It's been almost 6 months since my last post, which was in fact the introduction to my awesome kitchen.
So why haven't I made any posts since then?
It's simple. I haven't been cooking or baking. :(
Well, obviously I've cooked and baked in the last 6 months, but nothing new. Nothing worth writing about.
This, in essence, is the problem with my food palette. I work late, come home, don't much feel inclined to any experimentation, cook something ridiculous like instant pasta or a burger, and then put my feet up to relax. This problem is then compounded further by the fact that for the past several years my routine has been extremely unpredictable, so even if I wanted to prepare something ahead of time, there has always been at least a 50% chance of me not getting to do anything with it, and having to throw it away.
This constant monotony of instant pasta, instant burgers, instant pizza and just instant junk-food in general can get... boring, to say the least, so I want to try to change things up a bit, but honestly it's not easy to find the enthusiasm for cooking when I get home.
As of last week I have started evening classes that have a very set schedule and end at 7:30-9:30 in the evening (dependent on days of the week), which means that I can actually do some planning around them, so now I'm on a mission:
I want to find dishes that taste good (or at the very least good enough), are extremely simple to create, require as little effort as possible to make and clean up after, are rather high in energy and fat content (to keep my spirits up and body working), keep for a decent amount of time in the fridge before making (I prefer to shop in the weekends), keep well as leftovers if made in such quantities, and most importantly... are neither instant pasta or hamburgers ;)
I know this is asking rather a lot of the world, but hopefully I can build myself a catalog of dishes that can enrich the lives of myself and all the other singles out there looking for a simple meal.
Until then, it's just me and the same old tired instant goodness.
