Oooooh, god, yum....
Jun. 16th, 2009 10:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tarod45As part of my ongoing weight-loss thing (which I am very deliberately not calling a diet), I've been trying to eat at home a lot more often. However, my culinary skills consist of: spaghetti, sloppy joes, chicken quesedillas, Hamburger Helper, and stuff that you throw in the microwave for 1-5 minutes. And I can bake a mean cake. Out of a box.
Not what you'd call the most healthful stuff in the world.
I have, however, acquired a very handy cookbook, of the quick, easy, and healthy variety. And I have been making stuff out of it. So far, I've made four of the recipes, and while I have had mixed success, all of it has been tasty. And different from what I've been eating night after night after night for... um, ever. My father made dinner for most of my childhood. His culinary skill looks a lot like mine. No coincidence.
Tonight, I had chicken sausage in wild mushroom sauce over angel hair pasta. It was pretty frickin' good, if I do say so. And I still have enough for three more meals. Yuuuuuuuuuuum.....
It hasn't exactly been cheap, but I would bet that if I plotted out how much I've been spending on some combination of Chipotle, Quizno's, Taco Bell, and McDonald's almost every day... it'd come to significantly more per day that the at-home meals. And not nearly as good for me. With the possible exception of Chipotle... I mean, I always get the steak fajita burrito, and that's just rice, steak, green peppers, onions, cheese, pico de gallo, and lettuce. Not so very bad.
Anyway, this has all just been to say... Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
And now, back to my most recently acquired addictions. Why did no one tell me that Sims was actually fun? (Don't answer that...)
Not what you'd call the most healthful stuff in the world.
I have, however, acquired a very handy cookbook, of the quick, easy, and healthy variety. And I have been making stuff out of it. So far, I've made four of the recipes, and while I have had mixed success, all of it has been tasty. And different from what I've been eating night after night after night for... um, ever. My father made dinner for most of my childhood. His culinary skill looks a lot like mine. No coincidence.
Tonight, I had chicken sausage in wild mushroom sauce over angel hair pasta. It was pretty frickin' good, if I do say so. And I still have enough for three more meals. Yuuuuuuuuuuum.....
It hasn't exactly been cheap, but I would bet that if I plotted out how much I've been spending on some combination of Chipotle, Quizno's, Taco Bell, and McDonald's almost every day... it'd come to significantly more per day that the at-home meals. And not nearly as good for me. With the possible exception of Chipotle... I mean, I always get the steak fajita burrito, and that's just rice, steak, green peppers, onions, cheese, pico de gallo, and lettuce. Not so very bad.
Anyway, this has all just been to say... Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
And now, back to my most recently acquired addictions. Why did no one tell me that Sims was actually fun? (Don't answer that...)
