a half listlessly trolling up and down the aisles; I had a list but still, it's tedious. And why do they have to hide the bread crumbs? Shouldn't they be in the bakery section? Spent the rest of the day in the kitchen, chopping, dicing, mixing. Ugh. The only good thing is that we now have food for the rest of the week. I hate cooking. If it weren't for the crock pots (I have four in various sizes) I would have lost my mind. How do these people with children and families plan menus, shopping lists, replenish the pantry and cook three meals a day, day after day after week after week? A person could spend her entire life in the kitchen, shuffling from the stove to the refrigerator to the sink to the cutting board, back to the sink, to the dishwasher, to the stove, and on and on. If I ever committed a horrendous crime and had to be incarcerated, being sentenced to kitchen duty in a school cafeteria would be my idea of life without parole. That's my idea of cruel and unusual punishment. Does anybody else feel this way? And I only spent one Saturday in the kitchen! Blog with me and tell me. Busy Gal
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Unsie, you CAN cook ... give...
Back to page topUnsie, you CAN cook ... give it another try, when your husband isn't sick and you aren't playing nurse. Become friends with your crockpot. Get a "pretty one," with a removable ceramic cooker/server so you can go from pot to table. They make them in all your favorite designer colors! Start slow - one night a week. Soon, you'll be just like me and the others you asked about in your blog - planning menus (the night before or on your commute home from work), grocery shopping with lists, post-it notes, expired coupons and receipts falling out of your purse, and making "meal magic" from cans, boxes and fresh-from-the-fridge finds.
You can do it, Unsie - I know you can!
Oh, Steinie. You made me...
Back to page topOh, Steinie.
You made me cry. Thanks for believing in me. I'll keep your optimism in mind the next time I have to fumble around in the kitchen. "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can..."
But I think coupons and that whole thing is way beyond me.
BusyGal
Hi Unsie, I laughed at...
Back to page topHi Unsie,
I laughed at your day of shopping and cooking. I prepare two dinners a week and really don't like doing it but otherwise I'd live on steamed broccoli and WW pasta and my husband would be tired of that after one day. Then he does two dinners and another night we eat out and two more we just do our own meals - I steam my broccoli and he opens a can of soup. My husband does the grocery shopping and enjoys it - I just run by the store for milk. Coupons? Yes, a good idea but too much like work. One good thing about doing Weight Watchers last year and trying to keep the weight off is the realization that we really don't need to eat very much. - Morticia
My latest favorite recipe...
Back to page topMy latest favorite recipe find is a super simple but very tasty pasta dish.
Boil spaghetti noodles (I prefer angel hair) in heavily salted water until al dente (7-8 minutes or so).
Drain noodles and plate immediately.
Grate tons of pecarino romano cheese (available in the specialty cheese section of your grocery store) on top of the noodles and then a generous portion of freshly ground black pepper.
Add a spoonful or so of the still-hot pasta water and toss.
Serve immediately.
You can't believe how amazingly simply and delicious this is. I am salivating just thinking about it.
Note: I'm not putting any exact measurements for these ingredients because it's best done to your individual tastes. Just don't skimp on the cheese or pepper.
Oooh. Mollee. That sounds...
Back to page topOooh. Mollee. That sounds absolutely delicious. Pecarino cheese? See that's what baffles me about cooking. These unusual ingredients...when you say local grocer, do you mean Byerly's or Lund's? Because I can't imagine Cub Foods or County Market having anything besides cold pack cheese with port wine in the specialty cheese section.
BusyGal
You can click here to visit...
Back to page topYou can click here to visit an Eden Prairie resident's extremely simple cooking show, Cooking for Dads. Now after watching this, you might wonder just how simple a recipe has to be for a dad. Answer? Really simple.
http://www.youtube.com/cookingfordads
He doesn't measure ingredients, doesn't use a whole lot of tools, and actually makes some nice meals.
Oh my. I probably should add...
Back to page topOh my. I probably should add this to my list of Must See TV.
BusyGal